Bradford, Kentucky

Bradford
Bradford
Unincorporated community
	Bradford Location within the state of Kentucky Bradford Bradford (the United States)
	Coordinates: 38°47′6″N 84°8′44″W / 38.78500°N 84.14556°W
Country	United States
State	Kentucky
County	Bracken
Elevation	495 ft (151 m)
Time zone	UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (EDT)
GNIS feature ID	507569

Bradford is an unincorporated community located in Bracken County, Kentucky, United States.

History

An early variant name was Metcalfe's Landing.^[2] A post office called Metcalfe's Landing was established in 1863, the name was changed to Bradford in 1866, and the post office closed in 1956.^[3] The present name honors Laban J. Bradford, a local businessman.^[2]

References

^ ^a ^b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Bradford, Kentucky
^ ^a ^b Toncray, Marla (March 9, 2012). "History, origins and towns of Bracken County". The Ledger Independent. Archived from the original on September 4, 2015. Retrieved January 11, 2016.
^ "Bracken County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved January 11, 2015.

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[gnis-1] U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Bradford, Kentucky

[Independent-2] Toncray, Marla (March 9, 2012). "History, origins and towns of Bracken County". The Ledger Independent. Archived from the original on September 4, 2015. Retrieved January 11, 2016.

[3] "Bracken County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved January 11, 2015.

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v t e Municipalities and communities of Bracken County, Kentucky, United States
County seat: Brooksville
Cities	Augusta Brooksville Germantown‡	Location of Bracken County, Kentucky
Unincorporated communities	Asbury Berlin Bladeston Bradford Bridgeville Chatham Cumminsville Foster Johnsville Lenoxburg‡ Milford Neave Oakland Petra Powersville Wellsburg Willow Grove Woolcott
Ghost towns	Belmont Parina
Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties
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Bradford
Unincorporated community
Bradford Location within the state of Kentucky Show map of Kentucky Bradford Bradford (the United States) Show map of the United States
Coordinates: 38°47′6″N 84°8′44″W / 38.78500°N 84.14556°W / 38.78500; -84.14556
Country	United States
State	Kentucky
County	Bracken
Elevation ^[1]	495 ft (151 m)
Time zone	UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (EDT)
GNIS feature ID	507569^[1]