Do you know of Bear Creek ???

This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Bear Creek. 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 Bear Creek.<1>

We found mention of Bear Creek as a post office (see Mentions and References below), but can't determine its location - other than being located somewhere in Waupaca County, Wisconsin.

It's common that the post office is named the same as the community in which it's located (although that's not always case). In this case, we can't match this post office to any of the existing communities in our gazetteer.<2>

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened in 1858 and closed in 1886.

Communities Also Named Bear Creek ...

We found 39 communities that share the name Bear Creek.

There is one other community in Wisconsin which is also named Bear Creek.

Beyond Wisconsin, we know of another 38 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 38 communities, 35 are located in the United States and five are in Canada.

Communities Located In Wisconsin ...
- Outagamie County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Wisconsin community of Bear Creek [Outagamie County].

Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
  - Colbert County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Bear Creek [Colbert County].
  - Marion County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Bear Creek [Marion County].
  - Winston County
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Bear Creek [Winston County].
- Alaska
  - Please visit our profile page for the Alaska community of Bear Creek.
- Arkansas
  - Searcy County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Bear Creek [Searcy County].
- British Columbia
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the British Columbia community of Bear Creek.
- California
  - Merced County
  - Please visit our profile page for the California community of Bear Creek [Merced County].
  - San Joaquin County
  - Please visit our profile page for the California community of Bear Creek [San Joaquin County].
- Colorado
  - Montezuma County
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Colorado community of Bear Creek [Montezuma County].
- Florida
  - Bay County
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Florida community of Bear Creek [Bay County].
- Kansas
  - Stanton County
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Bear Creek [Stanton County].
- Louisiana
  - Bienville Parish
  - Please visit our profile page for the Louisiana community of Bear Creek [Bienville Parish].
  - Jackson Parish
  - Please visit our profile page for the Louisiana community of Bear Creek [Jackson Parish].
- Michigan
  - Manistee County
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Bear Creek [Manistee County].
  - Schoolcraft County
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Bear Creek [Schoolcraft County].
- Minnesota
  - Winona County
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Minnesota community of Bear Creek [Winona County].
- Mississippi
  - Attala County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Mississippi community of Bear Creek [Attala County].
  - Hinds County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Mississippi community of Bear Creek [Hinds County].
- Montana
  - Missoula County
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Montana community of Bear Creek [Missoula County].
- New York
  - Wayne County
  - Please visit our profile page for the New York community of Bear Creek [Wayne County].
- North Carolina
  - Chatham County
  - Please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Bear Creek [Chatham County].
  - Graham County
  - Please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Bear Creek [Graham County].
  - Onslow County
  - Please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Bear Creek [Onslow County].
- Ohio
  - Montgomery County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Bear Creek [Montgomery County].
  - Scioto County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Bear Creek [Scioto County].
- Ontario
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Ontario community of Bear Creek.
- Oregon
  - Lane County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Oregon community of Bear Creek [Lane County].
- Saskatchewan
  - Please visit our profile page for the Saskatchewan community of Bear Creek.
- South Dakota
  - Dewey County
  - Please visit our profile page for the South Dakota community of Bear Creek [Dewey County].
- Tennessee
  - Decatur County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Bear Creek [Decatur County].
  - Scott County
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Bear Creek [Scott County].
- Texas
  - Cass County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Bear Creek [Cass County].
  - Dallas County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Bear Creek [Dallas County].
  - Hays County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Bear Creek [Hays County].
  - San Jacinto County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Bear Creek [San Jacinto County].
  - Tarrant County
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Bear Creek [Tarrant County].
- West Virginia
  - Braxton County
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the West Virginia community of Bear Creek [Braxton County].
- Yukon
  - Please visit our profile page for the Yukon community of Bear Creek.

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Bear Creek ...

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

Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

List of Post Offices in the United States (1870)
Published by the Government Printing Office

More Orphans in Waupaca 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 Waupaca County.

Baldwin's Mills	Helvetia

Cedar Rapids	Lind Center
Chain O' Lakes - King
Crystal Lake Corners	Paradise
Crystal Lake
	Surat
Dupont
	Unionville

Footnotes ...

<1>	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.
<2>	Part of the difficulty in identifying whether a name is a post office or a community lies with how Post Offices were named. We've prepared an article with our understanding of how post offices were named: Naming of Post Offices.
<3>	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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird Creek 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 Bear Creek 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.
<4>	A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/