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Bloomington is a city in and the county seat of McLean County, Illinois, United States. The 2020 census showed the city had a population of 78,680, [ 5 ] making it the 13th-most populous city in Illinois and the fifth-most populous outside the Chicago metropolitan area . [ 6 ]
Bloomington–Normal, officially known as the Bloomington, Illinois Metropolitan Statistical Area, is a metropolitan statistical area in Central Illinois anchored by the twin municipalities of Bloomington and Normal.
In mid-December 1933, during the height of the Great Depression, local officials settled on a 164-acre site east of Bloomington along Illinois 9 where the site of a new permanent airfield would be situated. Originally known as the Bloomington Municipal Airport, it was founded in 1946 by local businessman and aviation enthusiast Charles G. Shafer.
Miller Park was also once home to what the locals called "Monkey Island" during the 1960s. In the middle of man-made Miller Park Lake, there stood a platform with the metal dome that once belonged to McLean County Courthouse, [1] on which they had a live monkey exhibit, designed by Grover Kathoffer. [2]
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Illinois High School Association; Illinois Museum of Natural History; Illinois Prairie Community Foundation; Illinois Shakespeare Festival; Illinois Wesleyan University; Interstate 55 Business (Bloomington–Normal, Illinois)
The White Building was constructed by Bloomington businessman Samuel R. White in 1894–1895. White came to Bloomington in 1870 by way of Huntington, Indiana, at a time when Bloomington was already an economic center with railroads leaving in eight directions from the city. in 1872 White, a building contractor, established himself as an independent contractor and constructed various buildings ...
The East Grove Street District is a residential historic district located on the 400 through 700 blocks of East Grove Street in Bloomington, Illinois.The district includes 43 houses and apartment buildings, 25 of which are considered contributing buildings.