Founding year: Wikidata. First post office: 1833.The full story ↓
History grade
What drives Bloomfield Township’s History grade
On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Bloomfield Township is more historic than 61% of U.S. towns, #268 of 701 in Michigan. Its age holds the grade up; its share of homes from before 1940 pulls it down.
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HistoryA character grade: shown, never part of Bloomfield 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 Bloomfield Township’s 1.6 sits above most of its state (68% of Michigan towns have fewer) while its 7 historic buildings outnumber those of 73% of U.S. towns.
NoteThe founding year comes from Wikidata alone; no second source gives 1827.
How sure. Graded on any two of the three inputs instead, the letter would range from C+ to A−. The pre-1940 share (±1.2 points) is firm at this size.
Founding year: Wikidata (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 Bloomfield Township’s past
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
Lost post offices, old corners, places now gone and burying grounds
Two other post offices opened and closed inside today’s town.
Marion
1833–1834
Circle
1897–1902
Bloomfield Hills
1929–today
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Hamlets and corners on the map
Charing Cross
Gone or out of use
Charing Cross Stationlocale
1cemetery inside Bloomfield Township
Kirk in the Hills Columbarium
US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).
On the map
Bloomfield Township on the map, 1907 to 1997
Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Bloomfield Township. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.
1907Pontiac sheet · 1:62,500
U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Bloomfield Township.
Labor union leader Jimmy Hoffa disappeared while in Bloomfield Township on July 30, 1975. He was last seen that afternoon in the parking lot of the Machus Red Fox restaurant. Six years later, to the day, Carlo Licata, the son of the acting boss of the Detroit Partnership crime syndicate, Jack Tocco, died under suspicious circumstances at a house off Long Lake Drive in Bloomfield Township. Hoffa had visited the house multiple times to visit Detroit Partnership members Anthony and Vito Giacalone.
In 1827, according to Wikidata. Bloomfield Township’s post office opened in 1833.
How does Bloomfield Township rank for history?
Bloomfield Township is more historic than 61% of U.S. towns, #268 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.
What is on the National Register in Bloomfield Township?
5 listings: 5 buildings, among them the Charles Torrey House (listed 1992, the first). 7 historic buildings in all.
How old are the homes in Bloomfield Township?
3% of Bloomfield Township’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate, ±1.2 points), against a typical 12% for a Michigan town; the median home was built in 1968.
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 Wikidata (2), the National Register of Historic Places (5), Wikipedia, Wikidata and Wikipedia for famous people, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, 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.
