The story so far
from Wikipedia & the U.S. CensusBagdad is a copper mining community and census-designated place (CDP) in Yavapai County, Arizona, United States, in the western part of the state. It is one of only two remaining company towns in Arizona. The population was 1,876 at the 2010 census, up from 1,578 in 2000.
Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 1,876 to 1,932 (+3%). Half of its homes were built before 1978.
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Bagdad yet — the old photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.
Intro from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Population and housing: U.S. Census Bureau.
Start Bagdad’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Bagdad’s history is told.
0 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Bagdad, decade by decade
2000
Nothing in Bagdad is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Bagdad has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Hyde Mountain Lookout House in Bagdad, 23.2 miles away.
Bagdad and the nearest listed places
Closest to Bagdad
How a place gets listed
Then & now
When neighbors add old photos, retakes from the same spot appear here side by side.
Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (1). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.