Bradford was originally named in honor of the English city
Bradford by Jim Justice, who was a foreman of the local mines. The post office was then named Dixiana after it was found there was already a post office in Alabama operating under the name "Bradford." Multiple different companies mined coal at mines in Bradford, including The
Alabama By-Products Corporation, the Birmingham Furnace and Manufacturing Company, and Imperial Coal and Coke Company. A post office operated under the name Dixiana from 1880 to 1984. ==References==