Crawford County, Pennsylvania

Part I: Directory
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BLOOMFIELD TOWNSHIP.

This township was one of the original divisions of the county, and at its inception was twelve miles long by six wide. In 1830 one half was taken off, forming a part of Sparta, leaving Bloomfield with an extent of 39,465 acres. The first settlement in this territory was made in 1795. From this time on the land was slowly taken up and improved by the pioneers, among whom the first were James Byron, Joseph Kirk, John Taylor, James Winders, Richard Shreve, Lewis Agnew and Stephen Bloomfield. The first grist mill was built on Oil Creek in 1800, by James Hamilton. The first school was held near Tillotson's Corners in 1820, Isaac Bloomfield, teacher. The township now has eleven schools, employing twenty-one instructors, conducted at an annual expense of about $2,600. The principal pursuits of the inhabitants are lumbering and dairying. The stream Oil Creek runs through the township, forming at one point Oil Creek Lake. The Union and Titusville R. R. extends along the Oil Creek valley.