Bradfordton is a rural unincorporated community located in Gardner Township, Sangamon County, Illinois.

[1] It is located on Illinois Route 97, 4.5 miles (7 km) northwest of Springfield.

[2] The rural hamlet is the site of the Bradfordton Co-Op, a grain elevator.

It was once the site of a whistle stop on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad line from Springfield to Beardstown.