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History · Bloomburg

Bloomburg’s post office opened in 1896, and 12% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1907 on and the census since 1920.

1896first post office
0on the National Register
12%homes built before 1940
2famous people
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How Bloomburg began

When was Bloomburg founded?

1896

The Bloomburg post office opened in 1896, the earliest record of the town by name.

First census: 436 in 19202020 census: 321130 years
Founding year: the first Bloomburg post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Bloomburg’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 Bloomburg are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.On the map since 19073 editions of the USGS map, 1907 to 1969. Watch Bloomburg change.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Bloomburg’s history is told.

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On the map

Bloomburg on the map, 1907 to 1969

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

Bloomburg on the 1907 USGS mapBloomburg on the 1910 USGS mapBloomburg on the 1969 USGS map1907Atlanta 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 Bloomburg.

The story so far

Bloomburg, in brief

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

Bloomburg is a town in Cass County, Texas, United States. Bloomburg is 7 miles (11 km) east of Atlanta, and is home to the Cullen Baker Country Fair, held every year on the first Saturday in November. Despite it being named after an outlaw named Cullen Baker, it is a huge family event and has a parade, craft/food booths, a pageant, bouncy houses, and a rodeo. According to the 2020 U.S. census, Bloomburg had a population of 321.

Its first post office opened in 1896. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 404 to 321 (-21%).

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

Timeline

Bloomburg, 1896 to 1937

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1896Post officeThe Bloomburg post office opens
  3. 20th century
  4. 1907On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  5. 1928Born hereVernon Glass is born here
  6. 1937Born hereJohn Haynes, Jr. is born here
By decade

No old photos in the archives yet

Weddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.

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People over time

Bloomburg, census by census

0100200300400500192019401960198020002020Peak: 477

Between 231 and 477 people in every census since 1920.

11 censuses, 1920–2020.

U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Bloomburg’s Wikipedia page.

Famous people

2 famous people were born in Bloomburg

Writers, athletes, leaders and more, ranked by how widely they’re known.

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John Haynes, Jr.American physician · b. 1937
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Vernon GlassAmerican football coach · b. 1928

Questions about Bloomburg’s history

What year was Bloomburg founded?

The Bloomburg post office opened in 1896, 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 Wikidata and Wikipedia for famous people, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia), 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.