Bradley Junction, Florida

Bradley Junction, Florida
Census-designated place
Northbound Florida State Road 37 as it enters Bradley Junction
Northbound Florida State Road 37 as it enters Bradley Junction
Bradley Junction is located in Florida
Bradley Junction
Bradley Junction
Bradley Junction is located in the United States
Bradley Junction
Bradley Junction
Coordinates: 27°47′43″N 81°58′49″W / 27.79528°N 81.98028°W / 27.79528; -81.98028
CountryUnited States
StateFlorida
CountyPolk
Area
[1]
 • Total
2.15 sq mi (5.57 km2)
 • Land2.11 sq mi (5.46 km2)
 • Water0.04 sq mi (0.11 km2)
Elevation
138 ft (42 m)
Population
 (2020)
 • Total
542
 • Density257.12/sq mi (99.25/km2)
Time zoneUTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP codes
33835[2]
Area code863
FIPS codeGNIS feature ID

Bradley Junction (also known as Bradley) is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in southwestern Polk County, Florida, United States. Its population was 542 as of the 2020 census.

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).[4][5] The elevation for the community is 135 feet above sea level.[6]

Demographics

Historical population
CensusPop.Note%±
2020542—
U.S. Decennial Census[7]

Education

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

References

  1. ^ "2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved October 31, 2021.
  2. ^ United States Postal Service (2012). "USPS - Look Up a ZIP Code". Retrieved February 15, 2012.
  3. ^ "Bradley Junction". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  4. ^ "US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990". United States Census Bureau. February 12, 2011. Retrieved April 23, 2011.
  5. ^ Bradley Junction, Polk County, Florida, USA - Maps, Photos ... Archived October 6, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
  6. ^ Bradley Junction profile from Hometown Locator
  7. ^ "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Retrieved June 4, 2016.