Welcome to Beartown ...So far, we found very little information about Beartown. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1> We've added Beartown to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Beartown, please Contact Us. Beartown would have been located within present day Granite County<2>. While we don't have a date for the founding of Beartown, you might get a feel for it by knowing that the earliest mention that we've found (so far) was in a book dated 1895. While the community is gone, the present day location for Beartown is 4,580 feet [1,396 m] above sea level.<3> In other words, the altitude of Beartown is about ¾ mile [or ~1½ km] above sea level. Time Zone: The area where Beartown was located is in the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT) and observes daylight saving time The Area Code where Beartown was located: 406 Communities Also Named Beartown ...Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 14 communities that are also named Beartown - they are located in Colorado (2), Kentucky, New York (3), Ohio (2), Pennsylvania (2), Tennessee, Vermont, West Virginia and Wyoming. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Beartown. Communities near Beartown ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Beartown.
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 Beartown. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Beartown. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Beartown. 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 Beartown. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Beartown. See our Newspapers Page for Beartown. Adding Beartown to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Beartown 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 Beartown was in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895). For more details, see References and Mentions for Beartown. Footnotes ...
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