Bloom, Kansas

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Bloom, Kansas
Unincorporated community
Bloom, Kansas is located in Kansas
Bloom, Kansas
Bloom, Kansas
Location within the state of Kansas
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Country United States
State Kansas
County Ford
Time zone Central (CST) (UTC-6)
 • Summer (DST) CDT (UTC-5)

Bloom is a small unincorporated community in Ford County, Kansas, United States. Its post office closed in 1992.[1]

History

Bloom[2] was established by the Scott family in 1887 or 1888.[3][4] The small town sprang to life when the Rock Island Railroad pushed west. The town's original train depot can still be found in Bloom.

Bloom's population reached a few hundred in the 1930s but gradually declined since and is now less than 50. The Bloom Public School[5] closed in the early 1960s when the town's school district merged with that of Minneola, Kansas.

The small town once had a hotel, gas station, restaurant, post office, and lumber yard. Today, only a grain elevator business and private residences remain. Wheat farms and ranches surround the small town.[6]

Notes

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External links


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  2. Small Town Locator, Internet website, [1] Retrieved January 12, 2013.
  3. Dead towns of Kansas, Internet blog/website, [2] Retrieved January 12, 2013.
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  5. Flicker, Internet website [3] Retrieved January 12, 2013.
  6. Dead towns of Kansas, Internet website.