Bloom, Kansas
{{Short description|Unincorporated community in Ford County, Kansas}}
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Bloom is an unincorporated community in Ford County, Kansas, United States. Its post office closed in 1992.{{cite web |url=http://www.kshs.org/geog/geog_postoffices/search/county:FO |title=Kansas Post Offices, 1828-1961 (archived) |publisher=Kansas Historical Society |accessdate=10 June 2014 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131009131924/http://www.kshs.org/geog/geog_postoffices/search/county%3AFO |archivedate=October 9, 2013 }} At a 2018 estimate, the community had a population of 94.{{Cite web|title=Census profile: Bloom township, Ford County, KS|url=http://censusreporter.org/profiles/06000US2005707375-bloom-township-ford-county-ks/|access-date=2020-08-19|website=Census Reporter|language=en}} It is located along U.S. Route 54 highway.
History
BloomSmall Town Locator, Internet website, [http://kansas.hometownlocator.com/ks/ford/bloom.cfm] Retrieved January 12, 2013. was established by Thomas J. Vanderslice and Samuel O. Albright in 1887 or 1888.Dead towns of Kansas, Internet blog/website, [http://kansasghosttowns.blogspot.com/2012/06/bloom-kansas-ford-county-town-that.html] Retrieved January 12, 2013.{{cite book | url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_5zdAAQAAMAAJ | title=Biennial Report of the Board of Directors of the Kansas State Historical Society | publisher=Kansas State Printing Plant | author=Kansas State Historical Society | year=1916 | pages=[https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_5zdAAQAAMAAJ/page/n297 190]}} Vanderslice named it Bloom after his hometown of Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania. 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 thereafter and is now less than 50. Bloom High School Flicker, Internet website [https://www.flickr.com/photos/courthouselover/4789072720/] Retrieved January 12, 2013. closed in 1964 when the town's school district merged with that of Minneola.
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.Dead towns of Kansas, Internet website.
Demographics
At a 2018 estimate, Bloom, Kansas has a population of 94. The same estimate also found that there were 37 households, with there being an average of 2.5 people per household. The median age is estimated to be at 35.8. The per capita income is estimated to be around $44,295, with about 4.3% of residents below the poverty line.
References
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Further reading
{{See also|Ford County, Kansas#Further reading|l1=List of books about Ford County, Kansas}}
External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20051201135221/http://specialcollections.wichita.edu/kw/towns.asp?town=Bloom&county=Ford Images of Bloom] Wichita State University Library.
- Ford County maps: [https://www.ksdot.org/Assets/wwwksdotorg/bureaus/burTransPlan/maps/county-pdf/ford.PDF Current], [https://www.ksdot.org/bureaus/burtransplan/maps/PastPublishedCounty.asp Historic] - KDOT
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Category:Unincorporated communities in Ford County, Kansas
Category:Unincorporated communities in Kansas
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