Do you know of Bloom ???

This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Bloom. 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 Bloom.<1>

Our sources for Bloom (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 Bloom other than they indicate that Bloom would be found somewhere in Graves County, Kentucky.

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

Communities Also Named Bloom ...

We found nine communities that share the name Bloom.

Within Kentucky, the name Bloom is unique.

Beyond Kentucky, we know of another nine communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these nine communities, eight are located in the United States and one is in Canada.

Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Colorado
  - Otero County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Colorado community of Bloom [Otero County].
- Illinois
  - Cook 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 Illinois community of Bloom [Cook County].
- Kansas
  - Ford County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Bloom [Ford County].
- Manitoba
  - Please visit our profile page for the Manitoba community of Bloom.
- Maryland
  - Carroll County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Maryland community of Bloom [Carroll County].
- North Dakota
  - Stutsman County
  - Please visit our profile page for the North Dakota community of Bloom [Stutsman County].
- Ohio
  - Scioto 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 Ohio community of Bloom [Scioto County].
- Utah
  - Millard County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Utah community of Bloom [Millard County].
- Virginia
  - Frederick County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Bloom [Frederick County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Bloom ...

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

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 Bloom - Services available: had a Post Office, no Railroad mentioned

George#&160;F. Cram Map (1905)
Published by George F. Cram& Co.

More Orphans in Graves 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 Graves 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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock 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 Bloom 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/