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Welcome to Bearsville ...

Bearsville is located in Tyler County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Bearsville, you might consider that their post office opened in 1879.

Bearsville is 780 feet [238 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Bearsville: 304 & 681<3>

Communities Also Named Bearsville ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Bearsville - it's located in New York.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Bearsville.

Communities near Bearsville ...

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

  • New Martinsville
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
  • Paden City
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
  • Saint Marys
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
  • Harrisville
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Sistersville
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Pennsboro
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Matamoras
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Matamoras is located in Washington County (OH)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Matamoras
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 860 people
  • Belmont
    (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
    • Belmont is located in Pleasants County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belmont
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 853 people
  • West Union
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Middlebourne
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Bearsville ...

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

Adding Bearsville to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Bearsville 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 (so far) for Bearsville was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Bearsville post office opened in 1879. The Bearsville post office closed in 1934.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Bearsville.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of West Virginia's counties, including Tyler, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Bearsville - 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 304 code has been Overlayed with the 681 area code. New phone numbers in the Bearsville area will be assigned with one of these codes: 304 or 681. As a result, placing a call in the Bearsville 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>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/