Welcome to Brad ...

Brad is located in the Texas Panhandle.

Brad is located in Palo Pinto County<1>.

The location of Brad has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<2>

While we don't have a date for the founding of Brad, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1901.

Brad is 1,210 feet [369 m] above sea level.<3>.

Time Zone: Brad lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Communities Also Named Brad ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Brad - it's located in Arkansas.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Brad.

Communities near Brad ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Brad.

• Strawn
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strawn
  • Strawn is located in Palo Pinto County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 674 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Strawn <4>
• Graford
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Graford have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graford
  • Graford is located in Palo Pinto County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 631 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Graford <4>
• Gordon
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gordon
  • Gordon is located in Palo Pinto County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 492 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Gordon <4>
• Mingus
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mingus have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mingus
  • Mingus is located in Palo Pinto County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 256 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mingus <4>
• Caddo
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caddo
  • Caddo is located in Stephens County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Caddo <4>
• Palo Pinto
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Palo Pinto have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palo Pinto
  • Palo Pinto is located in Palo Pinto County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Palo Pinto <4>
• La Casa ‑ Historic
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Casa
  • La Casa is located in Stephens County
• Necessity
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Necessity
  • Necessity is located in Stephens County
• Thurber
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thurber
  • Thurber is located in Erath County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Thurber <4>
• Bunger
  (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bunger
  • Bunger is located in Young County

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Brad. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Brad.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Brad. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Brad.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Brad. See our Newspapers Page for Brad.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Brad ...

Looking for more information about Brad? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Brad, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Brad.

Adding Brad to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Brad in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Brad was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Brad post office opened in 1901.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Brad.

Off-the-Road Links ...

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Brad. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for State of Texas: https://texas.gov/