Bradfordville is a medium sized yet unique unincorporated community in northern Leon County, Florida. It is 8 miles north of Tallahassee and south of the Florida/Georgia state line by 8 miles at the intersection of US 319 and State Road 12 or Leon County Road 0342 (also known as Iamonia Cut-off). Leon County is a county located in the state of Florida. ... Official language(s) English Capital Tallahassee Largest city Jacksonville Area  - Total  - Width  - Length  - % water  - Latitude  - Longitude Ranked 22nd 170 451 km² 260 km 800 km 17. ... Nickname: Motto: Official website: http://talgov. ... Official language(s) English Capital Tallahassee Largest city Jacksonville Area  - Total  - Width  - Length  - % water  - Latitude  - Longitude Ranked 22nd 170 451 km² 260 km 800 km 17. ... U.S. Highway 319 is a spur of U.S. Highway 19. ... Florida State Road 12 is an east-west route in the Florida Panhandle, running from State Road 20 in Bristol to US 27 in Havana. ...

Geography

Bradfordville has rolling hills and ravines spotted with lakes and ponds. Lake Iamonia, one of Florida's larger natural lakes, borders the northwest side of Bradfordville. Bradfordville is within the famous Red Hills. Image File history File links FLMap-doton-Bradfordville. ... Lake Iamonia, Leon County, Florida. ... The Red Hills Region is a unique 300,000-acre area located between Thomasville, Georgia and Tallahassee, Florida and from the Aucilla River to the Ochlockonee River on scenic private lands in the southeast United States. ...

History

Bradfordville began between 1829 and 1832 when Bradford brothers moved to the area to farm large tracts of land. Richard Bradford founded Water Oak Plantation near Lake McBride, Thomas Bradford established Walnut Hill Plantation, Dr. Edward Bradford established Pine Hill Plantation. Dr. William H. Bradford established Edgewood Plantation and became the doctor for Pine Hill Plantation's slaves. Henry B. Bradford lived a little further south on what is now Thomasville Road in the same area as brother Thomas. Dr. Edward Bradford was the most successful and later established Horseshoe Plantation southeast of Lake Iamonia. The plantation is still in existance today as a privately run hunting plantation. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe 1829 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... 1832 was a leap year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ...

Captain William Lester of Georgia moved to Leon County around 1850 at the age of 53. According to the US Agriculture Census Schedule (1850), the tax roll of 1850, and census schedules, he owned 110 slaves, 3,462 acres of land, 1,200 unproved acres, $25,000 (farm value), $6,400 value of livestock, 5,000 corn bushels and 200 cotton (400 lb bales). These records show Captain Lester to have been a prosperous planter with large land holdings. 1850 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ...

The Bradfordville School was constructed between the years 1884-1892 on a small piece of land owned by the Lester family. The school, a wood framed vernacular structure, represents a typical one-room schoolhouse mentioned in rural American history. It qualifies for the National Register and has been preserved and now resides on the southwest section of Bannerman Road. 1884 (MDCCCLXXXIV) is a leap year starting on Tuesday (click on link to calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a leap year starting on Thursday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar). ... 1892 (MDCCCXCII) was a leap year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... The National Register of Historic Places is the USAs official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects worthy of preservation. ...

Bradfordville is now an area with a few large homes and the east-southeast tip of a large housing development. It is mostly a major commercial area that contains 4 branch banks, 2 major retail stores in Target and Publix plus a variety of other smaller retail stores. Target Stores is a division of Target Corporation. ... Publix (OTCBB: PUSH) is a supermarket chain based in Lakeland, Florida, United States. ...

Natural history

Bradfordville is located in a forested area of Longleaf Pine, Shortleaf Pine, Loblolly Pine, Laurel oak, Southern live oak, Florida maple, Southern magnolia, and Sweetgum. Binomial name Pinus palustris Mill. ... Binomial name Pinus echinata Mill. ... Binomial name Pinus taeda The Loblolly Pine (Pinus taeda) is one of the pines native to the southeast United States. ... Binomial name Quercus laurifolia Michx. ... Binomial name Quercus virginiana Mill. ... Binomial name Magnolia grandiflora L. The Southern Magnolia, also known as Bull bay, is a magnolia native to the southeastern United States, from coastal North Carolina south to central Florida, and west to southeast Texas. ... Species Liquidambar formosana Liquidambar orientalis Liquidambar styraciflua The sweetgums Liquidambar are a genus in the witch-hazel family Hamamelidaceae, with three species of large deciduous trees, 25-40m tall, with palmately lobed leaves: Liquidambar formosana - Chinese Sweetgum (central & southern China, Taiwan). ...

External Links

• 1940 Bradfordville map
• 1940 map of the old community of Iamonia