Bagdad
Encyclopedia
Places
Australia- Bagdad, TasmaniaBagdad, TasmaniaBagdad is a small town north of Hobart, Tasmania. It is located in the Southern Midlands Council.In the days of the horse and buggy, Bagdad was an important rest area and horse-changing place for those continuing their journey up Constitution Hill...
Mexico
- Bagdad, TamaulipasBagdad, TamaulipasBagdad, Tamaulipas, Mexico was a town established in 1848 on the south bank of the mouth of the Río Grande. Moreover, this town is also known as the Port of Bagdad or the Port of Matamoros, since it is inside the municipality of Matamoros, Tamaulipas...
Poland
- Bagdad, PolandBagdad, PolandBagdad is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Wyrzysk, within Piła County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. It lies approximately north-east of Wyrzysk, east of Piła, and north of the regional capital Poznań...
United States
- Bagdad, ArizonaBagdad, ArizonaBagdad is a copper mining community and census-designated place in Yavapai County, Arizona, United States, in the western part of the state. It is one of only two remaining company towns in Arizona...
- Bagdad, CaliforniaBagdad, CaliforniaBagdad is a ghost town in the eastern Mojave Desert, in San Bernardino County, California, United States.-Geography:Bagdad is located along the historic U.S. Route 66, east of Barstow and Ludlow, and west of Amboy and Needles...
- Bagdad, Butte County, CaliforniaBagdad, Butte County, CaliforniaBagdad is a former settlement and mining camp in Butte County, California, United States. It was located on the Feather River downstream from Oroville. Gold was discovered at Bagdad by A.G. Simpson....
- Bagdad, FloridaBagdad, FloridaBagdad is a census-designated place in Santa Rosa County, Florida, United States. The population was 1,490 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Pensacola–Ferry Pass–Brent Metropolitan Statistical Area.-Geography:...
- Bagdad, KentuckyBagdad, KentuckyBagdad is an unincorporated community in northeastern Shelby County, Kentucky, United States. It was founded at what is currently the intersection of Kentucky Routes 12 and 395.-Name:The name of the community comes from the name of an old railroad station...
- Bagdad, New YorkBagdad, New YorkBagdad, New York is an unincorporated hamlet in the town of Collins in Erie County, New York, USA.-References:...
- Bagdad, VirginiaBagdad, VirginiaBagdad is an unincorporated community in Caroline County, in the U.S. state of Virginia....
- Bagdad, WisconsinBagdad, WisconsinBagdad was a settlement and railroad stop located in northern Forest County, Wisconsin. Bagdad was located to the southeast of Newald, in what is now the town of Ross. Bagdad was located on the Minneapolis, St. Paul and Sault Ste. Marie Railroad and was mentioned in a court case between the...
, a ghost town
Culture
- Bagdad (song), a 1924 song by Jack YellenJack YellenJack Selig Yellen was an American lyricist and screenwriter.-Life and career:Born in Poland, Yellen emigrated with his family to the United States when he was five years old. The oldest of seven children, he was raised in Buffalo, New York and began writing songs in high school...
and Milton AgerMilton AgerMilton Ager was an American composer.Ager was born in Chicago, Illinois, the sixth of nine children. Leaving school with only three years of formal high-school education, he taught himself to play the piano and embarked on a career as a musician. After spending time as an accompanist to silent... - Bagdad (film)Bagdad (film)Bagdad is a 1949 adventure film starring Maureen O'Hara, Paul Hubschmid, and Vincent Price.It tells the story of a Bedouin princess who returns to Baghdad after being educated in England. She finds that her father has been murdered by a group of renegades. She is hosted by the Pasha , the corrupt...
, a 1949 American motion picture