Bloomington (Illinois, USA)
Bloomington, Illinois, is a city of over 33,000 population in 1953 (almost 75,000 in 2006) located in McLean County in the heart of the Illinois corn belt. Most of the Mennonites living in the area in the 1950s were farmers and members of the Central Conference and the Evangelical Mennonite Conference, with churches in Normal, Meadows, Flanagan, Danvers, and Carlock. Mennonite institutions of the area included the Mennonite Hospital at Bloomington, the Old People's Home at Meadows, and the Salem Children's Orphanage at Flanagan.
Bibliography
Weaver, William B. History of the Central Conference Mennonite Church. Danvers, IL: The Author, 1926.
Maps
| Author(s) | L. E Troyer |
|---|---|
| Date Published | 1953 |
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Troyer, L. E. "Bloomington (Illinois, USA)." Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. 1953. Web. 18 Apr 2024. https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Bloomington_(Illinois,_USA)&oldid=91156.
APA style
Troyer, L. E. (1953). Bloomington (Illinois, USA). Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. Retrieved 18 April 2024, from https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Bloomington_(Illinois,_USA)&oldid=91156.
Adapted by permission of Herald Press, Harrisonburg, Virginia, from Mennonite Encyclopedia, Vol. 1, p. 365. All rights reserved.
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