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BLOOMINGTON,
TEXASVictoria
County, Texas
Gulf Coast
Highway 185 and FM 616
15 Miles SE of Victoria
Population: 2,562 (2000) |
History in a Pecan
Shell
The community was named after Bloomington, Illinois. The St.
Louis, Brownsville and Mexico Railroad built a depot here in 1906 and a post office
was opened the following year. By 1925 the population was a healthy 600 people.
By 1960 it reached 1,756 before dropping in the 1970s. By 1980 it was back up
to 1,840 citizens and today it stands at a record of 2,562. |
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