Welcome to Bear Poplar ...

Bear Poplar is located in Rowan County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Bear Poplar, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1878.

Bear Poplar is 770 feet [235 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Bear Poplar: 704 & 980<3>

Websites for Bear Poplar ...

Chamber of Commerce:   www.rowanchamber.com/

Although we don't have any websites that are specific to Bear Poplar, the following might be of interest:

Communities near Bear Poplar ...

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

• Concord
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Concord
  • Concord is located in Cabarrus County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 98,500 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Concord <4>
• Kannapolis
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kannapolis have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kannapolis
  • Kannapolis is located in Rowan County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 52,007 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Kannapolis <4>
• Mooresville
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mooresville
  • Mooresville is located in Iredell County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 39,962 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mooresville <4>
• Salisbury
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salisbury
  • Salisbury is located in Rowan County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 33,821 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Salisbury <4>
• Cornelius
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cornelius have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornelius
  • Cornelius is located in Mecklenburg County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 30,804 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cornelius <4>
• Statesville
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Statesville have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Statesville
  • Statesville is located in Iredell County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 28,045 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Statesville <4>
• Davidson
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Davidson have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Davidson
  • Davidson is located in Mecklenburg County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 13,203 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Davidson <4>
• Mocksville
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mocksville
  • Mocksville is located in Davie County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,297 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mocksville <4>
• China Grove
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for China Grove
  • China Grove is located in Rowan County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,249 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for China Grove <4>
• Spencer
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spencer
  • Spencer is located in Rowan County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,260 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Spencer <4>

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Bear Poplar ...

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

Adding Bear Poplar to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Bear Poplar 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 for Bear Poplar was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

X2X - From that list, the Bear Poplar post office opened in 1878.

We also found Bear Poplar in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).

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

Off-the-Road Links ...

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Bear Poplar. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Rowan County: www.co.rowan.nc.us/

The official website for State of North Carolina: https://www.nc.gov/