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2010 Map of Bradford

Name: 2010 Topographic Map of Bradford
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2010
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2010

About this map

Bradford serves as the central hub of this West Tennessee landscape, situated between two major waterways. The South Fork Obion River defines the northern boundary while the Rutherford Fork Obion River cuts across the southwestern corner, creating a fertile drainage basin populated by numerous named tributaries like Locust Grove Creek, Bradford Creek, and Bear Creek. The rural character of the area is underscored by the high density of family and community burial grounds, including Antioch Cemetery, Shiloh Cemetery, and Bruff Cemetery.

To the south, the Idlewild Post Office marks a small community node connected to the town by a network of roads named for local families, such as Bill Alexander Rd and Cecil Lett Rd. This network reflects a long-standing agricultural settlement pattern where small country churches and their adjacent cemeteries, like Griffins Chapel Cemetery and Olivers Chapel Cemetery, formed the social anchors for scattered farmsteads.