Bradford, also known as Dixiana, is an

unincorporated community An unincorporated area is a region that is not governed by a local municipal corporation. Widespread unincorporated communities and areas are a distinguishing feature of the United States and Canada. Most other countries of the world either have ...

Jefferson County, Alabama Jefferson County is the List of counties in Alabama, most populous county in the U.S. state of Alabama, located in the central portion of the state. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, its population was 674,721. Its county seat i ...

, United States.

History

Bradford was originally named in honor of the English city

Bradford Bradford is a city and the administrative centre of the City of Bradford district in West Yorkshire, England. The city is in the Pennines' eastern foothills on the banks of the Bradford Beck. Bradford had a population of 349,561 at the 2011 ...

by Jim Justice, who was a foreman of the local mines. The post office was then named Dixiana after it was found there was already a post office in Alabama operating under the name "Bradford." Multiple different companies mined coal at mines in Bradford, including The Alabama By-Products Corporation, the Birmingham Furnace and Manufacturing Company, and Imperial Coal and Coke Company. A post office operated under the name Dixiana from 1880 to 1984.

References

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