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Welcome to Bear Valley ...

Bear Valley is located in Northumberland County<1>.

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

Bear Valley is 830 feet [253 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Bear Valley: 570 & 272<3>

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, Minnesota, Ontario 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.

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 for Bear Valley was in the book titled North American Railroad Atlas - Northeast.

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

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Pennsylvania's counties, including Northumberland, 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>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 570 code has been Overlayed with the 272 area code. New phone numbers in the Bear Valley area will be assigned with one of these codes: 570 or 272. As a result, placing a call in the Bear Valley 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>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.