Crime Scene and Trauma Cleanup in Bloomfield, MO

Bloomfield is the county seat of Stoddard County in Missouri's Bootheel region, sitting on the hills of Crowley's Ridge above the swampy lowlands around it.

The first permanent settlement at Bloomfield was made in 1824 on the site of a previous Native American community, and the town was platted in 1835, the same year Stoddard County was organized.

Bloomfield took its name from the wildflowers that covered the area around the town site.

A post office has operated at Bloomfield since 1836, and the Stoddard County Courthouse was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984.

Bloomfield suffered heavily during the Civil War, when most of the town was burned before the end of hostilities, though it later recovered thanks to its role as county seat.

On November 9, 1861, soldiers of the 11th, 18th, and 29th Illinois Regiments camped at Bloomfield printed the first edition of the Stars and Stripes, the U.S. military newspaper that is still published today.

The National Stars and Stripes Museum and Library in Bloomfield is dedicated to preserving the history of that newspaper and of the U.S. Armed Forces, and markers around town locate its many Civil War sites.

The 2020 census counted 1,755 people in Bloomfield, down from a historic high of 1,952 in 2000.

Bloomfield had 733 households at the 2020 census, and just over a third of them were made up of people living alone.

Children in Bloomfield attend the Bloomfield R-XIV School District, which runs an elementary school, a middle school, and Bloomfield High School.