Do you know of Bear Wallow ???

This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Bear Wallow. When we encounter a name that is new to us, we add it to our Gazetteer with the hope that we'll discover more information in the future. Such is the case with Bear Wallow.<1>

Our sources for Bear Wallow (see Mentions and References below) indicate that it was a community with a post office by the same name. Unfortunately our sources aren't clear about the location of Bear Wallow other than they indicate that Bear Wallow would be found somewhere in Barren County, Kentucky.

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened  in 1850 and closed  in 1906.

Communities Also Named Bear Wallow ...

We found three communities that share the name Bear Wallow.

There is one other community in Kentucky which is also named Bear Wallow.

Beyond Kentucky, we know of another two communities that are located throughout in the United States.

• Communities Located In Kentucky ...
  • Morgan County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Bear Wallow [Morgan County].

• Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
  • Indiana
    • Brown County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Indiana community of Bear Wallow [Brown County].
  • Tennessee
    • Marshall County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Bear Wallow [Marshall County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Bear Wallow ...

We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Bear Wallow:

Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<2>

Table of U.S. Post Offices in the United States (Jan. 1851)
Published by W. & J.C. Greer, Printers

George#&160;F. Cram Map (1905)
Published by George F. Cram& Co.

More Orphans in  Barren County ...

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As we explained above, when we encounter a name that might be a community or a post office we add it to our Gazetteer. If we have little information to go with the name, we call them Orphans. Below are Orphans that we believe to be located in Barren County.