Welcome to Bear River ...So far, we found very little information about Bear River. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1> We've added Bear River to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Bear River, please Contact Us. Bear River would have been located within present day Routt County<2>. While we don't have a date for the founding of Bear River, you might consider that their post office opened in 1914. A typical abbreviation for Bear River: Bear Riv. While the community is gone, the present day location for Bear River is 6,420 feet [1,957 m] above sea level.<3> In other words, the altitude of Bear River is about 1¼ mile [or ~2 km] above sea level. Time Zone: The area where Bear River was located is in the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT) and observes daylight saving time The Area Codes where Bear River was located: 970 & 748<4> Communities Also Named Bear River ...Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 6 communities that are also named Bear River - they are located in California, Minnesota, Nova Scotia (2), Prince Edward Island and Wyoming. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Bear River. Communities near Bear River ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Bear River.
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 River. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Bear River. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Bear River. 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 River. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Bear River. See our Newspapers Page for Bear River. Adding Bear River to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Bear River 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 River was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6> For more details, see References and Mentions for Bear River. Footnotes ...
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