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Welcome to Bear Branch ...

Bear Branch is located in Ohio County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Bear Branch, you might consider that their post office opened in 1849.

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

Bear Branch is 870 feet [265 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Bear Branch lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Codes for Bear Branch: 812 & 930<3>

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 Kentucky, Missouri and Tennessee.

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.

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.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Bear Branch ...

Looking for more information about Bear Branch? 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 Branch, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Bear Branch.

Adding Bear Branch to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Bear Branch 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 Branch was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Bear Branch post office opened in 1849. The Bear Branch post office closed in 1937.

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

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Indiana's counties, including Ohio, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Bear Branch - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 812 code has been Overlayed with the 930 area code. New phone numbers in the Bear Branch area will be assigned with one of these codes: 812 or 930. As a result, placing a call in the Bear Branch area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/