The current Greene County Courthouse, a brick structure built in the late 19th century, stands at the same location. The Greene County Courthouse, a log building in the town's center, was the town's first building.
Burlington was located west of Bloomfield near the west fork of the White River. The town of Bloomfield was laid out in 1824 when Greene County needed a new county seat due to the lack of a reliable water source for the town of Burlington. A settlement of Woodland period people has been excavated by Indiana and Ball State Universities research teams near the confluence of Richland Creek and the White River south of Bloomfield. Tribes that have lived in the area include the Miami tribe, Kickapoo, Piankeshaw and Wea. The area where Bloomfield is located has been inhabited by Native Americans since prehistory. The population was 2,405 at the 2010 census.īloomfield is part of the Bloomington, Indiana Metropolitan Statistical Area. Bloomfield is a town within Richland Township and the county seat of Greene County, Indiana, United States.
