Baskin is a village in Franklin Parish, Louisiana, United States.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of 1.33 square miles (3.45 km2), all land.

[10] The 1926 building, which had been listed on the National Register of Historic Places, was demolished in 2021.

[12] The Baskin High School women's basketball team holds the record for longest winning streak in organized sports.

In the span of ten years, the Lady Rams led by Hall of Fame coach, Edna "Tiny" Tarbutton, would go 315–2 with nine state titles and an average winning margin of more than 30 points.

In 1993, Tarbutton was inducted into the Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame located in Natchitoches.

Lainey Wilson, a 2024 Grammy Award winning country music singer, was born in Baskin.