Welcome to Beartown ...

So far, we found very little information about Beartown. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Beartown to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Beartown, please Contact Us.

Beartown would have been located within present day San Juan County<2>.

The location of Beartown has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<3>

While the community is gone, the present day location for Beartown is 11,180 feet [3,408 m] above sea level.<4> In other words, the elevation of Beartown is about 2¼ miles [or ~3½ km] above sea level.

Time Zone: The area where Beartown was located is in the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT) and observes daylight saving time

If Beartown still existed, it would have been in the (970) area code.

Communities Also Named Beartown ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two Colorado communities named Beartown: This one is located in San Juan County and the other is located in Hinsdale County.

Beyond Colorado, there are 14 communities that are also named Beartown - they are located in Kentucky, Montana, New York (3), Ohio (2), Pennsylvania (2), Tennessee, Vermont, West Virginia and Wyoming.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Beartown.

Communities near Beartown ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Beartown.

• Silverton
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silverton
  • Silverton is located in San Juan County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 679 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Silverton <5>
• Howardsville ‑ Historic
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howardsville
  • Howardsville is located in San Juan County
• Eureka ‑ Historic
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eureka
  • Eureka is located in San Juan County
• Old Carson ‑ Historic
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Carson
  • Old Carson is located in Hinsdale County
• Carson ‑ Historic
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carson
  • Carson is located in Hinsdale County
• Animas Forks ‑ Historic
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Animas Forks
  • Animas Forks is located in San Juan County
• Chattanooga ‑ Historic
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chattanooga
  • Chattanooga is located in San Juan County
• Red Mountain ‑ Historic
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Mountain
  • Red Mountain is located in Ouray County
• Capitol City ‑ Historic
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Capitol City
  • Capitol City is located in Hinsdale County
• Ophir
  (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ophir
  • Ophir is located in San Miguel County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 190 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ophir <5>

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Beartown. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Beartown.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Beartown. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Beartown.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Beartown. See our Newspapers Page for Beartown.

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for State of Colorado: https://www.colorado.gov/