  bradford township is a township in mckean county, pennsylvania, united states. the population was 4,805 at the 2010 census. ==geography== according to the united states census bureau, the township has a total area of , of which,  of it is land and  of it (0.45%) is water. the city of bradford abuts the township to the north. the township contains the unincorporated communities of custer city, degolia, howard, and south bradford. ==demographics== as of the census of 2010, there were 4,805 people, 1,745 households, and 1,251 families residing in the township. the population density was 86.7 people per square mile (33.5/kmÂ²). there were 1,826 housing units at an average density of 33.3/sq&nbsp;mi (12.9/kmÂ²). the racial makeup of the township was 98.03% white, 0.58% [[african american 
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