The Bloomer Township post office opened in 1883, the earliest record of the town by name. Three smaller post offices, Bloomer Centre (1858), Bloomer (1883) and Butternut (1888), opened inside today’s town and later closed.
First census: 628 in 18602020 census: 6,352143 years
How historic is Bloomer Township?
B−
More historic than 46% of U.S. towns, on its age, its old homes and the National Register.
Founding year: the first Bloomer Township post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).
History grade
What drives Bloomer Township’s History grade
On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Bloomer Township is more historic than 46% of U.S. towns, #396 of 701 in Michigan. Its share of homes from before 1940 holds the grade up; its National Register listings pull it down.
B−
HistoryA character grade: shown, never part of Bloomer Township’s overall grade.
Few Michigan towns list much on the Register (a typical Michigan town has 0.0 per 10,000 residents, the U.S. 2.4), so Bloomer Township’s 0.0 sits below most of its state (32% of Michigan towns have fewer) while its 0 listings outnumber those of 23% of U.S. towns.
How sure. Graded on any two of the three inputs instead, the letter would range from C to B. The pre-1940 share is a Census survey estimate (±6.5 points). The founding year is the first post office, not a stated founding date.
Founding year: the first post office (other dates in Quick answers). Homes: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register: National Park Service, May 2026 list; each listing counted once (boundary changes and added documentation belong to their listing), and a historic district counts its contributing buildings. How TownRatings grades history →
What stands out about Bloomer Township’s past
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
Lost half of its people between 1960 and 1970, then grew 5-fold.
17 censuses, 1860–2020.
U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Bloomer Township’s Wikipedia page.
Places that used to be
Lost post offices, old corners, places now gone and burying grounds
Three other post offices opened and closed inside today’s town.
Bloomer Centre
1858–1883
Bloomer
1883–1886
Butternut
1888–1955
18501940today
Hamlets and corners on the map
Butternut
Gone or out of use
Bloomer Post Officepost officeButternut Post Officepost officeButternut Stationlocale
2cemeteries and burying grounds inside Bloomer Township
BloomerDalton
US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).
The story so far
Bloomer Township, in brief
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Bloomer Township yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.
Bloomer Township is a civil township of Montcalm County in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2020 census, the township population was 6,352, up from a population of 3,904 in the 2010 census.
Its first post office opened in 1883. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 3,904 to 6,352 (+63%).
Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.
Timeline
Bloomer Township, 1858 to 2020
Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.
Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Bloomer Township. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.
1967Butternut sheet · 1:24,000
U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Bloomer Township.
Famous people
Famous people close to Bloomer Township
Nobody well known was born in Bloomer Township itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.
The Bloomer Township post office opened in 1883, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).
How does Bloomer Township rank for history?
Bloomer Township is more historic than 46% of U.S. towns, #396 of 701 in Michigan. The History grade combines the town’s founding era, the share of homes built before 1940 and its National Register listings. It’s a character grade, so it isn’t part of the overall grade. How it works.
How old are the homes in Bloomer Township?
25% of Bloomer Township’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate, ±6.5 points), against a typical 12% for a Michigan town; the median home was built in 1974.
Founding dates: Wikidata, Wikipedia, the U.S. post office records of Blevins & Helbock (CC0) and the Census. Homes by year built: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register of Historic Places: National Park Service (list of May 22, 2026). Old photos, postcards and papers: Wikimedia Commons, the Library of Congress and other public archives, credited on each item’s page. Maps: U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (via Esri) and Sanborn fire-insurance maps (Library of Congress). History text and census tables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Places that used to be: USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).
From U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia), the US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock) and the USGS Geographic Names Information System. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.
