The most often asked question: How did Bagdad get it’s name?

We do not have any documentation revealing the process for naming Bagdad; but, we do have “handed down stories” that tell an exciting tale. After researching the viable and plausible stories, it is easy to believe the “handed down stories”. Let us share with you some insight from our research:

1. 1896 – an article in The Milton Journal states: Down the river, two miles from Milton, is situated that unique little city, whose name was made famous in Arabian Knights. Here, as if by magic, sprung up one of the liveliest little villages in the land.

2. 1930 – an article in The Southern Lumber Journal states: This name may bring to your mind the city of that name in old Arabia…

3. Many other writings reiterate this same story – King, Rucker, and others.

Geographically, our landscape is similar to the middle eastern area. We have the Blackwater River and Pond Creek converging and then flowing into the Blackwater Bay. This is much like the Tigress and Euphrates.

Our Bagdad does not have an "h" in the spelling of its name. When researching early maps from the middle east, we find that Baghdad, Iraq, does not have an "h" in the spelling of its name either.