Bloomfield (formerly, Adams) is a small

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hamlet ''The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark'', often shortened to ''Hamlet'' (), is a tragedy written by William Shakespeare sometime between 1599 and 1601. It is Shakespeare's longest play, with 29,551 words. Set in Denmark, the play depicts ...

in Dawson County,

Montana Montana () is a state in the Mountain West division of the Western United States. It is bordered by Idaho to the west, North Dakota and South Dakota to the east, Wyoming to the south, and the Canadian provinces of Alberta, British Columbi ...

, United States. It is located 23 miles (37 km) northeast of the

Yellowstone River The Yellowstone River is a tributary of the Missouri River, approximately long, in the Western United States. Considered the principal tributary of upper Missouri, via its own tributaries it drains an area with headwaters across the mountains an ...

and the city of

Glendive Glendive is a city in and the county seat of Dawson County, Montana, United States, and home to Dawson Community College. Glendive was established by the Northern Pacific Railway when they built the transcontinental railroad across the northern ...

, which is the county seat for Dawson County. Bloomfield is inside

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and has a post office with ZIP code 59315. The population of the community was 150 at the 2010 census. The town takes its name from

Bloomfield, Nebraska Bloomfield is a city in Knox County, Nebraska, United States. The population was 1,028 at the 2010 census. History Bloomfield was founded in 1890. It was named for Bloomfield Dyer, the original owner of the town site. Geography Bloomfield is l ...

, hometown of settlers J. Berton and Dave Crockett. They were soon followed by other Bloomfield families. Previously the town was part of an

Amish The Amish (; pdc, Amisch; german: link=no, Amische), formally the Old Order Amish, are a group of traditionalist Anabaptist Christian church fellowships with Swiss German and Alsatian origins. They are closely related to Mennonite churches ...

community.

Demographics

Climate

According to the

Köppen Climate Classification The Köppen climate classification is one of the most widely used climate classification systems. It was first published by German-Russian climatologist Wladimir Köppen (1846–1940) in 1884, with several later modifications by Köppen, notabl ...

system, Bloomfield has a

semi-arid climate A semi-arid climate, semi-desert climate, or steppe climate is a dry climate sub-type. It is located on regions that receive precipitation below potential evapotranspiration, but not as low as a desert climate. There are different kinds of semi-ar ...

, abbreviated "BSk" on climate maps.Climate Summary for Bloomfield, Montana
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References

Unincorporated communities in Montana Unincorporated communities in Dawson County, Montana {{DawsonCountyMT-geo-stub