Do you know of Bloomingdale ???

This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Bloomingdale. 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 Bloomingdale.

Our sources for Bloomingdale (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 Bloomingdale other than they indicate that Bloomingdale would be found somewhere in Madison County, Iowa.

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened  in 1857 and closed  in 1858.

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.

Part of the difficulty in identifying whether a name is a post office or a community lies with how Post Offices were named. We've prepared an article with our understanding of how post offices were named: Naming of Post Offices.

Communities Also Named Bloomingdale ...

We found 24 communities that share the name Bloomingdale.

Within Iowa, the name Bloomingdale is unique.

Beyond Iowa, we know of another 24 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 24 communities, 23 are located in the United States and one is in Canada.

• Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
  • Florida
    • Hillsborough County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Florida community of Bloomingdale [Hillsborough County].
  • Georgia
    • Chatham County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Bloomingdale [Chatham County].
  • Illinois
    • DuPage County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Bloomingdale [DuPage County].
  • Indiana
    • Parke County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Indiana community of Bloomingdale [Parke County].
  • Kansas
    • Barton County
    • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Bloomingdale [Barton County].
    • McPherson 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 Bloomingdale [McPherson County].
  • Kentucky
    • Clark County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Bloomingdale [Clark County].
  • Maryland
    • Queen Anne's County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Maryland community of Bloomingdale [Queen Anne's County].
  • Massachusetts
    • Worcester County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Massachusetts community of Bloomingdale [Worcester County].
  • Michigan
    • Van Buren County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Bloomingdale [Van Buren County].
  • New Jersey
    • Passaic County
    • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the New Jersey community of Bloomingdale [Passaic County].
    • Somerset County
    • Please visit our profile page for the New Jersey community of Bloomingdale [Somerset County].
  • New York
    • Essex County
    • Please visit our profile page for the New York community of Bloomingdale [Essex County].
  • North Carolina
    • Robeson County
    • Please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Bloomingdale [Robeson County].
  • Ohio
    • Jefferson County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Bloomingdale [Jefferson County].
    • Wayne County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Bloomingdale [Wayne County].
  • Ontario
    • Please visit our profile page for the Ontario community of Bloomingdale.
  • Pennsylvania
    • Carbon County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Bloomingdale [Carbon County].
    • Lancaster County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Bloomingdale [Lancaster County].
    • Luzerne County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Bloomingdale [Luzerne County].
  • South Dakota
    • Clay County
    • Please visit our profile page for the South Dakota community of Bloomingdale [Clay County].
  • Tennessee
    • Sullivan County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Bloomingdale [Sullivan County].
  • Virginia
    • Henrico County
    • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Bloomingdale [Henrico County].
  • Wisconsin
    • Vernon County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Wisconsin community of Bloomingdale [Vernon County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Bloomingdale ...

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

Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<2>

Article: Index to Abandoned Towns of Iowa
Taken from The Annals of Iowa (Volume 18, Issue 3 - Winter 1932)
Written by: Mott, David C.

More Orphans in  Madison County ...

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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 Madison County.