Bloomington is an
unincorporated community
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and
census-designated place
A census-designated place (CDP) is a concentration of population defined by the United States Census Bureau for statistical purposes only.
CDPs have been used in each decennial census since 1980 as the counterparts of incorporated places, such ...
(CDP) locates in southeastern
Garrett County
Garrett County () is the westernmost county of the U.S. state of Maryland. As of the 2020 census, the population was 28,806, making it the third-least populous county in Maryland. Its county seat is Oakland. The county was named for John Wor ...
,
Maryland
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located at the
confluence
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of the
North Branch Potomac River and
Savage River. It lies to the west of
Luke
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on
Maryland Route 135 and is bounded to the northwest by Savage River State Forest. As of the
2010 census the population of Bloomington was 305.
![Bloomington Viaduct](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a5/Bloomington_Viaduct.jpg)
Originally known as "Llangollen" when the town's
post office
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was established on December 4, 1872, its name was later changed to "Bloomington".
Jennings Randolph Lake
Jennings Randolph Lake is a reservoir of located on the North Branch Potomac River in Garrett County, Maryland and Mineral County, West Virginia. It is approximately eight miles upstream of Bloomington, Maryland, and approximately five miles n ...
to the southwest on the North Branch of the Potomac was completed in 1982 as "Bloomington Lake" but was renamed in 1987 by the
United States Congress
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for
West Virginia
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Senator
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Jennings Randolph.
Borderside
Borderside, also known as Brydon Mansion, was a historic home located at Bloomington, Garrett County, Maryland, United States. It was a -story, with 3-story tower, Italianate style brick structure that burned in the mid- to late 1970s. The tower ...
, a historic home, was listed on the
National Register of Historic Places
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in 1975.
The
Bloomington Viaduct was listed in 1976.
A proposal has been filed with the
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
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by Fairlawn Hydroelectric Company to construct a 10.5 MW
hydroelectric
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facility at the
Army Corps of Engineers-operated dam for the lake. Approvals were still pending in 2016.
Demographics
Climate
The climate in this area has mild differences between highs and lows, and there is adequate rainfall year-round. According to the
Köppen Climate Classification
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system, Bloomington has a
marine west coast climate, abbreviated "Cfb" on climate maps.
References
Census-designated places in Garrett County, Maryland
Census-designated places in Maryland
Populated places on the North Branch Potomac River
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