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Village · York County · Population 273 (2020 census) · ZIP 68319 · Founded 1880 · Peak population 434 (1890)

About Bradshaw

Bradshaw is a village of 273 people (2020) in western York County, at 1,719 feet on US 34 about 8 miles west of York; I-80 Exit 348 is about 7 miles south. The 1902–03 Bradshaw Town Hall, now the civic center, is on the National Register, and a state historical marker in the park at Lincoln and Jackson streets tells the town’s story. Bradshaw is on Central Time.

History

The Burlington & Missouri River platted Bradshaw in 1880 when it built west from York toward Grand Island, near the Nebraska City–Fort Kearny freight road, on land sold by Jesse and Mary Richards; the village took Mrs. Richards’s maiden name. On June 3, 1890, a tornado destroyed the village, killing 12 and injuring about 60; the 1890 census, taken just before, had counted 434 people, still the highest. The town rebuilt, and the Town Hall followed in 1902–03. The F5 tornado of May 5, 1964 — the last F5 recorded in Nebraska — passed just north of the village and killed two people on a farm about 3 miles northwest. Bradshaw’s school district merged with Henderson’s in 1998.

Highways and trails through Bradshaw

Route	One way	Other way
US 34Through the village	West to Hampton and Aurora	East to York

Nearby towns

Charlestown	about 5 mi south-southeast	County roads
Hampton	about 7 mi west	US 34
Henderson	about 8 mi south-southwest	County roads
York	about 8 mi east	US 34
Lushton	about 11 mi south	County roads
Benedict	about 11 mi northeast	County roads
Mccool Junction	about 12 mi southeast	County roads
Polk	about 13 mi north	County roads
Aurora	about 14 mi west	US 34

Things to see

Bradshaw Town Hall (1902–03, National Register) · the Bradshaw historical marker, Lincoln and Jackson Sts.

Schools and health care

Schools: Heartland Community Schools, in Henderson (since the 1998 merger)

Health care: Nearest hospitals: Henderson Health Care Services, Henderson, about 8 mi, and York General Hospital, York, about 8 mi

Sources: U.S. Census; Wikipedia; Andreas, History of the State of Nebraska (1882); Sedgwick, York County, Nebraska and Its People (1921); Nebraska State Gazetteer (1890–91); History Nebraska markers; National Register; National Weather Service (Hastings); Nebraska Game and Parks; Upper Big Blue NRD; York University; York General; Henderson Health Care Services; City of York; City of Henderson; Village of McCool Junction; Henderson Heritage Park; Visit Nebraska. Distances marked "about" are straight-line estimates.