| Place name: | Bloomfield |
| Description: | The county seat, located in the central part of Castor Township. It is the site of an ancient Indian village first settled by white people in 1824. The site was selected and the town laid out in 1835 by John McComb, Michael Rodney, and Henry Shaner who named the town Bloomfield because of the fact that they found a large field of flowers there. (Douglass I 295, M.H.R. 13:68, Goodspeed 470) |
| Source: | Hamlett, Mayme L. "Place Names Of Six Southeast Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1938. This information is from the State Historical Society of Missouri Stoddard County Place Names |
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Saturday, May 25, 2013
How did Bloomfield, Missouri get its name?
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