Bloomington is an
unincorporated community
An unincorporated area is a parcel of land that is not governed by a local general-purpose municipal corporation. (At p. 178.) They may be governed or serviced by an encompassing unit (such as a county) or another branch of the state (such as th ...
in
Osborne County, Kansas
Osborne County is a county located in the U.S. state of Kansas. Its county seat and largest city is Osborne. As of the 2020 census, the county population was 3,500. The county is named for Vincent Osborne, a captain in the American Civil ...
, United States.
It is located about 4 miles west of
Osborne.
History
Bloomington was originally called Tilden, and under the latter name was
plat
In the United States, a plat ( or ) (plan) is a cadastral map, drawn to scale, showing the divisions of a piece of land. United States General Land Office surveyors drafted township plats of Public Lands Survey System, Public Lands Surveys to ...
ted in 1871.
The present name of Bloomington was adopted in 1873.
A post office was opened in Bloomington in the 1870s, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1955.
Education
Bloomington grade school was closed in 1968.
["Bloomington attendance center closed", Osborne County Farmer, August 22, 1968, p. 1.]
References
Further reading
External links
* Osborne County maps
CurrentHistoric
KDOT
Unincorporated communities in Osborne County, Kansas
Unincorporated communities in Kansas
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