Official Name: | Bloomington, Missouri |
Pushpin Map: | Missouri#USA |
Pushpin Label: | Bloomington |
Pushpin Label Position: | top |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | United States |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Missouri |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Macon |
Timezone: | Central (CST) |
Utc Offset: | -6 |
Timezone Dst: | CDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | -5 |
Elevation Ft: | 823 |
Coordinates: | 39.7969°N -92.5603°W |
Area Code: | 660 |
Blank Name: | GNIS feature ID |
Blank Info: | 740681 |
Bloomington is an unincorporated community in Macon County, Missouri, United States. Bloomington is 3.5miles north of Bevier.
Bloomington was built in 1837, and is the oldest community in Macon County. It was originally called Box Ankle[1] [2] and served as Macon County's seat until 1863. The town was the original county seat of Macon county and a strongly pro-state guard town during the civil war. When the city was occupied by union soldiers they made a deal with the population not to burn the town if they elected union officers in the upcoming city council election. The officers were elected and the union promptly burned the city of Bloomington and moved the county seat to Macon. The town of Bloomington never recovered from this and is now a ghost town.