Bloomington is an unincorporated

Unincorporated area

In law, an unincorporated area is a region of land that is not a part of any municipality.To "incorporate" in this context means to form a municipal corporation, a city, town, or village with its own government. An unincorporated community is usually not subject to or taxed by a municipal government...

 town at the confluence

Confluence (geography)

In geography, a confluence is the meeting of two or more bodies of water. It usually refers to the point where two streams flow together, merging into a single stream...

 of the North Branch Potomac River and Savage River

Savage River (Maryland)

The Savage River is a river in Garrett County, Maryland, and is the first major tributary of the North Branch Potomac River from its source. The river was named for 18th century surveyor John Savage....

 in southeastern Garrett County

Garrett County, Maryland

Garrett County is the westernmost county of the U.S. state of Maryland. Created from Allegany County, Maryland in 1872 it was the last Maryland county to be formed. It was named for John Work Garrett , railroad executive, industrialist, and financier. Garrett served as president of the Baltimore...

, Maryland

Maryland

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. It lies to the west of Luke

Luke, Maryland

Luke is a town in Allegany County, Maryland, United States located along the Georges Creek Valley. Known originally as West Piedmont, the town is part of the Cumberland, MD-WV Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 80 at the 2000 census....

 on MD 135 (state highway 135) and is bounded to the northwest by Savage River State Forest.

Originally known as Llangollen when the town's post office

Post office

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 was established on December 4, 1872, its name was later changed to Bloomington. Jennings Randolph Lake

Jennings Randolph Lake

Jennings Randolph Lake is a reservoir of located on the North Branch Potomac River in Garrett County, Maryland and Mineral County, West Virginia. It is approximately eight miles upstream of Bloomington, Maryland, and approximately five miles north of Elk Garden, West Virginia.-Construction and...

 to the southwest was completed in 1982 as Bloomington Lake but was renamed in 1987 by the United States Congress

United States Congress

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 for West Virginia

West Virginia

West Virginia is a state in the Appalachian and Southeastern regions of the United States, bordered by Virginia to the southeast, Kentucky to the southwest, Ohio to the northwest, Pennsylvania to the northeast and Maryland to the east...

 Senator William Jennings Randolph

Jennings Randolph

Jennings Randolph was an American politician from West Virginia. He was a member of the Democratic Party and was the last surviving member of the United States Congress to have served during the first 100 days of Franklin D. Roosevelt's administration.-Early life and career:Randolph was born in...

.

Borderside

Borderside

Borderside, also known as Brydon Mansion, was a historic home located at Bloomington, Garrett County, Maryland, United States. It was a -story, with 3-story tower, Italianate style brick structure that burned in the mid- to late 1970s. The tower had a pronounced bell-curve Mansard roof. It was...

 was listed on the National Register of Historic Places

National Register of Historic Places

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 in 1975. The Bloomington Viaduct

Bloomington Viaduct

The Bloomington Viaduct spans the Northern Branch of the Potomac River connecting Bloomington, Maryland to Mineral County, West Virginia. The sandstone railroad bridge features three full center arches, each with a 56 foot span and a 28 foot rise...

 was listed in 1976.

A proposal has been filed with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

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 by Fairlawn Hydroelectric Company to construct a 10.5 MW hydroelectric

Hydroelectricity

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 facility at the Army Corps of Engineers

United States Army Corps of Engineers

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-operated dam for the lake. If approved, construction could occur as early as 2012.