"[3] However, this is disputed and some say the name derives from the Iraqi capital, Baghdad, imagined as an epitome of wealth and luxury.

With the combination of all county precincts into 3 districts in 1940, it did not formally appear again until 1960, when it reported as an unincorporated village.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 7.9 square miles (20 km2), all land.

Murphy staked a claim for gold, silver, and lead along Copper Creek.

In 1883, John Lawler of Prescott, Arizona paid Pace and Murphy $200 for their claims, but were unable to make a success of it.

In 1907, the Giroux Syndicate purchased an option on Lawler's claims for $200,000 (equivalent to $6,000,000 in 2020), with Edmond Bronson as president.

The copper concentrate is either trucked to southern Arizona, or taken by semi to 20 miles outside of town to the BNSF Railway's Phoenix Subdivision in Hillside.

[citation needed] Freeport-McMoRan owns all of the housing and commercial buildings in Bagdad.

The town has a main shopping center named Copper Plaza, with a small Bashas' grocery store and other businesses.

[citation needed] The Bagdad Community Health Center operates a medical clinic.

[citation needed] Bagdad Unified School District was formed on July 1, 1930.