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Welcome to Bagnall ...

Bagnall is located in Wexford County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Bagnall, you might consider that their post office opened in 1902.

Bagnall is 950 feet [290 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Bagnall lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Code for Bagnall: 231

Communities Also Named Bagnall ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Bagnall - it's located in Ontario.

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

Communities near Bagnall ...

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

  • Kingsley
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Kingsley is located in Grand Traverse County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingsley
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,618 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Kingsley <3>
  • Manton
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
  • Buckley
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Kaleva
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
  • Thompsonville
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Bear Lake
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
  • Copemish
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Harrietta
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Yuma
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Yuma is located in Wexford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yuma
  • Pomona
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Pomona is located in Manistee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pomona

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 Bagnall. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Bagnall.

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Bagnall ...

Looking for more information about Bagnall? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Bagnall, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Bagnall.

Adding Bagnall to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Bagnall in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Bagnall was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Bagnall post office opened in 1902. The Bagnall post office closed in 1919.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Bagnall.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Michigan's counties, including Wexford, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Bagnall - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

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