Bloomfield
Stoddard County, Missouri 
was formed in 1835 from New Madrid County;
the county seat is Bloomfield. | | Bloomfield in Stoddard County Mo | |
- Bloomfield
The location of the seat of justice for Stoddard County was made by John McCombs, Michel Rodney, and Henry Shaner.
They selected fifty acres of land donated to the county by Absalom Bailey, and laid out a town, which they named Bloomfield, because the spot at the time was covered with a profusion of flowers.
Among the first residents of the town were Orson Bartlett, who had a store;.
John N. Mitchell, a Methodist, local minister; Thomas Neal, who had a tanyard in the northwest part of town.
Herman Reed, who kept a hotel.
In 1844 or 1845, Edmund White opened a store on the south side of the public square, and put in the first complete stock of goods in the town.
During the decade prior to the Civil War Bloomfield experienced a good deal of prosperity, and, with the exception of Cape Girardeau, was equal to any town in Southeast Missouri, but during the war nearly every building was destroyed.
In fact, had it not been the county seat, it would doubtless, before this time (1888) had ceased to exist as a town.
(Goodspeed)
Bloomfield, the county seat, is 7 miles north of Dexter ... It was the site of an ancient Indian village, and was first settled by the whites in 1824, was incorporated in 1856 and its charter was revised in 1869 ... On September 21st, 1864, the court house, all the business houses and most of the residences were destroyed by fire. A few weeks later, the ruined town was occupied by United States troops, who build a large fort occupying the court-house. Since the war the town has been rebuilt in a substantial manner, a new courthouse costing $25,000, replacing the old one. There were 2 churches -- Baptist and Methodist, 1 public school, 9 stores and 1 newspaper Bloomfield , city (1990 pop. 1,800), Stoddard co., SE Mo., on Crowley's Ridge, 19 mi/31 km W of Sikeston; 36°53'N 89°55'W. Farm and lumber center. Rice, corn, cotton, soybeans, wheat; mfg. (absorbent clay prods., plastic prods.). Settled 1824.
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