Bloomingdale, MI

Bloomingdale is a village in Van Buren County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The 2020 census counted 513 residents. The village is located within Bloomingdale Township and is the township seat. In the 1930s oil was discovered within the village limits, but pumping has now ceased due to lack of oil. Public education is provided by the Bloomingdale Public Schools. The short version is that Bloomingdale carries an earlier story into the places people know and use now. That is the local read on Bloomingdale: its past remains attached to the places people use now. Bloomingdale was thought to be a rising city but when the oil ceased, so did the attraction. Bloomingdale was founded in 1855. A post office was established in 1856.