The story so far
from Wikipedia & the U.S. CensusBradford is an unincorporated community in Bradford Township, Isanti County, Minnesota, United States. The community is located west of Cambridge and Isanti and north of St. Francis on State Highway 47 (MN 47). The center of Bradford is generally considered at the junction of Highway 47 and Isanti County Road 40. Other routes include County Roads 5, 10, and 17. Bradford currently has a gas station, a used car lot, a few small industries, which include, but are not limited to, Heat Mizer Glass, and has a restaurant "Bradford Roadhouse" on the site of the former Bradford Store.
Its population held steady between the last two censuses: 3,380 people in 2010, 3,427 in 2020. Half of its homes were built before 1976.
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Bradford yet — the old photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.
Intro from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Population and housing: U.S. Census Bureau.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Bradford’s history is told.
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Bradford, decade by decade
2000
Then & now
When neighbors add old photos, retakes from the same spot appear here side by side.