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Bloomfield, Kentucky

Bloomfield is in Nelson County.

About Bloomfield, Kentucky

History of Bloomfield

• The settlement grew up on land bought out of Leven Powell's 2,000-acre grant, which Powell received from the state of Virginia in 1779 and surveyed in 1781.
• Two separate communities preceded the city: Middlesburg on the east bank of the creek, whose first post office opened in 1803, and Gandertown on the west bank, named for the local sport of ganderpulling.
• Dr. John Bemiss of Rochester, New York settled in the area in 1799 and laid out the town in 1817.

Landmarks and Places in Bloomfield

• The Newell Beauchamp McClaskey House, a plantation house in Bloomfield within Kentucky's Bluegrass region, listed on the National Register of Historic Places since March 24, 2000 for its architectural significance.
• The McClaskey house was designed and built in 1835 by architect George Batcheldor, who came to Kentucky from Massachusetts in the 1830s; it has a five-bay facade with transom windows and sidelights and a central passage, in Federal style with Greek Revival influences.
• The McClaskey complex includes a brick smokehouse, brick slave quarters with a gabled tin roof, two 19th-century barns and two corn cribs. The site was at one time worked and maintained by enslaved African American people.

The Bloomfield Economy

• Bloomfield's economy has always been agriculturally based.
• A flour mill and a tobacco auction house operated in the town in the 19th century.
• The McClaskey family cleared and farmed their Nelson County land and started a distillery, having acquired over 700 acres by 1829.

Community Life in Bloomfield

• Film and television producer Jerry Bruckheimer and Linda Bruckheimer are listed as notable residents.
• James Guthrie is listed: state representative, Secretary of the Treasury, senator, and president of the L&N Railroad.

Local reference: en.wikipedia.org, en.wikipedia.org