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Bloomville is a hamlet and census-designated place (CDP) in the town of Kortright, Delaware County, New York, United States. As of the 2020 census, Bloomville had a population of 173.
Its first post office opened in 1816. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 213 to 173 (-19%).
Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.
From the old history books
What they wrote about Bloomville, 1856–1898
Passages that mention Bloomville, cut from the printed page as they were published.
History of Delaware County, and border wars of New York, containing a sketch of the late anti-rent difficulties in Delaware..1856 · page 80Read the page →
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of the Delaware river, was St. Leger Cowley, a native of Ireland, who removed from Albany with his family and located himself below the site of the present flourishing village of Bloomville, and not far from the south corner of the town of Kortright. After the commencement of the Revolution the few whigs (as those persons who dared to disown the king were called,) living in the valley of the Delaware, became, as it were, isolated from even what historians have termed the fron-
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History of Delaware County, and border wars of New York, containing a sketch of the late anti-rent difficulties in Delaware..1856 · page 73Read the page →
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Among the early settlers within the limits of the county, were a few Scotch pioneers, who located themselves in the valley of Wrightsbrook, within a short distance of the site of the present village of Bloomville. After the war broke out, the murders and lawless depredations committed upon the lives and property of the frontier settlers, gave them a timely warning. They saw safety only in flight. Although favorably inclined to the British Government, a heavy bounty had been
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at the time a comjmratively young man, possessed of a reasonably sound head and an agreeable presence; he was an acceptable preacher and was particularly well adapted to pastoral work. During his three years stay at Bloomville and Rose's Brook he conducted successful revival meetings and built or rebtiilt tine churches at both station.s. There were at Bloomville about ItKi accessions to the membership as the result of his first effort, among thesi' were many of the first and most influential citizens of the town
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The first birth in our town, we are told, was that of Daniel McCiillivrae, the first school was taught by Jane Blakely, the first mill was built at Bloomville by Jacob Every. The first church that on the hill at Kortright Centre, the Presbyterian, tlie first ))astor, AVilham ilc.Vuley, who was installed in the year ITiU and who continued in that position until his death in 1851. The membership of this church at times reached 500 and the weekly attendance was much more. A rather witty friend once told me
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Bloomville, decade by decade
One decade in the archive so far: the 1860s. Scroll each row; tap a photo for its story.
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 Wikimedia Commons (1) and old county and town histories (Internet Archive). Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.
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