Welcome to Bear Branch ...

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

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

Bear Branch would have been located within present day DeKalb County<2>.

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

While we don't have a date for the founding of Bear Branch, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1874.

A typical abbreviation for Bear Branch: Bear Br. (or less commonly used: Bear Brnch.)

While the community is gone, the present day location for Bear Branch is 960 feet [293 m] above sea level.<4>.

Time Zone: The area where Bear Branch was located is in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Note: If you travel east from Bear Branch (for example, toward Spring City), you will leave Central Time and cross into the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT).

The location where Bear Branch once stood is in the (615) area code.

Communities Also Named Bear Branch ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 3 communities that are also named Bear Branch - they are located in Indiana, Kentucky and Missouri.

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

Communities near Bear Branch ...

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

• Smyrna
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Smyrna have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smyrna
  • Smyrna is located in Warren County
  • Estimated population in 2014: 45,274 people
• McMinnville
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McMinnville
  • McMinnville is located in Warren County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 13,776 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for McMinnville <5>
• Temperance Hall
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Temperance Hall have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Temperance Hall
  • Temperance Hall is located in DeKalb County
  • Population from the 2010 Census: 5,791 people
• Sparta
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sparta
  • Sparta is located in White County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,980 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sparta <5>
• Smithville
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smithville
  • Smithville is located in DeKalb County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,978 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Smithville <5>
• Woodbury
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodbury
  • Woodbury is located in Cannon County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,971 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Woodbury <5>
• Morrison
  (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morrison
  • Morrison is located in Warren County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 727 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Morrison <5>
• Doyle
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doyle
  • Doyle is located in White County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 587 people
• Dowelltown
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dowelltown
  • Dowelltown is located in DeKalb County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 409 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Dowelltown <5>
• Liberty
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty
  • Liberty is located in DeKalb County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 330 people

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 Branch. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Bear Branch.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Bear Branch. 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 Branch.

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

Adding Bear Branch to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Bear Branch in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Bear Branch was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the Bear Branch post office opened in 1874.

We also found Bear Branch on a map titled Rand McNally Map of Tennessee (1888).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Bear Branch.

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for State of Tennessee: https://www.tn.gov/