Welcome to Bear ...So far, we found very little information about Bear. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1> We've added Bear to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Bear, please Contact Us. Bear would have been located within present day Roane County<2>. While we don't have a date for the founding of Bear, 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 Bear is 870 feet [265 m] above sea level.<3>. Time Zone: The area where Bear was located is in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time Note: If you travel west from Bear (for example, toward Rogers), you will leave Eastern Time and cross into the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT). The Area Code where Bear was located: 865 Communities Also Named Bear ...Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 7 communities that are also named Bear - they are located in Arizona, Arkansas (2), Delaware, Idaho, Louisiana and Washington. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Bear. Communities near Bear ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Bear.
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. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Bear. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Bear. 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. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Bear. See our Newspapers Page for Bear. Adding Bear to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Bear in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page. From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Bear was in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895). For more details, see References and Mentions for Bear. Footnotes ...
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