Welcome to Bradshaw ...

So far, we found very little information about Bradshaw. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Bradshaw to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Bradshaw, please Contact Us.

Bradshaw would have been located within present day Beaver County<2>.

We aren't confident of the location of Bradshaw, so consider the above location as an estimate.<3>

While we don't have a date for the founding of Bradshaw, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1884.

Time Zone: The area where Bradshaw was located is in the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT) and observes daylight saving time

The community of Bradshaw has also been called Bradshaw City. and Cave Mine Camp (and there are additional names). For more information about the names of Bradshaw, see The Names of Bradshaw on our Genealogy Page.

Communities Also Named Bradshaw ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 18 communities that are also named Bradshaw - they are located in Indiana, Kentucky (2), Maryland (2), Missouri, Nebraska, New Mexico, North Carolina, Ontario (2), Tennessee, Texas (3), Virginia and West Virginia (2).

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

Communities near Bradshaw ...

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

• Beaver
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver
  • Beaver is located in Beaver County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,200 people
  • Beaver has also been known as:
  • Beaver City
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Beaver <4>
• Milford
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milford
  • Milford is located in Beaver County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,405 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Milford <4>
• Minersville
  (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Minersville have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minersville
  • Minersville is located in Beaver County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 930 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Minersville <4>
• Adamsville
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adamsville
  • Adamsville is located in Beaver County
  • Former names for Adamsville:
  • Beaver Iron Works
  • Wales
• Cook Corner
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cook Corner have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cook Corner
  • Cook Corner is located in Beaver County
• Yellow Banks
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Yellow Banks have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yellow Banks
  • Yellow Banks is located in Beaver County
• Greenville
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenville
  • Greenville is located in Beaver County
• Beaver City ‑ Historic
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
  • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Beaver City. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver City
  • Beaver City is located in Beaver County
• Shenandoah City ‑ Historic
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Shenandoah City have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shenandoah City
  • Shenandoah City is located in Beaver County
  • Shenandoah City has also been known as:
  • North Camp
  • North Star
  • Star City
• Arago City ‑ Historic
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arago City
  • Arago City is located in Beaver County
  • Arago City has also been known as:
  • South Camp

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 Bradshaw. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Bradshaw.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Bradshaw. 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 Bradshaw.

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

Adding Bradshaw to Our Gazetteer ...

As we work on our Gazetteer, we occasionally find mention of a community that is new to us. When we find such a community, we add it to our Gazetteer with the hope of adding more information in the future.

The earliest source we've referenced which mentioned Bradshaw was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the Bradshaw post office opened in 1884.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Bradshaw.

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for Beaver County: www.beaver.state.ut.us/

The official website for State of Utah: https://www.utah.gov/