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History · Bloom Township

12% of Bloom Township’s homes were built before 1940

Below: old-book passages.

0on the National Register
12%homes built before 1940
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Photo: Nyttend · Public domain

What stands out about Bloom Township’s past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

Lost villages4 post offices opened and closed inside today’s Bloom Township, and 4 old place names are still on the map.A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Bloom Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.
★ What stands out · Places that used to be

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

Four other post offices opened and closed inside today’s town.

Roxeby
1839–1873
Eagleport
1873–1955
Rokeby Lock
1881–1915
Durant
1888–1934
18301930today
Hamlets and corners on the map
DurantEagleportMorgan Meadows Mobile Home ParkRokeby Lock
Gone or out of use
Back Run SchoolschoolBorder SchoolschoolDurant Post Officepost officeEagleport Methodist ChurchchurchEagleport Post Officepost officeReeds SchoolschoolRokeby Lock Post Officepost officeSmith SchoolschoolStony Point SchoolschoolTunnel Hill Schoolschool
4cemeteries and burying grounds inside Bloom Township
AndersonFree GraceJacklotPisgah Methodist

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

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Start Bloom Township’s collection

The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Bloom Township’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
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The story so far

Bloom Township, in brief

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

Bloom Township is one of the fourteen townships of Morgan County, Ohio, United States. The 2020 census found 962 people in the township.

Its population held steady between the last two censuses: 980 in 2010, 962 in 2020.

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

From the old history books

What they wrote about Bloom Township in 1886

Passages that mention Bloom Township, cut from the printed page as they were published.

After Congress reduced the price of Government land, in 1820, from two dollars to one dollar and a quarter per acre, Bloom Township lands were rapidly taken, and soon after settlers came more rapidly. In 1830 the land was settled and the population had increased to that extent that schools were
History of Morgan County, Ohio, with portraits and biographical sketches of some of its pioneers and prominent men1886 · page 513Read the page →
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After Congress reduced the price of Government land, in 1820, from two dollars to one dollar and a quarter per acre, Bloom Township lands were rapidly taken, and soon after settlers came more rapidly. In 1830 the land was settled and the population had increased to that extent that schools were

Text read by machine from the scan; it may contain errors.

Scans and text from the Internet Archive. Books published in 1930 or earlier, which are in the public domain.

Timeline

Bloom Township, 1839 to 1955

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1839Post officeThe Roxeby post office opens
  3. 1873Post officeThe Roxeby post office closes
  4. 1873Post officeThe Eagleport post office opens
  5. 1881Post officeThe Rokeby Lock post office opens
  6. 20th century
  7. 1915Post officeThe Rokeby Lock post office closes
  8. 1955Post officeThe Eagleport post office closes
By decade

Bloom Township, decade by decade

Today2 recent
Eagleport St. Saviour by the River2017Eagleport St. Saviour by the RiverMap of Morgan County Ohio Highlighting2015Map of Morgan County Ohio HighlightingMap
Famous people

Famous people close to Bloom Township

Nobody well known was born in Bloom Township itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.

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James J. GibsonAmerican psychologist · b. 1904
Jeremiah McLain RuskUnion Army general, politician · b. 1830
W. Lee O'DanielAmerican politician · b. 1890
James W. DawesAmerican politician · b. 1844
H
Harry HolcombeAmerican actor · b. 1906
Frederick Samuel DellenbaughAmerican explorer and artist · b. 1853
Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Morgan Township1 historic placeA+Bristol TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townYork TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townDeerfield Township1 historic placenot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townMalta TownshipIts storyBBlue Rock TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townHarrison TownshipIts storyB−

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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 Wikimedia Commons (2), the US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock), the USGS Geographic Names Information System 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.