South Bloomingville 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 western Benton Township, Hocking County,

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. Although it is unincorporated, it has a zip code of 43152. It is located at the intersection of State Routes 56 and 664, slightly west of Hocking Hills State Park. Early settlers and brief history can be found in the History of Hocking County. A more complete history with photos is found in the genealogy site of Rootsweb. In 1880 Bloomingville had a population of 165. In the histories there are references to Bloomingville and South Bloomville,- History of Hocking Valley
/ref> the location and distinction is still being discovered.

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Unincorporated communities in Ohio Unincorporated communities in Hocking County, Ohio {{HockingCountyOH-geo-stub