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.
Bagdad, Arizona townscape, January 2003
Malachite-Quartz-Chrysocolla specimen from the Bagdad Mine
Yavapai County is near the center of the U.S. state of Arizona. As of the 2020 census, its population was 236,209, making it the fourth-most populous county in Arizona. The county seat is Prescott.
Yavapai County Courthouse in Prescott
Old gold specimen from an unknown Yavapai County mine. Size: 2.0 cm × 1.8 cm × 1.7 cm (0.8 in × 0.7 in × 0.7 in).
West Clear Creek Wilderness
West Fork of Oak Creek, in the Red Rock-Secret Mountain Wilderness