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Do you know of Bagdad ???

This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Bagdad. When we encounter a name that is new to us, we add it to our Gazetteer with the hope that we'll discover more information in the future. Such is the case with Bagdad.

We found mention of Bagdad as a community (see Mentions and References below), but haven't been able to determine its location - other than being located somewhere in Lincoln County, Colorado.

This entry could have originated in error. It might be that a source had a misprint, was simply wrong or we made a transcription error while referencing it. Many of the documents we reference are from the 1800s and the early 1900s, with some easier to read than others.

Communities Also Named Bagdad ...

We found nineteen communities that share the name Bagdad.

Within Colorado, the name Bagdad is unique.

Beyond Colorado, we know of another eighteen communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these eighteen communities, seventeen are located in the United States and one is in Canada.

In addition to the above occurrences of Bagdad, we know of another community located outside of the United States and Canada.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Arizona
      • Yavapai County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Arizona community of Bagdad [Yavapai County].
    • California
      • San Bernardino County
      • Please visit our profile page for the California community of Bagdad [San Bernardino County].
    • Florida
      • Santa Rosa County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Florida community of Bagdad [Santa Rosa County].
    • Kansas
      • Coffey County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Bagdad [Coffey County].
    • Kentucky
      • Shelby County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Bagdad [Shelby County].
    • Louisiana
      • Grant Parish
      • Please visit our profile page for the Louisiana community of Bagdad [Grant Parish].
    • Michigan
      • Marquette County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Bagdad [Marquette County].
    • New Brunswick
      • Please visit our profile page for the New Brunswick community of Bagdad.
    • New York
      • Erie County
      • Please visit our profile page for the New York community of Bagdad [Erie County].
    • Ohio
      • Medina County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Bagdad [Medina County].
    • Pennsylvania
      • Erie County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Bagdad [Erie County].
      • Westmoreland County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Bagdad [Westmoreland County].
    • South Carolina
      • York County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the South Carolina community of Bagdad [York County].
    • Tennessee
      • Jackson County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Bagdad [Jackson County].
      • Smith County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Bagdad [Smith County].
    • Texas
      • Taylor County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Bagdad [Taylor County].
    • Virginia
      • Caroline County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Bagdad [Caroline County].
    • Washington
      • Lincoln County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Washington community of Bagdad [Lincoln County].
  • Communities Beyond North America ...
    • Australia
      • We haven't found the location of this Bagdad

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Bagdad ...

We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Bagdad:

Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Bagdad - Services available: had a Railroad Station, Express Office, no Post Office mentioned

Union Pacific Railroad Time Tables (January 1950)
Published by Union Pacific Railroad

Union Pacific Railroad Time Tables (June 1939)
Published by Union Pacific Railroad

Union Pacific Railroad Time Tables (September 1924)
Published by Union Pacific Railroad

SPV's Comprehensive Railroad Atlas of North America - Colorado & Utah
Written by: Walker, Mike
Published by Steam Powered Video (SPV), 1995
(Available from Amazon.com)

The FIPS database contains an entry for Bagdad.

Referenced FIPS Records ...

FIPS Code: 08/04385   (Place Name: Bagdad)

County: Lincoln     (FIPS State/County: 08/073)

Class: U8

Identifies a populated place (in this case, Bagdad) located wholly or substantially outside the boundaries of an incorporated place or CDP (Census Designated Place) but whose name has not been verified as authoritative by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).

More Orphans in  Lincoln County ...

Can you help?

As we explained above, when we encounter a name that might be a community or a post office we add it to our Gazetteer. If we have little information to go with the name, we call them Orphans. Below are Orphans that we believe to be located in Lincoln County.

CreechLimon Station
  
KkrvalMirage
  
LakeSanborn
Limon Junction 

Footnotes ...

<1>If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer.

Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.

Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.

Also keep in mind that Bagdad could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out.









 

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