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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, making...
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    Bloomington–Normal, officially known as the Bloomington, Illinois Metropolitan Statistical Area, is a metropolitan statistical area in Central Illinois...
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  • The Bloomington Bison are an upcoming American minor league ice hockey team based in Bloomington, Illinois. Founded in 2024, the team plans to make its...
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    Illinois, United States. As of the 2020 census, the town's population was 52,736. Normal is the smaller of two principal cities of the Bloomington–Normal...
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    Central Illinois Regional Airport at Bloomington–Normal (IATA: BMI, ICAO: KBMI, FAA LID: BMI) is a public airport in McLean County, Illinois, three miles...
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  • Bloomington High School (BHS) is a public secondary school in Bloomington, Illinois, and is part of Bloomington School District 87. Courses include subjects...
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  • Evergreen Cemetery, in Bloomington, Illinois, is also known as Evergreen Memorial Cemetery. The cemetery was originally two separate cemeteries, adjacent...
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    Illinois Wesleyan University is a private liberal arts college in Bloomington, Illinois. Founded in 1850, the central portion of the present campus was...
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  • Look up Bloomington in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Bloomington may refer to: Bloomington, Illinois Bloomington, Indiana Bloomington, Minnesota Bloomington...
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    Illinois. According to the 2020 Census, it had a population of 170,954. Its county seat is Bloomington. McLean County is included in the Bloomington–Normal...
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  • lived in Bloomington, Illinois. For a similar list organized alphabetically by last name, see the category page People from Bloomington, Illinois. Bearnson...
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    John Ridgeway III (category Sportspeople from Bloomington, Illinois)
    Washington Commanders. Ridgeway grew up in Bloomington, Illinois, and attended Bloomington High School. At Bloomington, he played offensive tackle and defensive...
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  • (Bloomington, Illinois) · Tue, Dec 9, 1941 · Page 3 The Pantagraph (Bloomington, Illinois) · Sat, Dec 6, 1941 · Page 5 The Pantagraph (Bloomington, Illinois)...
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    Whalon, and Ames families. They named the area Bloomington after the city they were from, Bloomington, Illinois. Most early jobs were in farming, blacksmithing...
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    Adlai Stevenson II (category Politicians from Bloomington, Illinois)
    Stevenson I, the 23rd vice president of the United States. Raised in Bloomington, Illinois, Stevenson was a member of the Democratic Party. He served in many...
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    village in McLean County, Illinois, United States. The population was 548 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Bloomington–Normal Metropolitan Statistical...
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    Adam Kinzinger (category Politicians from Bloomington, Illinois)
    Bloomington, Illinois. He graduated from Normal Community West High School in 1996 and earned a bachelor's degree in political science from Illinois State...
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    Founded as Illinois State Normal University, it was the first state university in Illinois. Its classes were initially held in downtown Bloomington, occupying...
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  • serves Bloomington–Normal, Illinois, along with 60 communities and eight counties in the Central Illinois area. Its headquarters are in Bloomington and it...
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    Harold Sinclair (novelist) (category Writers from Bloomington, Illinois)
    moved to Bloomington, Illinois. He dropped out of high school and traveled around the country, but eventually returned to live in Bloomington. While working...
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    village in McLean County, Illinois, United States. The population was 1,089 as of the 2020 census. It is part of the Bloomington–Normal Metropolitan Statistical...
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    Adlai Stevenson I (category People from Bloomington, Illinois)
    family moved to Bloomington, Illinois, where his father then operated a sawmill. Stevenson attended Illinois Wesleyan University at Bloomington and ultimately...
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    Mboka Mwilambwe (category African-American mayors in Illinois)
    who was elected in 2021 as the first African American mayor of Bloomington, Illinois. Mwilambwe was born in Kinshasa, Zaire during the dictatorship of...
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    Miller Park is a public park in Bloomington, Illinois, United States. It is in the southwest part of the city, on a large block south of Wood Street and...
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    Paul Scott Mowrer (category Writers from Bloomington, Illinois)
    American newspaper correspondent. Paul Scott Mowrer was born in Bloomington, Illinois on July 14, 1887. He studied at the University of Michigan and began...
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    Alternate: Bolingbrook–Gardner, Illinois U.S. Route 66 Business: Towanda–Bloomington, Illinois U.S. Route 66 Business: Lincoln, Illinois U.S. Route 66 Business:...
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    Beer Nuts (category Companies based in Bloomington–Normal)
    his son Arlo took over the Caramel Crisp confectionery store in Bloomington, Illinois, which sold a product called "Redskins," "slightly sweet, lightly...
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  • Michael L. Tipsord (category People from Bloomington, Illinois)
    1959) is the chairman of the board of State Farm Insurance in Bloomington, Illinois. Tipsord replaced Edward B. Rust Jr. as chairman on September 1...
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  • David Hendricks (category People from Bloomington, Illinois)
    in Bloomington, Illinois, selling an orthopedic back-brace he had patented. He later bought a large house at a then-new development in Bloomington and...
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  • Eastland Mall is a shopping mall in Bloomington, Illinois. It opened in 1967 and has expanded several times in its history. It features more than 90 stores...
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