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Welcome to Blooming Grove ...

Blooming Grove is located in Orange County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Blooming Grove, you might consider that their post office opened in 1846.

A typical abbreviation for Blooming Grove: Blooming Grv.

Blooming Grove is 350 feet [107 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Blooming Grove: 845 & 329<3>

The ZIP code for Blooming Grove: 10914<4>

Communities Also Named Blooming Grove ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 9 communities that are also named Blooming Grove - they are located in Alabama, Indiana, Kentucky, Ohio, Pennsylvania (2), Tennessee (2) and Texas.

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

Websites for Blooming Grove ...

Chamber of Commerce:   www.orangeny.org/

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

Communities near Blooming Grove ...

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

  • Palm Tree
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Palm Tree is located in Orange County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palm Tree
  • Kiryas Joel
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Kiryas Joel is located in Orange County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kiryas Joel
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 28,953 people
  • Middletown
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
  • Newburgh
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Peekskill
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Beacon
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Beacon is located in Dutchess County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beacon
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 13,930 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Beacon <5>
  • Haverstraw
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
  • Woodbury
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Woodbury is located in Orange County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodbury
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 11,058 people
  • West Haverstraw
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
    • West Haverstraw is located in Rockland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Haverstraw
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 10,167 people
  • Monroe
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Blooming Grove ...

Looking for more information about Blooming Grove? 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.

In addition to the Tourism page for Blooming Grove, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on our TripAdvisor Page for Blooming Grove.

Adding Blooming Grove to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Blooming Grove 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 Blooming Grove was in the book titled U.S. Post Offices (Oct. 1846).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Blooming Grove.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of New York's counties, including Orange, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Blooming Grove - 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 845 code has been Overlayed with the 329 area code. New phone numbers in the Blooming Grove area will be assigned with one of these codes: 845 or 329. As a result, placing a call in the Blooming Grove area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>ZIP Codes have been created by the United States Postal Service (USPS) as a way of grouping addresses to make delivery more efficient. The boundaries of the ZIP Code can be changed, re-assigned, eliminated or overlapped with other ZIP Codes. So keep in mind that any given ZIP Code is only 'loosely' associated with a community (such as Blooming Grove). When looking for a ZIP Code, whether Blooming Grove or elsewhere, it's always best to check the website of the United States Postal Service (USPS).
<5>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.