Miscellaneous References and Mentions

While our initial information about Bloomington came from various goverment sources (GNIS, US Census, FIPS), we also found mention of Bloomington in various books, maps and other sources.

We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Bloomington. We hope that they will be useful to you.

Note: Initially, we were careless about keeping track of where our Bloomington data came from. The following list of references and mentions is incomplete.

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

A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Bloomington:
Services available in 1895: had a Post Office, a Railroad Station, an Express Office

List of Post Offices in the United States (1870)
Published by the Government Printing Office

Bloomington was listed as Bloomington Courthouse.

Table of U.S. Post Offices in the United States (Jan. 1851)
Published by W. & J.C. Greer, Printers

Bloomington was listed as Bloomington Courthouse.

U.S. Post Offices (Oct. 1846)
Published by John T. Towers

Bloomington was listed as Bloomington Courthouse.

Map from 1908 (unknown title/publisher)

Shell Oil Road Map for Indiana (1956)
Published by Shell Oil Company

Bloomington is contained in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<1>

We found Bloomington in these Censuses: 2010-1990. See our Census Page for Bloomington for more information.

Both the GNIS and FIPS databases contain entries for Bloomington. See our Misc Page for Bloomington for more information.

Railroad Mentions of Bloomington:

Bloomington was mentioned in the following schedule:

Greyhound Bus Time Table (November 1931)