Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Below: maps from 1904 on and old-book passages.
The Bloomingville post office opened in 1815, the earliest record of the town by name.
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 Bloomingville’s history is told.
Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Bloomingville. 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 Bloomingville.
From Wikipedia’s history of Bloomingville.
The first permanent settlement was made at Bloomingville in 1811 on the site of a former Indian camping ground. Bloomingville was laid out in 1817. A post office called Bloomingville was established in 1815, and remained in operation until 1906.
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Passages that mention Bloomingville, cut from the printed page as they were published.
These early settlers were Jonathan Sprague, an old man who had served in the army of the Revolution as lieutenant. He built a cabin on the east bank of Pipe Creek, a quarter of a mile from Bloomingville. His son’s family and three families of Dunhams settled between him and the present Bloomingville, and Linas Ensign settled a mile southwest of Bloomingville, on the farm occupied by John Paxton. In the month of July of the same year Thomas James and James Forsyth moved into the township. During that fail three others (named Nathan, Standish, and Wood) came, and were followed
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These early settlers were Jonathan Sprague, an old man who had served in the army of the Revolution as lieutenant. He built a cabin on the east bank of Pipe Creek, a quarter of a mile from Bloomingville. His son’s family and three families of Dunhams settled between him and the present Bloomingville, and Linas Ensign settled a mile southwest of Bloomingville, on the farm occupied by John Paxton. In the month of July of the same year Thomas James and James P'orsyth moved into the township. During that fall three others (named Nathan, Standish, and Wood) came, and were followed
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Bloomingville is situated in the northwestern part of the township, on the line of an Indian trail, near Pipe Creek. The ground is high and dry, and had been a favorite place as a campingground with the Indians before a white man’s foot had touched it. The village was started in i8ii, and laid out in 1817 by Abiathar Shirley and Abner Young, and its future was then very promising. It has ceased to grow much, and still remains a pleasant village, the centre of interest to the township. It was here that the first post-office was established in 1810, with Aaron Bigsby as postmaster. The first store
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Julius House, Jesse Taylor, Holly Akins, Roswell Hubbard, Harvey Covell, Eleazer Bell, Joseph Taylor, Plinney Johnson, Richard Christopher, William R. Beebe, and Joseph Taylor, jr. These all purchased land of Mr. Beatty, and erected log-cabins on the ridge road leading to Bloomingville, and better known as “Yankee Settlement.” Descendants of these settlers are still living on the same farms, many of whom are quite wealthy. After the colony became settled, a church society was organized, beginning with a class of fifteen members, which has continued to prosper for more than seventy years. Other
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.
Weddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
Nobody well known was born in Bloomingville itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.
Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.
The Bloomingville post office opened in 1815, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).
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). How TownRatings grades history →
From Wikipedia, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps 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.
