Explore Bradford, Tennessee, with this interactive street and satellite map.
This page also offers TOPO MAPS — the official USGS topographic sheets — plus USGS aerial imagery, a labelled USNG grid overlay, a distance and bearing tool, and a GPS grid-reference readout. See How to Use This Map below.
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Bradford, Tennessee. Use the Map and Satellite buttons above to switch between street map and aerial imagery views. Use the + and − buttons to zoom in or out, or scroll your mouse wheel while holding the Control key to zoom. On a touchscreen, use a two-finger pinch gesture. Drag the map to pan to any area of Tennessee or beyond.
Click ⛶ Fullscreen to expand the map to fill your screen. To return to the normal page view, press the Escape key, click the ✕ Exit Fullscreen button that appears above the map, or on a mobile device tap the back button (Android) or the close icon (iOS).
TOPO MAPS — NEW. Click the green 🔍 Search Maps button below the map to open a second map with a Base map row offering three choices. OSM is the standard OpenStreetMap street map. Topo shows the official USGS topographic maps from The National Map — contours, hydrography, land cover and shaded relief, the same mapping used for hiking, hunting and back-country navigation in the Adirondacks, the Catskills and the Finger Lakes. Imagery shows USGS aerial photography, mostly 1-metre NAIP. The search box finds any US town, county or landmark by name, so you are not limited to Bradford.
Reading the map like a paper quad. Click Grid to overlay the U.S. National Grid (USNG), labelled along the edges exactly as a printed topographic sheet is — at normal zoom the squares are one kilometre across, so you can read a six-figure grid reference by eye and judge distance directly off the map. Click Measure, then tap two points, to get the distance between them together with the grid bearing in degrees and mils, the true bearing, and the magnetic bearing to set on a compass.
Click 📍 My position to take a single GPS reading from your device. It marks where you are and reports your position as a USNG grid reference as well as plain latitude and longitude — USNG being the format FEMA and US search and rescue teams work from — with a Copy position button so you can paste it straight into a text message. It takes one reading and stops, rather than tracking continuously, to conserve your battery. Note that map tiles need cell coverage, but a GPS reading does not — your coordinates stay correct even where the map itself cannot load.
| City | Bradford |
| State | Tennessee (TN) |
| County | Gibson County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| Latitude | 36.073782 |
| Longitude | -88.81632 |
| Population | 1,001 |
| Density | 218.4 /km² |
| Incorporated | Yes |
| ZIP Codes | 38012, 38316 |
| Area Code | 901 |
| County Seat | Trenton |
| School District | Bradford Special School District |
Bradford emerges from the fertile, low-slung plains of West Tennessee, where the land stretches out in a patient, flat expanse of agricultural dedication. It lies 18.6 miles south of Martin, TN (from Martin, TN: bearing 173°T), and is situated 9.9 miles northeast of Trenton. The gentle, persistent presence of Bradford Creek carves a winding path through the local soil, its waters moving with a quiet gravity that dictates the rhythm of the surrounding fields. Sunlight here possesses a particular clarity, catching the dust motes above the rows of crops and illuminating the deep, rich loam that serves as the bedrock of the region. On the far horizon, the faint, hazy suggestion of Pea Ridge offers a distant boundary to the sky, reminding the viewer that the terrain is part of a vast, interconnected interior expanse far removed from any rising oceanic influence.
Bradford maintains an economy deeply rooted in the agricultural cycles of the harvest, reflecting a history tied to the cultivation of the soil and the steady labor of its inhabitants. Life in Bradford moves with a deliberate, unadorned pace, punctuated by the seasonal machinery that navigates the rural roads and the quietude that settles over the porch swings at dusk. Beyond the immediate fields, the landscape remains largely reclaimed by nature, with the Maness Swamp Refuge providing a sanctuary for local wildlife six miles away, while the waters of the Greenfield Sewage Lagoon Lake sit in similar proximity, marking the functional perimeter of the district. The culture of the place is one of quiet endurance, where the shared memory of the land’s yield and the honest patterns of daily work define the character of those who reside here.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Bradford, Tennessee. Coordinates: 36.073782, -88.81632. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service. Real-time local and world news feeds keep the page current.
Detailed location data for Bradford includes the ZIP code (38012, 38316), telephone area code (901), county seat of Gibson County (Trenton), and school district assignment (Bradford Special School District).
Search Maps opens a second, independent map. It searches OpenStreetMap for any US town, county or landmark by name; offers USGS topographic maps and USGS aerial imagery as base layers; overlays a labelled U.S. National Grid (USNG) so the map can be read like a printed topographic quad; measures distance and grid, true and magnetic bearings between any two points; and takes a single GPS fix reporting your position as a USNG grid reference and as latitude and longitude. Map tiles require cell coverage, but a GPS position does not, so the coordinates remain correct even where the map cannot load.
Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Location data | SimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data |
| Map layers | Google Maps; © OpenStreetMap contributors; USGS The National Map topographic and aerial imagery (public domain); magnetic declination from NOAA NCEI (World Magnetic Model) |
| Wikipedia validation | Article content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API. |