Bloomington, Indiana

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city college town

Bloomington, Indiana is a Midwestern college town best known as the home of Indiana University and a historic hub for the Indiana limestone industry.

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Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	city → college town →
climate	humid continental climate →
country	United States →
county	Monroe County, Indiana →
distanceTo	approximately 50 miles south of Indianapolis →
foundedIn	1818 →
governingBody	Bloomington Common Council →
hasAreaCode	812 → 930 →
hasArena	Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall →
hasCampusOf	Indiana University system →
hasCulturalInstitution	Buskirk-Chumley Theater → Eskenazi Museum of Art → Indiana University Jacobs School of Music →
hasHistoricDistrict	Bloomington West Side Historic District → University Courts Historic District →
hasMayorCouncilGovernment	yes →
hasNickname	B-Town → Bloomy →
hasPublicTransitSystem	Bloomington Transit →
hasStadium	Memorial Stadium (Bloomington) →
hasUniversity	Indiana University Bloomington →
hasZIPCodeRange	47401–47408 →
historicallyKnownFor	quarrying of Salem limestone →
hostsEvent	Lotus World Music & Arts Festival →
incorporatedAsCityIn	1866 →
incorporatedAsTownIn	1827 →
isCountySeatOf	Monroe County, Indiana →
knownFor	Indiana University Bloomington → Indiana limestone industry → college town culture → film "Breaking Away" setting → music and arts scene →
locatedInRegion	Midwestern United States →
locatedInTimeZone	Eastern Time Zone →
majorEconomicSector	healthcare → higher education → technology → tourism →
namedFor	blooming flowers →
nearGeographicalFeature	Hoosier National Forest → Lake Monroe →
officialWebsite	https://bloomington.in.gov/ →
partOf	Bloomington metropolitan area →
population	approximately 80,000 (city proper) →
servedByAirport	Monroe County Airport (Indiana) →
sportsTeam	Indiana Hoosiers →
state	Indiana →

Referenced by (18)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Bloomington, Indiana ("Bloomington metropolitan area") → Monroe County, Indiana ("Bloomington metropolitan area") →	partOf
Cullen Landis ("Bloomington, Indiana, United States") → Elinor Ostrom ("Bloomington") →	placeOfDeath
Daniel Kirkwood → Douglas Hofstadter →	residence
Monroe County, Indiana →	contains
Monroe County, Indiana →	countySeat
Kappa Alpha Psi →	foundedIn
Indiana ("Bloomington") →	hasCity
Canterbury →	hasTwinTown
Indiana limestone →	industryCenter
Monroe County, Indiana →	largestCity
Bedford, Indiana →	locatedNear
Bedford, Indiana ("Bloomington metropolitan area") →	partOfMetropolitanArea
Dee Bradley Baker ("Bloomington, Indiana, United States") →	placeOfBirth
Canterbury, Kent, England →	twinnedWith
Elinor Ostrom ("Bloomington") →	workLocation