BRADENTOWN, city of Florida, U.S.A., 35m. S. by W. of Tampa; the county seat of Manatee county. It is at the head of navigation on the Manatee river, a few miles from Tampa Bay and the Gulf of Mexico, and is served by coasting steamers and by the Atlantic Coast Line and the Seaboard Air Line railways. The population in 1910 was 1,886; in 1925 (State census) 7,306, in 1930 (U. S. census) 5,986. The leading industries are fishing, lumbering, fruit-growing, cattle-raising, and market-gardening. There are large deposits of fuller's earth in the vicinity. The city is a winter resort and has a growing commerce. It was settled in 1868 and incorporated in 1903.