Miscellaneous References and Mentions

While our initial information about Bloomington came from various goverment sources (GNIS, 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: When we started collecting data about Bloomington, we were inconsistent about keeping track of where that data came from. As a result, this list of references and mentions is probably incomplete.

Along The Tracks, A Directory of Named Places on Michigan Railroads
Written by: Meints, Graydon M.
Published by Clarke Historical Library, Central Michigan University - 1987
(Available from Amazon.com)

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, no Railroad mentioned

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

SPV's Comprehensive Railroad Atlas of North America - Prairies East & Ozarks
Written by: Walker, Mike
Published by Steam Powered Video (SPV), 2004
(Available from Amazon.com)

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

Bloomington was listed as Bloomington Courthouse.

Map from 1904 (unknown title/publisher)

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

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