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Welcome to Bloom ...

Bloom is located in Carroll County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Bloom, you might consider that their post office opened in 1885.

Bloom is 750 feet [229 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Bloom lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Codes for Bloom: 410, 443 & 667<3>

Communities Also Named Bloom ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 9 communities that are also named Bloom - they are located in Colorado, Illinois, Kansas, Kentucky, Manitoba, North Dakota, Ohio, Utah and Virginia.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Bloom.

Websites for Bloom ...

Chamber of Commerce:   www.carrollcountychamber.org/

Although we don't have any websites that are specific to Bloom, the following might be of interest:

Communities near Bloom ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Bloom.

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Bloom. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Bloom.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Bloom. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Bloom.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Bloom ...

Looking for more information about Bloom? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Bloom, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Bloom.

Adding Bloom to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Bloom in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Bloom was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Bloom post office opened in 1885. The Bloom post office closed in 1899.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Bloom.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Maryland's counties, including Carroll, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Bloom - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 410 code has been Overlayed with one of the following codes: 443 or 667. New phone numbers in the Bloom area will be assigned with one of these codes: 410, 443 or 667. As a result, placing a call in the Bloom area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/