While the university keeps growing, many of the industrial plants have now been closed, and the north-side railway running a few blocks west of Walnut St (Monon Railroad, later acquired by CSX) has been converted to a popular walking and bicycling trail (the B-Line Trail).īloomington is the county seat of Monroe County.
The west side historically was the industrial part of town, with a number of factories churning out a variety of industrial products, from limestone blocks to elevators (Otis) to television sets (RCA). The east side is centered around the main campus (Bloomington Campus) of Indiana University. College Ave and Walnut St, a pair of one-way streets, form the main north-south thoroughfare through the central city, dividing the city into the east and west sides.
Like most Indiana cities, Bloomington is arranged mostly on a rectangular grid. Understand The Courthouse Square, the city's central square As it is a much larger city than the county seats of nearby counties, it serves as the de facto employment, service, and shopping center for several adjacent counties. Bloomington is home to the flagship campus of Indiana University and the IU Hoosiers.
Bloomington is a city of 86,000 people (2019) in Southern Indiana.
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