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Welcome to Bloomfield ...

Bloomfield is located in Kemper County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Bloomfield, you might consider that their post office opened in 1850.

Bloomfield is 400 feet [122 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Bloomfield lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Communities Also Named Bloomfield ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two Mississippi communities named Bloomfield: This one is located in Kemper County and the other is located in Neshoba County.

Beyond Mississippi, there are 52 communities that are also named Bloomfield - they are located in Alabama, Arkansas, California, Connecticut, Florida, Illinois (4), Indiana (3), Iowa, Kansas (4), Kentucky, Maryland (2), Michigan (2), Minnesota, Missouri (2), Montana, Nebraska, New Brunswick (2), New Jersey (2), New Mexico, New York (2), Newfoundland and Labrador, North Carolina, Nova Scotia, Ohio (4), Oklahoma, Ontario, Pennsylvania (2), Prince Edward Island, South Dakota, Texas, Vermont, Virginia and Wisconsin.

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

Communities near Bloomfield ...

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

  • De Kalb
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Scooba
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
  • Shuqualak
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Shuqualak is located in Noxubee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shuqualak
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 422 people
  • Lynville
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Lynville is located in Kemper County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynville
  • Spinks ‑ Historic
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Spinks is located in Kemper County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spinks
  • Bogue Chitto
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • Bogue Chitto is located in Neshoba County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bogue Chitto
  • Handle
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Handle is located in Winston County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Handle
  • Hashuqua ‑ Historic
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
    • Hashuqua is located in Noxubee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hashuqua
  • Rio
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Rio is located in Kemper County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rio
  • Wahalak
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Wahalak is located in Kemper County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wahalak

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 Bloomfield. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Bloomfield.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Bloomfield. 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 Bloomfield.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Bloomfield. See our Newspapers Page for Bloomfield.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Bloomfield ...

Looking for more information about Bloomfield? 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 Bloomfield, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Bloomfield.

Adding Bloomfield to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Bloomfield 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 Bloomfield was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Bloomfield post office opened in 1850. The Bloomfield post office closed in 1852.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Bloomfield.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Mississippi's counties, including Kemper, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Bloomfield - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>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/