Bradford, Alabama

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

Bradford, Alabama
Unincorporated community
Bradford
Bradford
Coordinates: 33°45′07″N 86°42′14″W
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]

History

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
  1. "Bradford". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.
  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 (23 May 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 19 March 2020.


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