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Blooming Grove’s post office opened in 1871, and 21% of its homes were built before 1940

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How Blooming Grove began

When was Blooming Grove founded?

1871

The Blooming Grove post office opened in 1871, the earliest record of the town by name.

2020 census: 857155 years
Founding year: the first Blooming Grove post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Blooming Grove’s past

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A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Blooming Grove are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Old housesHalf of Blooming Grove’s homes were built before 1964.
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The story so far

Blooming Grove, in brief

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

Blooming Grove is a town in western Navarro County, Texas, United States. As of the 2020 census, the town population was 857, up from 821 in the 2010 census.

Its first post office opened in 1871. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 821 to 857 (+4%).

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

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Blooming Grove, decade by decade

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Questions about Blooming Grove’s history

What year was Blooming Grove founded?

The Blooming Grove post office opened in 1871, 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 Wikimedia Commons (4), Wikidata and Wikipedia for famous people, 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.