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Bassett is an unincorporated community
Unincorporated area

In law, an unincorporated area is a region of Real property that is not a part of any municipality. To "incorporate" in this context means to form a municipal corporation, a city or town with its own government....
 in Los Angeles County, California
Los Angeles County, California

Los Angeles County is a County in California, and is by far, the most List of the most populous counties in the United States in the United States....
 located within the Census boundaries of Avocado Heights
Avocado Heights, California

Avocado Heights is an unincorporated area census-designated place in Los Angeles County, California, California, United States. It is in the San Gabriel Valley near the Puente Hills....
. Located in the San Gabriel Valley
San Gabriel Valley

The San Gabriel Valley is one of the principal valleys of southern California. It lies to the east of the city of Los Angeles, California, to the north of the Puente Hills, to the south of the San Gabriel Mountains, and west of the Inland Empire ....
, the ZIP Code
ZIP Code

File:UseZipCode.JPGThe ZIP code is the system of postal codes used by the United States Postal Service . The letters ZIP, an acronym for Zone Improvement Plan, are properly written in capital letters and were chosen to suggest that the mail travels more efficiently, and therefore more quickly, when senders use the code....
 is 91746 and the community is inside area code 626
Area code 626

Telephone numbering plan 626 covers most of the San Gabriel Valley and nearby areas in the northeastern portion of Los Angeles County, California, including Arcadia, California, Monrovia, California, El Monte, California, most of Pasadena, California and West Covina, California....
.

ph Workman, the son of William Workman
Workman-Temple family

The Workman-Temple family is two interconnected families central to the early history of Los Angeles, California....
, owned of the Rancho La Puente
Rancho La Puente

Rancho La Puente was a land grant given by Governor Juan Bautista Alvarado in 1842 to John A. Rowland....
 land, and borrowed money on the property. He was not able to keep up the mortgage payments so the bank acquired the property. In 1895, O.T. Bassett
Oscar T. Bassett

Oscar T. Bassett was a prominent El Paso, Texas businessman....
 bought the property and Bassett Township was established.






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Bassett is an unincorporated community
Unincorporated area

In law, an unincorporated area is a region of Real property that is not a part of any municipality. To "incorporate" in this context means to form a municipal corporation, a city or town with its own government....
 in Los Angeles County, California
Los Angeles County, California

Los Angeles County is a County in California, and is by far, the most List of the most populous counties in the United States in the United States....
 located within the Census boundaries of Avocado Heights
Avocado Heights, California

Avocado Heights is an unincorporated area census-designated place in Los Angeles County, California, California, United States. It is in the San Gabriel Valley near the Puente Hills....
. Located in the San Gabriel Valley
San Gabriel Valley

The San Gabriel Valley is one of the principal valleys of southern California. It lies to the east of the city of Los Angeles, California, to the north of the Puente Hills, to the south of the San Gabriel Mountains, and west of the Inland Empire ....
, the ZIP Code
ZIP Code

File:UseZipCode.JPGThe ZIP code is the system of postal codes used by the United States Postal Service . The letters ZIP, an acronym for Zone Improvement Plan, are properly written in capital letters and were chosen to suggest that the mail travels more efficiently, and therefore more quickly, when senders use the code....
 is 91746 and the community is inside area code 626
Area code 626

Telephone numbering plan 626 covers most of the San Gabriel Valley and nearby areas in the northeastern portion of Los Angeles County, California, including Arcadia, California, Monrovia, California, El Monte, California, most of Pasadena, California and West Covina, California....
.

History

Joseph Workman, the son of William Workman
Workman-Temple family

The Workman-Temple family is two interconnected families central to the early history of Los Angeles, California....
, owned of the Rancho La Puente
Rancho La Puente

Rancho La Puente was a land grant given by Governor Juan Bautista Alvarado in 1842 to John A. Rowland....
 land, and borrowed money on the property. He was not able to keep up the mortgage payments so the bank acquired the property. In 1895, O.T. Bassett
Oscar T. Bassett

Oscar T. Bassett was a prominent El Paso, Texas businessman....
 bought the property and Bassett Township was established. In 1921, Josephine (Workman) Akley
Mona Darkfeather

Mona Darkfeather was an American actor. During the silent film of film, from 1911 in film to 1917 in film, she appeared in 102 movies. Playing Native Americans in the United States characters in a dignified way, her most-famous role was possibly as Prairie Flower in The Vanishing Tribe ....
, the youngest child of Joseph Workman, won a lawsuit to recover an interest in the Rancho La Puente land that her father sold. However, the decision was reversed in 1922.

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