Bloomfield, Kentucky
| City of Bloomfield | |
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| City | |
 Location of Bloomfield, Kentucky |
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| Coordinates: 37°54′52″N 85°19′9″W / 37.91444°N 85.31917°WCoordinates: 37°54′52″N 85°19′9″W / 37.91444°N 85.31917°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Kentucky |
| County | Nelson |
| Incorporated | 1819 |
| Named for | the family of a local landowner |
| Area | |
| • Total | 1.32 sq mi (3.41 km2) |
| • Land | 1.29 sq mi (3.35 km2) |
| • Water | 0.02 sq mi (0.06 km2) |
| Elevation | 676 ft (206 m) |
| Population (2010) | |
| • Total | 838 |
| • Density | 636.8/sq mi (245.9/km2) |
| Time zone | Eastern (EST) (UTC-5) |
| • Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC-4) |
| ZIP code | 40008 |
| Area code(s) | 502 |
| FIPS code | 21-07516 |
| GNIS feature ID | 0487497 |
| Website | www |
Bloomfield is a 5th-class city in Nelson County, Kentucky, in the United States. The population was 838 during the 2010 U.S. census.
The community on the east fork of Simpson Creek originally grew up on sites purchased from Leven Powell's 2,000-acre (810 ha) land grant, which he received from the state of Virginia in 1779 and surveyed in 1781. The community on the east bank of the creek was known as Middlesburg when its first post office opened in 1803; the west bank was known as Gandertown from its sport of "ganderpulling". Dr. John Bemiss of Rochester, New York, had settled in the area in 1799; in 1817, he laid out the town and renamed it Bloomfield, supposedly after his wife's maiden name (Bloomer) and his daughter's married name (Merrifield). The post office adopted this name the next year, but, according to the state's Land Office, the town was still formally incorporated under the name Middlesburg in 1819.
Bloomfield's economy has always been agriculturally based, but there was a flour mill and a tobacco auction house in the 19th century. The public library was established in 1916 by the local Woman's Club.
Bloomfield is located at 37°54′52″N 85°19′9″W / 37.91444°N 85.31917°W (37.914332, -85.319232) on the east fork of Simpson Creek. It is on U.S. 62 and Ky. 55 and 48, 9 miles (14 km) northeast of Bardstown. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 1.3 square miles (3.4 km2), of which 1.3 square miles (3.4 km2) is land and 0.78% is water.
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