Do you know of Bloomington ???

This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Bloomington. When we encounter a name that is new to us, we add it to our Gazetteer with the hope that we'll discover more information in the future. Such is the case with Bloomington.<1>

Our sources for Bloomington (see Mentions and References below) indicate that it was a community with a post office by the same name. Unfortunately our sources aren't clear about the location of Bloomington other than they indicate that Bloomington would be found somewhere in Jackson County, Alabama.

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened in 1889 and closed in 1906.

Communities Also Named Bloomington ...

We found 32 communities that share the name Bloomington.

Within Alabama, the name Bloomington is unique.

Beyond Alabama, we know of another 32 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 32 communities, 30 are located in the United States and three are in Canada.

Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Arkansas
  - Van Buren County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Bloomington [Van Buren County].
- California
  - San Bernardino County
  - Please visit our profile page for the California community of Bloomington [San Bernardino County].
- Idaho
  - Bear Lake County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Idaho community of Bloomington [Bear Lake County].
- Illinois
  - McLean County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Bloomington [McLean County].
- Indiana
  - Monroe County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Indiana community of Bloomington [Monroe County].
- Iowa
  - Story County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Iowa community of Bloomington [Story County].
- Kansas
  - Atchison County
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Bloomington [Atchison County].
  - Butler County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Bloomington [Butler County].
  - Coffey County
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Bloomington [Coffey County].
  - Osborne County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Bloomington [Osborne County].
  - Riley County
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Bloomington [Riley County].
- Kentucky
  - Grayson County
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Bloomington [Grayson County].
  - Magoffin County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Bloomington [Magoffin County].
- Maryland
  - Garrett County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Maryland community of Bloomington [Garrett County].
- Minnesota
  - Hennepin County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Minnesota community of Bloomington [Hennepin County].
- Missouri
  - Macon County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Bloomington [Macon County].
- Nebraska
  - Franklin County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Nebraska community of Bloomington [Franklin County].
- New York
  - Ulster County
  - Please visit our profile page for the New York community of Bloomington [Ulster County].
- North Carolina
  - Stanly County
  - Please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Bloomington [Stanly County].
- Nova Scotia
  - Please visit our profile page for the Nova Scotia community of Bloomington.
- Ohio
  - Clinton County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Bloomington [Clinton County].
- Oklahoma
  - Greer County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Oklahoma community of Bloomington [Greer County].
- Ontario
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Ontario community of Bloomington.
- Pennsylvania
  - Clearfield County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Bloomington [Clearfield County].
  - Lackawanna County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Bloomington [Lackawanna County].
- South Dakota
  - Charles Mix County
  - Please visit our profile page for the South Dakota community of Bloomington [Charles Mix County].
- Tennessee
  - Pickett County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Bloomington [Pickett County].
  - Putnam County
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Bloomington [Putnam County].
- Texas
  - Victoria County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Bloomington [Victoria County].
- Utah
  - Washington County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Utah community of Bloomington [Washington County].
- West Virginia
  - Roane County
  - Please visit our profile page for the West Virginia community of Bloomington [Roane County].
- Wisconsin
  - Grant County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Wisconsin community of Bloomington [Grant County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Bloomington ...

We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Bloomington:

Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<3>

Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Bloomington - Services available: had a Post Office, no Railroad mentioned

More Orphans in Jackson County ...

Can you help?

As we explained above, when we encounter a name that might be a community or a post office we add it to our Gazetteer. If we have little information to go with the name, we call them Orphans. Below are Orphans that we believe to be located in Jackson County.

Footnotes ...

<1>	This entry could have originated in error. It might be that a source had a misprint, was simply wrong or we made a transcription error while referencing it. Many of the documents we reference are from the 1800s and the early 1900s, with some easier to read than others.
<2>	If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer. Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name. Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time. Also keep in mind that Bloomington could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out.
<3>	A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/