Blooming Grove, Ohio

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Blooming Grove is an unincorporated village in northeastern North Bloomfield Township, Morrow County, Ohio, United States. The community is located at the junction of State Route 97 and Morrow County Road 20. The nearest incorporated city is Galion, Ohio, located to the northwest. Mount Gilead, the county seat of Morrow County, is located southwest of Blooming Grove on State Route 61.

Founded under the name of “Corsica”, the community is the nearest settlement to the birthplace of Warren G. Harding, the 29th President of the United States of America. The Harding birthplace is no longer standing; however, the site is marked by an Ohio Historical Society Marker.

The village was laid out by Simon E. Harding, great-great-uncle of the President.^[1]

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• Warren G. Harding Birthplace, Morrow County Ohio, Ohio Memory Project, Ohio Historical Society

• Yahoo! map showing Blooming Grove, Ohio

v • d • e Municipalities and communities of Morrow County, Ohio County seat: Mount Gilead City Galion‡ Villages Cardington | Chesterville | Edison | Fulton | Marengo | Mount Gilead | Sparta Townships Bennington | Canaan | Cardington | Chester | Congress | Franklin | Gilead | Harmony | Lincoln | North Bloomfield | Perry | Peru | South Bloomfield | Troy | Washington | Westfield Unincorporated communities Blooming Grove | Iberia | Shauck Footnotes ‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties

Coordinates: 40°42′28″N 82°43′00″W / 40.70778°N 82.716667°W / 40.70778; -82.716667