Blooming Grove, Indiana

Former gas station on State Road 1.

Blooming Grove is an unincorporated community in Blooming Grove Township, Franklin County, Indiana.^[1]

History

Blooming Grove was platted in 1816.^[2] It took its name from Blooming Grove Township.^[3] A post office was established at Blooming Grove in 1832, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1906.^[4]

References

↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Blooming Grove, Indiana
↑ Reifel, August Jacob (1915). History of Franklin County, Indiana. Windmill Publications. p. 141.
↑ "Blooming Grove". Franklin County Historical Society. Retrieved 23 July 2015.
↑ "Franklin County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved 8 September 2014.

Municipalities and communities of Franklin County, Indiana, United States

County seat: Brookville

City	Batesville‡

Towns	Brookville Cedar Grove Laurel Mount Carmel Oldenburg

Townships	Bath Blooming Grove Brookville Butler Fairfield Highland Laurel Metamora Posey Ray Salt Creek Springfield Whitewater

CDPs	Lake Santee‡ Metamora New Trenton

Other unincorporated communities	Andersonville Bath Blooming Grove Buena Vista Drewersburg Enochsburg Hamburg Highland Center Huntersville Klemmes Corner Lake View Midway Millville Mixersville Mound Haven Mount Auburn New Fairfield Oak Forest Oak Tree Crossroads Old Bath Palestine Peoria Peppertown Raymond Rockdale Saint Marys Saint Peter Scipio Sharptown South Gate Stavetown Whitcomb Yellow Bank Youngs Corner

Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties

Coordinates: 39°30′08″N 85°03′53″W / 39.50222°N 85.06472°W / 39.50222; -85.06472

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