At this time there were few roads, but rich soils brought new farmers who began commerce by conducting their business in the county. Its lots were sold at a well-attended and noisy auction on July 4, 1831. His offer was accepted, and Bloomington was laid out. When the County of McLean was incorporated, a county seat was established, but the legislation stated the site of Bloomington "would be located later." James Allin, one of the new county's promoters, offered to donate 60 acres (240,000 m 2) of his land for the new town. Springing from the settlement of Keg Grove, later called Blooming Grove, Bloomington was named as county seat on December 25, 1830, when McLean County was created. The Bloomington area was at the edge of a large grove occupied by the Kickapoo people before the first Euro-American settlers arrived in the early 1820s. History Looking northwest from the east side of the downtown square, about 1910 Average monthly precipitation ranged from 1.71 inches (43 mm) in February to 4.52 inches (115 mm) in May. In recent years, average temperatures in Bloomington have ranged from a low of 14 ☏ (−10 ☌) in January to a high of 86 ☏ (30 ☌) in July, although a record low of −23 ☏ (−31 ☌) was recorded in January 1985 and a record high of 114 ☏ (46 ☌) was recorded on July 15, 1936, during the 1936 North American heat wave. Climate and weather Bloomington, Illinois The city is at an elevation of 797 feet (243 m) above sea level. It also serves as the headquarters for State Farm Insurance and Country Financial.īloomington is located at 40☂9′03″N 88★9′37″W. The Bloomington area is home to Illinois Wesleyan University and Illinois State University. Combined with Normal, the twin cities have a population of roughly 130,000. The 2020 census showed the city had a population of 78,680, making it the 13th-most populated city in Illinois and the fifth-most populous outside the Chicago Metropolitan Area.
Bloomington is 135 miles (217 km) southwest of Chicago and 162 miles (261 km) northeast of St. It is adjacent to the town of Normal, and is the more populous of the two principal municipalities of the Bloomington–Normal metropolitan area.
Bloomington is a city in and the county seat of McLean County, Illinois, United States.
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