Bradley Junction, Florida

Bradley Junction (also known as Bradley) is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in southwestern Polk County, Florida, United States. Its population was 689 as of the 2010 census.[2]

Bradley Junction, Florida
Census-designated place
Northbound Florida State Road 37 as it enters Bradley Junction.
Bradley Junction, Florida
Coordinates: 27°47′43″N 81°58′49″W
CountryUnited States
StateFlorida
CountyPolk
Area
 • Total2.151 sq mi (5.57 km2)
 • Land2.108 sq mi (5.46 km2)
 • Water0.043 sq mi (0.11 km2)
Elevation
138 ft (42 m)
Population
 • Total686
 • Density320/sq mi (120/km2)
Time zoneUTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP codes
33835[3]
Area code(s)863
FIPS codeGNIS feature ID

History
A CSX train on the Brewster Subdivision at the namesake for Bradley Junction.

Bradley Junction is named for the railroad junction located in the community, which was historically the junction between the Seaboard Air Line Railroad (the east-west track) and the Charlotte Harbor and Northern Railway (the north-south track). The junction itself is named after phosphate mining company executive Peter B. Bradley, who chartered the Charlotte Harbor and Northern Railway in 1905. The railroad junction still exists today and both lines are now owned by CSX Transportation. In the mid 1990s, the Florida Gulf Coast Railroad Museum (now the Florida Railroad Museum) moved the railroad station from Bradley Junction to Parrish. The depot was then consumed by a fire soon after the move.

Geography

Bradley Junction is located at 27.795 degrees north, 81.98056 degrees west (27.795, -81.98056).[1][4] The elevation for the community is 135 feet above sea level.[5]

Education

The community of Bradley Junction is served by Polk County Public Schools.

References
  1. "US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990". United States Census Bureau. 2011-02-12. Retrieved 2011-04-23.
  2. "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved 2011-05-14.
  3. United States Postal Service (2012). "USPS - Look Up a ZIP Code". Retrieved 2012-02-15.
  4. Bradley Junction, Polk County, Florida, USA - Maps, Photos ... Archived October 6, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
  5. Bradley Junction profile from Hometown Locator
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