More historic than 2% of U.S. towns · #125 of 140 in Arizona. What drives it
Most of Bagdad was built recently: 0.0% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1978. Below: maps from 1945 on and the census since 1930.
Founding year: the first Bagdad post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).
History grade
What drives Bagdad’s History grade
On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Bagdad is more historic than 2% of U.S. towns, #125 of 140 in Arizona. Its National Register listings hold the grade up; its share of homes from before 1940 pulls it down.
D−
HistoryA character grade: shown, never part of Bagdad’s overall grade.
Few Arizona towns list much on the Register (a typical Arizona town has 0.1 per 10,000 residents, the U.S. 2.4), so Bagdad’s 0.0 sits below most of its state (29% of Arizona towns have fewer) while its 0 listings outnumber those of 23% of U.S. towns.
How sure. Graded on any two of the three inputs instead, the letter would range from D− to D. The pre-1940 share (±1.6 points) is firm at this size. The founding year is the first post office, not a stated founding date.
Founding year: the first post office (other dates in Quick answers). Homes: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register: National Park Service, May 2026 list; each listing counted once (boundary changes and added documentation belong to their listing), and a historic district counts its contributing buildings. How TownRatings grades history →
What stands out about Bagdad’s past
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Bagdad yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.
Bagdad 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.
Its first post office opened in 1910. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 1,876 to 1,932 (+3%).
Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.
Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Bagdad. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.
1945Bagdad sheet · 1:62,500
U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Bagdad.
People over time
Bagdad, census by census
Between 275 and 2,331 people in every census since 1930.
8 censuses, 1930–2020.
U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Bagdad’s Wikipedia page.
Places that used to be
Places now gone
Bagdad’s post office has been open since 1910.
Gone or out of use
Daniel C Lincoln Elementary Schoolschool
US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).
Questions about Bagdad’s history
What year was Bagdad founded?
The Bagdad post office opened in 1910, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).
How does Bagdad rank for history?
Bagdad is more historic than 2% of U.S. towns, #125 of 140 in Arizona. The History grade combines the town’s founding era, the share of homes built before 1940 and its National Register listings. It’s a character grade, so it isn’t part of the overall grade. How it works.
How old are the homes in Bagdad?
0.0% of Bagdad’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate, ±1.6 points), against a typical 0.4% for an Arizona town; the median home was built in 1978.
Founding dates: Wikidata, Wikipedia, the U.S. post office records of Blevins & Helbock (CC0) and the Census. Homes by year built: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register of Historic Places: National Park Service (list of May 22, 2026). Old photos, postcards and papers: Wikimedia Commons, the Library of Congress and other public archives, credited on each item’s page. Maps: U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (via Esri) and Sanborn fire-insurance maps (Library of Congress). History text and census tables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Places that used to be: USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).
From Wikimedia Commons (1), U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia), the US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock) and the USGS Geographic Names Information System. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.
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