Bradshaw, West Virginia

About Bradshaw

Set in the southwestern part of West Virginia, Bradshaw is a tiny community with an estimated population of 182.

Bradshaw holds the status of an incorporated town — local government on a neighborly scale. The community covers 0.77 square miles, giving it wide-open spaces and a spread-out, rural feel at roughly 236 residents per square mile.

📰 Bradshaw News Today

• Bradshaw Wins Big At WVU Medicine WV Open The Intelligencer · Aug 3
• Fatal crash under investigation in Wayne County WSAZ · Aug 2
• Residents & visitors celebrate opening of new coffeehouse in Bradshaw WVVA · May 4
• West Virginia Open: David Bradshaw wraps up 12th State Open title - Charleston Gazette-Mail Charleston Gazette-Mail · Jun 25
• Billie Bradshaw Obituary (2025) - Poca, WV - Charleston Gazette-Mail Legacy obituary · Dec 9

Live headlines via Google News — updates through the day.

What Makes Bradshaw Unique

• Positioned in southwestern West Virginia, convenient to the region's corridors and crossings.
• Part of the fabric of West Virginia — one of 439 recognized communities statewide.

Why People Love It Here

• Small-town pace of life: less traffic, more community, and neighbors who wave.
• Cost of living typically runs below the big-metro average.
• Well connected: 3+ neighboring communities within 8 miles.

🏞️ Parks & Outdoors in Bradshaw

• Bradshaw Park reviews ★
• Coal Camp Park reviews ★

Parks mapped by the OpenStreetMap community · "reviews" opens each park's live Google reviews.

🏫 Schools in Bradshaw

• Bradshaw Elementary School
• River View High School
• Sandy River Middle School

Public schools, U.S. Dept. of Education (NCES) 2023–24 directory.

⚡ Quick Facts

🗺️ Map of Bradshaw

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