Bear Branch, Indiana
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|settlement_type = Unincorporated Community
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|subdivision_name = United States
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|subdivision_name1 = Indiana
|subdivision_type2 = County
|subdivision_name2 = Ohio
|subdivision_type3 = Township
|subdivision_name3 = Pike
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|timezone = Eastern (EST)
|utc_offset = -6
|timezone_DST = CDT
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|postal_code_type = ZIP code
|postal_code = 47018
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|blank_info = 449617{{GNIS|449617}}
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Bear Branch is an unincorporated community in Pike Township, Ohio County, in the U.S. state of Indiana.
History
Bear Branch was founded in 1845.{{cite book|last=Baker|first=Ronald L.|title=From Needmore to Prosperity: Hoosier Place Names in Folklore and History|url=https://archive.org/details/fromneedmoretopr00bake|url-access=registration|date=October 1995|publisher=Indiana University Press|isbn=978-0-253-32866-3|page=[https://archive.org/details/fromneedmoretopr00bake/page/61 61]|quote=...was laid out in 1845 by Jonathan Cole...}} A post office was established at Bear Branch in 1849, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1937.{{cite web | url=http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?task=display&state=IN&county=Ohio | title=Ohio County | publisher=Jim Forte Postal History | accessdate=9 September 2015}}
References
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Category:Unincorporated communities in Ohio County, Indiana
Category:Unincorporated communities in Indiana
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