Bear Valley, Wisconsin

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Bear Valley, Wisconsin
Unincorporated community
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Bear Valley, Wisconsin
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Bear Valley, Wisconsin
Coordinates: 43°18′29″N90°11′42″W / 43.30806°N 90.19500°W / 43.30806; -90.19500
Country Flag of the United States.svg  United States
State Flag of Wisconsin.svg  Wisconsin
County Richland
Elevation
232 m (761 ft)
Time zone UTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST) UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code 608
GNIS feature ID1561398 [1]

Bear Valley is an unincorporated community in the town of Ithaca, Richland County, Wisconsin, United States. [1] About 1855, Peter W. Haskins of New York began to lay out lots and planned the village of Petersburg which was later named Bear Valley [2] . A post office was established in 1858 [3] . Bear Valley was named for two nearby geographic features: Bear Creek and a nineteen mile long valley. [4]

Notes

  1. 1 2 "Bear Valley, Wisconsin". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  2. ↑ Herkimers, Holsteins & Cheese: A brief history of Bear Valley, WisconsinJudith Redline Coopey, 1980
  3. ↑ Record of Appointment of Postmasters, 1832-1971. NARA Microfilm Publication, M841, 145 rolls. Records of the Post Office Department, Record Group Number 28. Washington, D.C.: National Archives
  4. ↑ Gard, Robert (2015). The Romance of Wisconsin Place Names (2nd ed.). Madison, WI: Wisconsin Historical Society Press. p. 23. ISBN   978-0-87020-707-5.


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