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Welcome to Bagdad ...

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

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

Bagdad would have been located within present day San Bernardino County<2>.

Bagdad was established in 1883.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Bagdad is 750 feet [229 m] above sea level.<3>.

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

The Area Codes where Bagdad was located: 760 & 442<4>

Communities Also Named Bagdad ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 18 communities that are also named Bagdad - they are located in Arizona, Colorado, Florida, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Michigan, New Brunswick, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania (2), South Carolina, Tennessee (2), Texas, Virginia and Washington.

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

Communities near Bagdad ...

We have created a list of 9 communities that are near Bagdad.

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

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

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

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Bagdad. 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 Bagdad.

Adding Bagdad to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Bagdad in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Bagdad was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<7>

X2X - From that list, the Bagdad post office opened in 1889.

We also found Bagdad in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Bagdad.

The official website for San Bernardino County: www.sbcounty.gov/

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 Bagdad, 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 San Bernardino, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Bagdad - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<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 760 code has been Overlayed with the 442 area code. New phone numbers in the Bagdad area will be assigned with one of these codes: 760 or 442. As a result, placing a call in the Bagdad 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>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.
<7>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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