County of city: Davis County
Location of city: dead center of county; crossroads of US-63 & IA-2
county is southern border with Missouri in SE section of state
County Court House location: East Franklin St. & S. Washington St., Bloomfield
Elevation: 873 ft (266m)
Population: 2,645 (2013)
"Bloomfield is a city in Davis County, Iowa, United States. The population was 2,601 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Davis County.
Bloomfield is located in the southeastern part of Iowa near the Missouri border.
Bloomfield's longitude and latitude coordinates
in decimal form are 40.751122, -92.417007.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 2.3 square miles (6.0 km²), of which, 2.3 square miles (5.9 km²) of it is land and 0.04 square miles (0.1 km²) of it (1.30%) is water." ~ MapQuest
"Unlike today, the courthouse squares and main streets of the typical Midwestern small town would hum with activity, well past supper. This summer evening in Bloomfield was no exception as several hundred people had gathered in the northwest corner of the courtyard to witness something they might normally expect to see only in newsreels at the nearby Iowa Theatre.
Scaling the Marion County Courthouse
Dr. Henry C. Young, who had been in the crowd, immediately began to render medical attention. He had members of the audience carry the crippled fly to his office, for a more thorough examination. He found that Roland had broken his left hip, severely strained his back, and had banged up his left arm pretty badly. Roland was transported to the Wishard Hotel on the southeast corner of the square, where Henry Wishard had offered the use of a hotel room free of charge.
"The next day, the Bloomfield Democrat, recorded Henry Roland's attempt to climb the Davis County Courthouse with the headline: "HUMAN FLY FALLS TO GROUND. Hundreds of Horrified Watchers See Henry Roland, World Famous Fly, Fall and Break Hip."" ~ Davis County Courthouse & The Human Fly
The Preservation Fund has some neat photos and thumbnail history