Beartown
Beartown is an unincorporated community in Caernarvon Township in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, United States. Beartown is located at the intersection of U.S. Route 322 and Pool Forge Road/Narvon Road.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Hamlet
- Description: unincorporated community in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania
- Also known as: “Beartown, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania” and “Beartown, PA”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Pool Forge Covered Bridge and Weaver’s Mill Covered Bridge.
Pool Forge Covered Bridge
Bridge
Photo: Ram-Man, CC BY-SA 2.5.
The Pool Forge Covered Bridge is a covered bridge that spans the Conestoga River in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, United States. The bridge is now on private property where it was once used as a storage barn before the owner added a road to receive vehicle traffic.
Weaver’s Mill Covered Bridge
Bridge
Photo: Ram-Man, CC BY-SA 2.5.
The Weaver's Mill Covered Bridge is a covered bridge that spans the Conestoga River in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, United States. The 85-foot-long, 15-foot-wide bridge was built in 1878 by B. Weaver’s Mill Covered Bridge is situated 2½ miles northwest of Beartown.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Narvon and Churchtown.
Narvon
Hamlet
Photo: Beyond My Ken, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Narvon is an unincorporated community in Caernarvon Township in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, United States. It has a sizeable Amish population.
Churchtown
Hamlet
Photo: Smallbones, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Churchtown is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Caernarvon Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, United States, along Pennsylvania Route 23. The population was 470 as of the 2010 census. Churchtown is situated 1½ miles northeast of Beartown.
Honey Brook
Photo: Smallbones, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Honey Brook is a quaint small town outside of Reading, in south-east Pennsylvania. Noted for its Amish farms, it is culturally part of the Pennsylvania Dutch Country, since it lies adjacent to Lancaster County.
Beartown
Latitude
40.11149° or 40° 6′ 41″ northLongitude
-75.97744° or 75° 58′ 39″ westElevation
558 feet (170 metres)Open location code
87G6426F+H2OpenStreetMap ID
node 158599543OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamlet
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In Other Languages
From French to Persian—“Beartown” goes by many names.
- French: “Beartown”
- Irish: “Beartown”
- Pennsylvania German: “Beartown, Pennsilfaani”
- Pennsylvania German: “Beartown”
- Persian: “بیترتاون، شهرستان لانکاستر، پنسیلوانیا”
- Persian: “بیترتاون”
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