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History · Bloom Township

34% of Bloom Township’s homes were built before 1940

0on the National Register
34%homes built before 1940
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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.

A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Bloom Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Lost villages1 post office opened and closed inside today’s Bloom Township, and 5 old place names are still on the map.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Bloom Township’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
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0 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.
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Places that used to be

Lost post offices, old corners and burying grounds

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

Hamlets and corners on the map
Bilger RocksChestnut GroveGlendaleGreenvilleLaborde
3cemeteries and burying grounds inside Bloom Township
Chestnut GroveGreenvilleWoods

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

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 a township in Clearfield County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 381 at the 2020 census.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 414 to 382 (-8%).

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

By decade

Bloom Township, decade by decade

Today5 recent
US 219 nb in Chestnut Grove, Clearfield Co., PA (1), Aug. 20242024US 219 nb in Chestnut Grove, Clearfield Co., PA (1), …US 219 nb in Bloom Twp., Clearfield Co., PA (2), Aug. 20242024US 219 nb in Bloom Twp., Clearfield Co., PA (2), Aug.…US 219 nb in Bloom Twp., Clearfield Co., PA (1), Aug. 20242024US 219 nb in Bloom Twp., Clearfield Co., PA (1), Aug.…US 219 nb entering Bloom Twp., Clearfield Co., PA, Aug. 20242024US 219 nb entering Bloom Twp., Clearfield Co., PA, Au…Chestnut Grove UM Church and Cemetery, PA, Aug. 20242024Chestnut Grove UM Church and Cemetery, PA, Aug. 2024
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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Joan ChittisterRoman Catholic nun, activist, writer and academ… · b. 1936
John Patton Jr.American politician · b. 1850
Charles Emory PattonAmerican politician from Pennsylvania · b. 1859
Charles H. MacDonaldAmerican flying ace · b. 1914
Donald C. BruceAmerican politician · b. 1921
Edward ScofieldUnion Army officer and governor of Wisconsin · b. 1842
Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Union TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townPenn TownshipIts storyB−Pike TownshipIts storyCBrady 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 (5), 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.