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History · Bloomfield Township

45% of Bloomfield Township’s homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1985 on.

0on the National Register
45%homes built before 1940
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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.

A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Bloomfield Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Old housesHalf of Bloomfield Township’s homes were built before 1951.
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Decades since 1900 with photos
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The story so far

Bloomfield Township, in brief

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Bloomfield Township yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.

Bloomfield Township is a township in Fillmore County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 414 at the 2000 census. Bloomfield Township borders Beaver Township, Forestville Township, and Spring Valley Township. Bloomfield Township was organized in 1858.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 353 to 324 (-8%).

Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.

Timeline

Bloomfield Township, 1856 to 1985

Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.

  1. 19th century
  2. 1856Post officeThe Etna post office opens
  3. 20th century
  4. 1901Post officeThe Etna post office closes
  5. 1985On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
By decade

No old photos in the archives yet

Weddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.

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On the map

Bloomfield Township on the map in 1985

The U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Bloomfield Township.

Bloomfield Township on the 1985 USGS map1985Austin sheet · 1:100,000

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.

Places that used to be

Lost post offices, old corners, places now gone and burying grounds

Another post office, Etna, opened and closed inside today’s town.

Hamlets and corners on the map
Etna
Gone or out of use
Etna Post Officepost officeMatson Field AirportairportOstranderlocale
4cemeteries and burying grounds inside Bloomfield Township
BatemanBloomfieldBloomfieldEtna

US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

Stories next door

History across the town line

Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.

Forestville Township2 historic placesnot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townBennington TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townBeaver TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townSpring Valley TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townFillmore TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

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Where this page comes from

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). How TownRatings grades history →

From 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.