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Bradford, Alabama

Coordinates: 33°45′07″N 86°42′14″W / 33.75194°N 86.70389°W / 33.75194; -86.70389
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Bradford, Alabama
Bradford is located in Alabama
Bradford
Bradford
Bradford is located in the United States
Bradford
Bradford
Coordinates: 33°45′07″N 86°42′14″W / 33.75194°N 86.70389°W / 33.75194; -86.70389
CountryUnited States
StateAlabama
CountyJefferson
Elevation
551 ft (168 m)
Time zoneUTC−6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC−5 (CDT)
Area code(s)205, 659
GNIS feature ID114804[1]

Bradford, also known as Dixiana, is an unincorporated community in Jefferson County, Alabama, United States.

History

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Bradford was originally named in honor of the English city Bradford by Jim Justice, who was a foreman of the local mines.[2] The post office was then named Dixiana after it was found there was already a post office in Alabama operating under the name "Bradford."[3]

Multiple different companies mined coal at mines in Bradford, including The Alabama By-Products Corporation,[4] the Birmingham Furnace and Manufacturing Company,[5] and Imperial Coal and Coke Company.[6]

A post office operated under the name Dixiana from 1880 to 1984.[7]

References

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  1. ^ "Bradford". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  2. ^ Foscue, Virginia (1989). Place Names in Alabama. Tuscaloosa: The University of Alabama Press. p. 22. ISBN 0-8173-0410-X.
  3. ^ Foscue, Virginia (1989). Place Names in Alabama. Tuscaloosa: The University of Alabama Press. p. 47. ISBN 0-8173-0410-X.
  4. ^ Staci Simon Glover (May 23, 2011). Coal Mining in Jefferson County. Arcadia Publishing. p. 81. ISBN 978-1-4396-2552-1.
  5. ^ Memorial Record of Alabama: A Concise Account of the State's Political, Military, Professional and Industrial Progress, Together with the Personal Memoirs of Many of Its People. Brant & Fuller. 1893. p. 267.
  6. ^ Coal Age. McGraw-Hill. 1923. p. 37.
  7. ^ "Jefferson County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved March 19, 2020.