8 7 %) ▁is ▁land ▁and ▁ ▁( or ▁ 0 . 1 3 %) ▁is ▁water . ▁ ▁Location ▁grid ▁ ▁Ge ographical ▁features ▁Natural ▁D eg ogn ia ▁Creek ▁is ▁the ▁western ▁line ▁of ▁dem arc ation . ▁K ink a id ▁and ▁Be aucoup ▁C ree ks ▁have ▁their ▁source ▁within ▁its ▁limits , ▁the ▁former ▁flow ing ▁south ward ▁and ▁the ▁latter ▁in ▁a ▁n ort he aster ly ▁direction . ▁It ▁is ▁further ▁dra ined ▁and ▁water ed ▁by ▁D eg ogn ia ▁Creek ▁and ▁some ▁of ▁its ▁eastern ▁trib ut aries . ▁ ▁Man made ▁The ▁St . ▁Louis ▁and ▁C airo ▁Rail road ▁enters ▁it ▁from ▁the ▁north ▁and ▁runs ▁a ▁south - e aster ly ▁course , ▁leaving ▁in ▁the ▁east , ▁a ▁little ▁more ▁than ▁ ▁from ▁the ▁south ▁line . ▁ ▁History ▁ ▁Brad ley ▁Township ▁lies ▁in ▁the ▁extreme ▁north - western ▁part ▁of ▁Jackson ▁County ▁and ▁was ▁named ▁in ▁honor ▁of ▁Judge ▁William ▁Brad ley ▁who ▁had ▁migr ated ▁to ▁the ▁county ▁with ▁his ▁father ▁Josh ua ▁Brad ley ▁from ▁Tennessee . ▁The ▁town ship ▁contained ▁a ▁few ▁sett lers ▁before ▁the ▁organization ▁of ▁the ▁State ▁in ▁ 1 8 1 8 . ▁It ▁contains ▁two ▁towns , ▁Campbell ▁Hill ▁on ▁the ▁rail road ▁named ▁above , ▁ ▁from ▁its ▁rival , ▁A va . ▁ ▁This ▁village ▁of ▁Brad ley ▁was ▁survey ed ▁and ▁laid ▁out ▁by ▁Edward ▁New some , ▁county ▁survey or , ▁and ▁cert ified ▁on ▁January