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Blooming is an unincorporated community in Washington County, Oregon, United States near the Tualatin River, about two miles south of Cornelius. Its elevation is 190 feet (58 m). [1] There are several plant nurseries in the area.

The Blooming area was originally known as "the German Settlement" for a group of German immigrants who had settled there. [2] [3] Rev. Paul of St. Peter's Lutheran Church renamed the community "Blooming", for the area's flowers and as an indicator of the town's good prospects. [2] Blooming post office ran from 1895 to 1904. [2]

The center of the community was St. Peter's Evangelical Lutheran Church, which is the second-oldest congregation of the Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod in the Pacific Northwest. [3] [4] [5] The church was founded and the original church building constructed in 1882; a portion of the current church was built in 1923. [4]

Blooming has a Cornelius ZIP code. [6]

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References

  1. ↑ "Blooming". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. November 28, 1980. Retrieved December 28, 2009.
  2. 1 2 3 McArthur, Lewis A.; Lewis L. McArthur (2003) [1928]. Oregon Geographic Names (7th ed.). Portland, Oregon: Oregon Historical Society Press. ISBN   0-87595-277-1.
  3. 1 2 "Trinity Lutheran Church". The Volga Germans in Portland. Archived from the original on January 5, 2009. Retrieved December 28, 2009.
  4. 1 2 Friedman, Ralph (1990). In Search of Western Oregon (2nd ed.). Caldwell, Idaho: The Caxton Printers, Ltd. p. 286. ISBN   0-87004-332-3.
  5. ↑ "Principal's Welcome & Message". St. Paul Lutheran Church and School, Sherwood, Oregon. Retrieved December 28, 2009.
  6. ↑ "Location". Forest Hills Lutheran School. Archived from the original on November 3, 2009. Retrieved December 28, 2009.

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