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Welcome to Bradshaw ...

Bradshaw is located in Roanoke County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Bradshaw, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1881.

Bradshaw is 1,470 feet [448 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Bradshaw lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Codes for Bradshaw: 540 & 826<3>

Communities Also Named Bradshaw ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 17 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) 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.

  • Roanoke
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
  • Blacksburg
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Salem
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
  • Christiansburg
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Vinton
    (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
  • Boones Mill
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
  • New Castle
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Riverside
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Riverside. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverside
    • Riverside is located in Roanoke County
  • Elliston
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Wabun
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wabun
    • Wabun is located in Roanoke 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 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.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Bradshaw ...

Looking for more information about Bradshaw? 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 Bradshaw, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Bradshaw.

Adding Bradshaw to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Bradshaw 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 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 1881.

We also found Bradshaw in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Bradshaw.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Virginia's counties, including Roanoke, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Bradshaw - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 540 code has been Overlayed with the 826 area code. New phone numbers in the Bradshaw area will be assigned with one of these codes: 540 or 826. As a result, placing a call in the Bradshaw area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<6>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/