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Communities Also Named Bloom ...

We found nine communities that share the name Bloom.

Within Manitoba, the name Bloom is unique.

Beyond Manitoba, we know of another nine communities that are located throughout in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Colorado
      • Otero County
      • This Bloom is located in Otero County and lies 890 miles [1,432.3 km]<1> to the south southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Otero County community of Bloom.
    • 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
      • This Bloom is located in Ford County and lies 865 miles [1,392.1 km]<1> to the south.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Ford County community of Bloom.
    • Kentucky
      • Graves 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 Bloom [Graves County].
    • Maryland
      • Carroll County
      • This Bloom is located in Carroll County and lies 1,271 miles [2,045.5 km]<1> to the east southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Carroll County community of Bloom.
    • North Dakota
      • Stutsman County
      • This Bloom is located in Stutsman County and lies 211 miles [339.6 km]<1> to the south.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Stutsman County community of Bloom.
    • 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
      • This Bloom is located in Millard County and lies 1,035 miles [1,665.7 km]<1> to the southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Millard County community of Bloom.
    • Virginia
      • Frederick County
      • This community is historic<3> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Bloom [Frederick County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Bloom ...

As we travel, we always see a community with a name that gives pause. While there are names which are interesting or familiar, some catch our attention or strike our fancy. We always wonder about such a name. If time permits and the community is not too far, we'll usually try to make a side-trip.

  • Beaver ‑ Historic
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Beaver. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver
  • Dakota Tipi
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dakota Tipi came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<5>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dakota Tipi
  • Deer
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Deer came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<5>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deer
  • Delta
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Delta came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<5>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delta
  • Delta Beach
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
  • High Bluff
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
  • Long Plain
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Long Plain came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<5>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Plain
  • Longburn
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Longburn came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<5>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Longburn
  • Peony Farm
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
  • Tucker
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Tucker came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<5>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tucker

How Far From Bloom to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Bloom to various places of note, such as Parliament Hill.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers and using the location of where the historic community of Bloom once stood, the straight-line distance beginning in Bloom and extending to:

  • Winnipeg, which is the Provincial Capital of Manitoba, lies 61 miles [98.2 km]<1> to the east (E). If you could walk a straight line from Bloom to Winnipeg, with an average speed<6> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of three days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take about three full days.
  • The National Capital at Parliament Hill (Ottawa, ON) is 1,099 miles [1,768.7 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take over two days, a buggy would take 43 days and walking would take 63 days.
  • The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,113 miles [9,837.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,879 miles [11,070.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,840 miles [7,789.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>

The official website for Province of Manitoba: https://www.gov.mb.ca/

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Bloom) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Bloom. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 49.9789, Longitude: -98.4916    
<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 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 . 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>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Bloom, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<4>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<5>If we found a location and have questions about the accuracy of our information, we will simply say that the marker is 'in the vicinity'. We are not confident about the location and the position of our marker is only a rough guide. If we have too many doubts about the location, we will not include it in our database.
<6>While we have tried to pick reasonable speeds, the rate of travel is very theoretical - obstacles like fences, hills, lakes, river crossings and rest stops have been ignored. When we say 'Days' of travel, we're assuming 8 hours of travel per day.
<7>The shortest line can be visualized by stretching a string on a Globe from Point A to Point B - this is known as a Great Circle Route. Where you might expect the shortest route from Bloom to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 322.083 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 321.104 degrees.
<10>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.333 degrees.




 

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