New Bloomfield is a city in Cedar Township, Callaway County, Missouri, United States. As of the 2020 census, New Bloomfield had a population of 687. It is part of the Jefferson City Metropolitan Statistical Area.

History

In 1827, a 'Round Prairie Post Office' was opened northwest of New Bloomfield, near what became Guthrie almost 50 years later, and near the southern border of a much larger historic Round Prairie Township (subdivided around 1890 to create what then became the northern portion of Guthrie Township).

In 1836, a historic town of 'Bloomfield', next to or containing the Round Prairie Post Office, was first surveyed. The official establishment of the town of Guthrie as 'Bigbee' and a new Guthrie Post Office (closed in 1954) followed in 1872 and 1874. The Chicago & Alton Railroad went from the Missouri riverport at Cedar City, through Holts Summit, then New Bloomfield and Guthrie, then veered northeast toward Carrington, then Fulton, then McCredie, Auxvasse, and into Audrain County and the city of Mexico, and thereafter toward Illinois and Chicago to the east, or to Kansas City to the west. Connection to St Louis was made via locations across the Mississippi River in Illinois until the MKT railroad was built in the 1890s. A ferry boat connected the Cedar City railway station to Jefferson City until a bridge was built in 1896.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , of which is land and is water.

Demographics

2010 census

As of the census of 2010, there were 669 people, 256 households, and 173 families living in the city. The population density was . There were 283 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the city was 94.2% White, 1.0% African American, 0.9% Native American, 0.6% Asian, 0.7% from other races, and 2.5% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.2% of the population.

There were 256 households, of which 37.9% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 52.0% were married couples living together, 12.5% had a female householder with no husband present, 3.1% had a male householder with no wife present, and 32.4% were non-families. 26.2% of all households were made up of individuals, and 9.8% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.61 and the average family size was 3.15.

The median age in the city was 34.2 years. 27.4% of residents were under the age of 18; 8.3% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 30.5% were from 25 to 44; 24.5% were from 45 to 64; and 9.3% were 65 years of age or older. The gender makeup of the city was 49.0% male and 51.0% female.

2000 census

As of the census

References

  • New Bloomfield City Website
  • New Bloomfield Area Historical Society (also includes a history of New Bloomfield)
  • New Bloomfield School
  • Historic maps of New Bloomfield in the Sanborn Maps of Missouri Collection at the University of Missouri