Editing Bloomingburg, Ohio (section)

==History==
Bloomingburg was laid out in 1815.<ref>{{cite book | url=https://archive.org/details/historyfayettec00allegoog | title=History of Fayette County, Ohio: Her People, Industries and Institutions | publisher=B. F. Bowen, Incorporated | year=1914 | accessdate=November 28, 2013 | author=Allen, Frank M. | pages=[https://archive.org/details/historyfayettec00allegoog/page/n350 332]}}</ref> According to tradition, the village was named for the many flowers kept in the yards of the townswomen.<ref>{{cite book|last=Overman|first=William Daniel|title=Ohio Town Names|url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015015361465;view=1up;seq=31|year=1958|publisher=Atlantic Press|location=Akron, OH|page=15}}</ref> A post office has been in operation at Bloomingburg since 1819.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?task=display&state=OH&county=Fayette | title=Fayette County | publisher=Jim Forte Postal History | accessdate=December 13, 2015}}</ref> Bloomingburg was noted as a "stop" on the [[Underground Railroad]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Dills|first=R. S.|title=History of Fayette County: Together with Historic Notes on the Northwest, and the State of Ohio. Gleaned from Early Authors, Old Maps and Manuscripts, Private and Official Correspondence, and All Other Authentic Sources|url=https://archive.org/details/historyoffayette00dill|year=1881|publisher=Odell & Mayer|page=[https://archive.org/details/historyoffayette00dill/page/989 989]}}</ref>