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History · Bear Bluff

Half of Bear Bluff’s homes were built after 1999

Most of Bear Bluff was built recently: 0.0% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1999. Below: maps from 1970 on.

0on the National Register
0.0%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Bear Bluff’s past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Bear Bluff are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Bear Bluff’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
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0 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.
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The story

How Bear Bluff came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Bear Bluff.

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The town was formed in the 1890s from part of the town of City Point.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

By decade

No old photos in the archives yet

Weddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.

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On the map

Bear Bluff on the map, 1970 to 1985

Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Bear Bluff. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.

Bear Bluff on the 1970 USGS mapBear Bluff on the 1985 USGS map1970Mather sheet · 1:24,000

U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Bear Bluff.

Famous people

Famous people close to Bear Bluff

Nobody well known was born in Bear Bluff itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.

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Anne Nicol GaylorAmerican atheist and campaigner for abortion ri… · b. 1926
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Arthur Claude RugeAmerican mechanical engineer · b. 1905
John Emmet SheridanAmerican illustrator · b. 1877
Johnny SauterAmerican stock car racing driver · b. 1978
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Edith Franklin WyattAmerican writer · b. 1873
Travis SauterAmerican stock car racing driver · b. 1982
Stories next door

History across the town line

Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.

KingstonIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townScottIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townKnappIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townCity PointIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townRemingtonIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Bear Bluff’s history

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Sources

Where this page comes from

Founding dates: Wikidata, Wikipedia, the U.S. post office records of Blevins & Helbock (CC0) and the Census. Homes by year built: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register of Historic Places: National Park Service (list of May 22, 2026). Old photos, postcards and papers: Wikimedia Commons, the Library of Congress and other public archives, credited on each item’s page. Maps: U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (via Esri) and Sanborn fire-insurance maps (Library of Congress). History text and census tables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Places that used to be: USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021). How TownRatings grades history →

From Wikipedia, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps and the USGS Geographic Names Information System. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.