Basham () is an unincorporated community in western Morgan County, Alabama, United States, located just south of the city limits of the Morgan County seat Decatur.
History The community currently known as Basham grew up around Basham Chapel Methodist Church, near the junction of Danville Road and Mud Tavern–Bird Spring Road.John Knox, A History of Morgan County, Alabama (Decatur, Alabama: Morgan County Board of Revenue and Control, 1966), 103–104. This community is distinct from and not to be confused with the community of Basham's Gap, lying in southwestern Morgan County, which is now more commonly called Penn.
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