Miscellaneous References and Mentions

While our initial information about Blooming Prairie came from various goverment sources (GNIS, US Census, FIPS), we also found mention of Blooming Prairie 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 Blooming Prairie. We hope that they will be useful to you.

Note: Initially, we were careless about keeping track of where our Blooming Prairie 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 Blooming Prairie:
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

Rand McNally Map of Minnesota (1932)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

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

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

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

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

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for Blooming Prairie: www.bloomingprairie.com/

The official website for Steele County: www.co.steele.mn.us/

The official website for State of Minnesota: https://mn.gov/