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Welcome to Bear Valley ...

Bear Valley is located in Wabasha County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Bear Valley, you might consider that their post office opened in 1857.

A typical abbreviation for Bear Valley: Bear Vly. (or less commonly used: Bear Vally. or Bear Vlly.)

Bear Valley is 980 feet [299 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Bear Valley lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Communities Also Named Bear Valley ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 8 communities that are also named Bear Valley - they are located in California (4), Colorado, Ontario, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin.

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

Communities near Bear Valley ...

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

  • Red Wing
    (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
  • Lake City
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Zumbrota
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
  • Pine Island
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Plainview
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Oronoco
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
  • Goodhue
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Elgin
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Elgin is located in Wabasha County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elgin
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,080 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Elgin <3>
  • Wanamingo
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
  • Mazeppa
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Bear Valley ...

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

Adding Bear Valley to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Bear Valley 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 Valley was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Bear Valley post office opened in 1857. The Bear Valley post office closed in 1902.

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

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Minnesota's counties, including Wabasha, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Bear Valley - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>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/