Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
More historic than 76% of U.S. towns. What drives it
Below: maps from 1960 on and old-book passages.
The Bloom Township post office opened in 1825, the earliest record of the town by name.
More historic than 76% of U.S. towns, on its age, its old homes and the National Register.
On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Bloom Township is more historic than 76% of U.S. towns. Its share of homes from before 1940 holds the grade up; its National Register listings pull it down.
Ohio towns list about as much on the Register as the country (a typical Ohio town has 2.9 per 10,000 residents, the U.S. 2.4), so Bloom Township’s 0.0 sits below most of its state (23% of Ohio towns have fewer) while its 0 listings outnumber those of 23% of U.S. towns.
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 →
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Bloom Township’s history is told.
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 fifteen townships of Seneca County, Ohio, United States. The 2020 census found 1,624 people in the township.
Its first post office opened in 1825. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 1,799 to 1,624 (-10%).
Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.
Passages that mention Bloom Township, cut from the printed page as they were published.
Talbott, of Fairfield County, a native of Maryland. He enlisted in the war of 1812, but on account of sickness in his family was compelled to hire a substitute to serve out the latter part of his time. Mr. and Mrs. John Valentine settled in 1827 on a quarter section of land in Bloom Township, this county, which he had obtained from the Government in 1822. Of their ten childi-en three are living in Bloom Township: John, Mary E. and George; four are in Indiana: Samuel R. . Edward Washington. Charles W. and Mrs. SelinaBetts; one lives in Michigan, Henry, and two are deceased. James Harvey Valen-
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June 7, 1824, Thomas Boyd presented a petition to the commissioners, signed by many qualitied electors of Eden Township for the establishment of Bloom Township. The petitioners stated: '"Laboiu'ing under grate iuconvinance from the distance of attending Piiblic Elections, and also having a sutiicient number of quallified electors in the township, we therefore pray that the Honorable board to sit off said Township, No. 1 and 2 in the 16th Range, and constitute it a legal Township, to be known by the name of Bloom Township."
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June 7, 1824, Thomas Boyd presented a petition to the commissioners, signed by many qualified electors of Eden Township for the establishment of Bloom Township. The petitioners stated: "Laboui'ing under grate inconvinance from the distance of attending Public Elections, and also having a sufficient number of quallified electors in the township, we therefore pray that the Honorable board to sit off said Township, No. 1 and 2 in the 16th Range, and constitute it a legal Township, to be known by the name of Bloom Township. ' ' The commissioners, in granting this petition, decreed that Townships 1 and 2,
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Talbott, of Fairfield Coimty, a native of Maryland. He enlisted in the war of 1812, but on account of sickness in his family was compelled to hire a substitute to serve out the latter part of his time. 5Ir. and 'Mrs. John Valentine settled in 1827 on a quarter section of land in Bloom Township, this county, which he had obtained from the Government in 1S22. Of their ten childi-en three are living in Bloom Township: John. Mary E. and George; four are in Indiana: Samuel R. , Edward Washington. Charles W. and Mrs. SelinaBetts: one lives in Michigan, Henry, and two are deceased. James Harvey Valen-
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.
Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Bloom Township. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.
U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Bloom Township.
Nobody well known was born in Bloom Township itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.
Old hamlets and crossroads still carry their names on the map.
Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).
Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.
The Bloom Township post office opened in 1825, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).
Bloom Township is more historic than 76% of U.S. towns. 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.
54% of Bloom Township’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate, ±6.0 points), against a typical 15% for an Ohio town; the median home was built in 1938.
What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.
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 Wikimedia Commons (3), U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, 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.
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