Welcome to Bear ...Bear is located in Adams County<1>. While we don't have a date for the founding of Bear, you might consider that their post office opened in 1892. Bear is 4,410 feet [1,344 m] above sea level.<2> In other words, the altitude of Bear is about ¾ mile [or ~1¼ km] above sea level. Time Zone: Bear lies in the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT) and observes daylight saving time Note: If you travel west from Bear, you will soon leave Mountain Time and cross into the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT). Area Codes for Bear: 208 & 986<3> Communities Also Named Bear ...Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 7 communities that are also named Bear - they are located in Arizona, Arkansas (2), Delaware, Louisiana, Tennessee and Washington. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Bear. Communities near Bear ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Bear.
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 Bear. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Bear. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Bear. 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 Bear. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Bear. See our Newspapers Page for Bear. TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Bear ...Looking for more information about Bear? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions. While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Bear, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Bear. Adding Bear to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Bear in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page. From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Bear was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5> For more details, see References and Mentions for Bear. Footnotes ...
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