Unattended Death and Biohazard Cleanup in Bloomington, MD

Bloomington is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in southeastern Garrett County, Maryland.

It sits at the confluence of the North Branch Potomac River and the Savage River, on Maryland Route 135 west of Luke, and is bounded to the northwest by Savage River State Forest.

The community was originally known as Llangollen, and its post office was established under that name on December 4, 1872, before the name was later changed to Bloomington.

The 2020 census counted 271 residents in Bloomington, down from 305 in the 2010 census.

Bloomington had 126 housing units at the 2020 census, and 124 of them, or 98.4 percent, were occupied.

The median age of Bloomington residents at the 2020 census was 43.2 years.

The CDP covers 0.64 square miles, of which 0.62 square miles is land, at an elevation of about 1,316 feet.

Borderside, a historic home in Bloomington, was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1975.

The Bloomington Viaduct, the historic railroad bridge over the North Branch Potomac River at the community, was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1976.

Jennings Randolph Lake, on the North Branch Potomac River southwest of Bloomington, was completed in 1982 under the name Bloomington Lake and was renamed in 1987 by Congress for West Virginia senator Jennings Randolph.