South Bloomingville, Ohio

{{Short description|Unincorporated community in Ohio, U.S.}}

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South Bloomingville is an unincorporated community in western Benton Township, Hocking County, Ohio, United States.{{GNIS|1076930}} Although it is unincorporated, it has a zip code of 43152.[https://tools.usps.com/zip-code-lookup.htm?citybyzipcode USPS – Cities by ZIP Code] 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.[https://archive.org/details/historyofhocking00inte_0/page/n1161/mode/2up?q=bloomingville - History of Hocking Valley] A more complete history with photos is found in the genealogy site of Rootsweb.[https://sites.rootsweb.com/~ohhocki3/South%20Bloomingville%20History.html - South Bloomingville History] In 1880 Bloomingville had a population of 165.[https://archive.org/details/historyofhocking00inte_0/page/n141/mode/2up?q=bloomingville - History of Hocking Valley] In the histories there are references to Bloomingville and South Bloomville,[https://archive.org/details/historyofhocking00inte_0/page/n1165/mode/2up?q=bloomingville - History of Hocking Valley] the location and distinction is still being discovered.