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History · Blooming Glen

Blooming Glen’s post office opened in 1879, and 73% of its homes were built before 1940

1 place in town is on the National Register. Below: maps from 1890 on.

1879first post office
1on the National Register
73%homes built before 1940
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How Blooming Glen began

When was Blooming Glen founded?

1879

The Blooming Glen post office opened in 1879, the earliest record of the town by name.

147 years
Founding year: the first Blooming Glen post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).The full story ↓

What stands out about Blooming Glen’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 Blooming Glen are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.On the map since 18907 editions of the USGS map, 1890 to 1992. Watch Blooming Glen change.Old housesHalf of Blooming Glen’s homes were built before 1938.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Blooming Glen’s history is told.

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On the map

Blooming Glen on the map, 1890 to 1992

Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Blooming Glen. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.

Blooming Glen on the 1890 USGS mapBlooming Glen on the 1943 USGS mapBlooming Glen on the 1953 USGS mapBlooming Glen on the 1968 USGS mapBlooming Glen on the 1973 USGS mapBlooming Glen on the 1983 USGS mapBlooming Glen on the 1992 USGS map1890Doylestown sheet · 1:62,500

U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Blooming Glen.

The story

How Blooming Glen came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Blooming Glen.

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Blooming Glen was once known as "Perkasie" for a very short time. In the 1870s its name was Moyers Store, as that was the name of the post office, John S. Moyer was the postmaster. By the time Moyer died, the name was changed to Blooming Glen. William D. Bishop was appointed the next postmaster.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

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On the National Register

1 historic place in Blooming Glen

The country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.

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National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place’s page.

Questions about Blooming Glen’s history

What year was Blooming Glen founded?

The Blooming Glen post office opened in 1879, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

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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 Wikipedia, Wikidata and Wikipedia for famous people and U.S. Geological Survey historical maps. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.