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Bloomfield’s history is
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The story so far

from Wikipedia & the U.S. Census

Bloomfield Township is a township in Mitchell County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2020 census, its population was 81.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 76 to 81 (+7%). Half of its homes were built before 1938.

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Bloomfield yet — the old photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.

Intro from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Population and housing: U.S. Census Bureau.

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Bloomfield, decade by decade

Before
2000
No old photos in the archives yetWeddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
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National Register of Historic Places

Nothing in Bloomfield is on the National Register yet

That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Bloomfield has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Porter Hotel in Beloit, 8 miles away.

Bloomfield and the nearest listed places

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Porter HotelSt. John the Baptist Catholic ChurchMitchell County CourthouseF. H. Hart HouseC. A. Perdue HouseAbram Click Farmstead

Closest to Bloomfield

Porter HotelBeloit · Building8miSt. John the Baptist Catholic ChurchBeloit · Built 19048miMitchell County CourthouseBeloit · Built 19018miF. H. Hart HouseBeloit · Building8miC. A. Perdue HouseBeloit · Building8.6mi

How a place gets listed

1Talk to the stateEvery nomination goes through the State Historic Preservation Office. Owners, towns and historical societies can start one.
2Try a local or state list firstMany states keep their own register with a shorter form, a common first step for old barns, halls and schoolhouses.
3Write it upA nomination covers the history, photos and a map. Porter Hotel’s page links to a real one.
Know an old place in Bloomfield?A mill, a schoolhouse, a cellar hole, a church: add a photo of it to Bloomfield’s story, or a memory of it.
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National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places · photos from Wikimedia Commons

Then & now

When neighbors add old photos, retakes from the same spot appear here side by side.

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📜 Salt Creek📜 Beloit📜 Logan📜 Turkey Creek
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