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Do you know of White Bear ???

This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about White Bear. 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 White Bear.

We found mention of White Bear as a community (see Mentions and References below), but haven't been able to determine its location - other than being located somewhere in Berks County, Pennsylvania.

This entry could have originated in error. It might be that a source had a misprint, was simply wrong or we made a transcription error while referencing it. Many of the documents we reference are from the 1800s and the early 1900s, with some easier to read than others.

Communities Also Named White Bear ...

We found three communities that share the name White Bear.

Within Pennsylvania, the name White Bear is unique.

Beyond Pennsylvania, we know of another three communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these three communities, .

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Minnesota
      • Ramsey County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Minnesota community of White Bear [Ramsey County].
    • Missouri
      • Marion County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of White Bear [Marion County].
    • Saskatchewan
      • Please visit our profile page for the Saskatchewan community of White Bear.

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for White Bear ...

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

Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for White Bear - Services available: had a Railroad Station, Express Office, no Post Office mentioned

North American Railroad Atlas - Northeast
Written by: Walker, Mike
Published by RailfanDepot, 2020
(Available from Amazon.com)

Rand McNally Map of Pennsylvania (1911)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

The FIPS database contains an entry for White Bear.

Referenced FIPS Records ...

FIPS Code: 42/84480   (Place Name: White Bear (Scarlets Mill))

County: Berks     (FIPS State/County: 42/011)

Class: U8

Identifies a populated place (in this case, White Bear) located wholly or substantially outside the boundaries of an incorporated place or CDP (Census Designated Place) but whose name has not been verified as authoritative by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).

More Orphans in  Berks County ...

Can you help?

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 Berks County.

Albany StationLincoln Heights
AllianceLiscum
AlsaceLorah
AtholLower Bern
 Lower Heidelberg
Barto'sLynoak
Belt Line JunctionLynwood
Berks 
Birdsboro' StationManatawny Station
BittenbenderMelrose
Black BearMountain Sunset
Bower's Station 
BrowerNaomi
BrumfieldvilleNorth Reading
  
CalciumObold
ClinganOrrton
Colebrookdale Station 
CumruPassmore
 Perry
DeLongPikesville
DenglersPleasantville
DrebelbisPoplar Neck
  
East BerkleyReading Gardens
EdenburgReinert
EsterlyRobeson
EtonRohnersburg
Exeter StationRolling Hills
  
FarviewSchweyers
FurnaceScullhill
 Shamrock
GehmanSheerlund Forest
Geiger's MillsShoemakersville Station
GreenfieldsSouth Evansville
 South Mountain
Hamburgh StationSpring Valley
HampdenSwoyers
HamptonSylvan Dell
Hendleton 
Hiester's MillTemple Station
Hill ChurchTulpehocken
Hummels Store 
 Upper Berne
Kissinger 
KlapperthalWalter's Park
KricktownWest Monocacy
 Wetzel
LesherWyomissing Junction
Lichty 

Footnotes ...

<1>If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer.

Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.

Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.

Also keep in mind that White Bear could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out.









 

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