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Welcome to Bagby ...

So far, we found very little information about Bagby. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Bagby to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Bagby, please Contact Us.


Bagby would have been located within present day Mariposa County<2>.



Google driving directions from your current location to Bagby

We aren't confident of the location of Bagby, so consider the above location to be an estimate.<3>


While we don't have a date for the founding of Bagby, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1897. The community was inundated by Lake McClure.

Time Zone: The area where Bagby was located is in the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT) and observes daylight saving time

The Area Codes where Bagby was located: 209 & 350<4>

Communities Also Named Bagby ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 2 communities that are also named Bagby - they are located in Texas and Virginia.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Bagby.

Communities near Bagby ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Bagby.

  • Dogtown
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Dogtown. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dogtown
    • Dogtown is located in Mariposa County
    • Google driving directions:

      From your current location to Dogtown

      From Bagby to Dogtown

  • Coulterville
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Mount Bullion
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Hornitos
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Catheys Valley
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
  • Mariposa
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Merced Falls
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merced Falls
    • Merced Falls is located in Merced County
    • Google driving directions:

      From your current location to Merced Falls

      From Bagby to Merced Falls

  • Midpines
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
  • Jerseydale
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jerseydale
    • Jerseydale is located in Mariposa County
    • Google driving directions:

      From your current location to Jerseydale

      From Bagby to Jerseydale

  • Big Oak Flat
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Bagby. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Bagby.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Bagby. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Bagby.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Bagby. See our Newspapers Page for Bagby.

Adding Bagby to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Bagby in the FIPS-55 file. For more information, see the Referenced FIPS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Bagby was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the Bagby post office opened in 1897.

We also found Bagby mentioned on a train schedule titled Yosemite Valley Railway Employees' Time Table #109 (May 1941).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Bagby.

The official website for Mariposa County: www.mariposacounty.org/

The official website for State of California: https://www.ca.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Bagby, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>If you're interested in how the shape of California's counties, including Mariposa, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<4>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 209 code has been Overlayed with the 350 area code. New phone numbers in the Bagby area will be assigned with one of these codes: 209 or 350. As a result, placing a call in the Bagby area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<5>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<6>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/









 

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