Bagnall was settled about 1888 when the Toledo, Ann Arbor & Northern railroad came through Wexford County. Bagnall had a grist mill and a sawmill of the Farnsworth & Chesbrough Company. [MPN] The town was at the northwest edge of Wexford County, four miles northwest of Mesick.
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