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Deacon John Adams of Alford, Massachusetts is credited with being the founder of the Town of East Bloomfield. In the spring of 1789, Deacon Adams purchased the Bloomfield tract from the Phelps-Gorham Purchase. In the spring of 1789, Deacon Adams with a party of 24 hardy souls settled in the Bloomfield area and by the end of 1790 sixty five people, twenty of them women, had settled in Bloomfield.

The Town of East Bloomfield was where the Northern Spy Apple was originated by Oliver Chapin on Boughton Road in 1800.

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1854 - East Bloomfield
East Bloomfield, a post-township of Ontario county, New York, 8 miles W. from Canandaigua, intersected by the Canandaigua and Niagara railroad. Population, 2262.

East Bloomfield, a post-village in the above township, about 200 miles W. by N. from Albany. It has 2 churches, and perhaps 300 inhabitants.
A New and Complete Gazetteer of the United States: Giving a Full and Comprehensive Review of the Present Condition, Industry, and Resources of the American Confederacy ... Thomas Baldwin (of Philadelphia.) Joseph Thomas January 1, 1854 Philadelphia : Lippincott, Grambo & Company 1854.
1859
EAST BLOOMFIELD, a township in Ontario co., in the state of New York, U.S., 8 m. W of Canandaigua. Pop. 1,986.
A Gazetteer of the World: Or, Dictionary of Geographical Knowledge, Publisher A. Fullarton, 1859
1893 - East Bloomfield
On January 27, 1789, Ontario county was created and its inhabited portion organized into provisional districts, or towns with an incompleted civil jurisdiction. One of these was called Bloomfield, and included within its boundaries all that is now Mendon, Victor and East and West Bloomfield. The two towns first mentioned were taken off in 1812, and West Bloomfield in 1833. The latter creation necessitated a change in the name of the mother town, hence it was called East Bloomfield.

The original occupants of this town, so far at least as we have any definite knowledge, were the Seneca Indians, and within what is now East Bloomfield, on the east side of Mud Creek, (known to the savages as Gan-ar-gwa), and on lot 13, was at one time the Seneca village of "Gan- dou-gar-ae," the St. Michael of the Jesuit fathers, and, a place of some note in aboriginal history. This village was destroyed by Denonville in 1687, and though the inhabitants fled the invaders also destroyed growing crops in... Read MORE...

1895 - East Bloomfield
East Bloom'field, a post-village of Ontario co., N.Y. in a township of the same name, on the New York Central Railroad, about 22 miles S.E. of Rochester, and 8 miles W. of Canandaigua. It contains 4 churches, an academy, and a carriage-factory.
Lippincott's Gazetteer of the World: A Complete Pronouncing Gazetteer Or Geographical Dictionary of the World Containing Notices of Over One Hundred and Twenty-five Thousand Places ... Joseph Thomas January 1, 1895 J.B. Lippincott
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Fisher's Park:

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Bloomfield Antique Country:

If you have a penchant for antiques, this is the place to be. Explore the charming antique shops in Bloomfield and discover unique treasures from the past.

Brewery Tour at Nedloh Brewing Company:

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Finger Lakes Wine Tasting:

East Bloomfield is conveniently located near the Finger Lakes wine region. Take a short drive to explore the vineyards and wineries, and savor some of the finest wines in the area.

Ontario County Park at Gannett Hill:

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