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Beartown

HISTORICAL POPULATED PLACE ยท COLORADO

A historical populated place in San Juan County, Colorado, recorded by the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System.

Location Record

Name
Beartown
Feature Type
Populated Place (historical)
State
Colorado
County
San Juan County
USGS Map
Storm King Peak
Coordinates
37.7227765, -107.5039473
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GNIS Feature ID
187812

Names and historical notes

Recorded by GNIS. Source wording is retained; these notes have not been independently verified by Forgotten America.

Also recorded as

Source editions and recorded citations

Feature ID 187812. Description/History extract: August 28, 2026. All Names extract: September 30, 2026. Retrieved October 22, 2026. Only populated fields are displayed.

GNIS citation text may identify a source series rather than a specific page. It is reproduced below without implying that its underlying documents were inspected.

  • Map U.S. Geological Survey 1981-12-31 00:00:00 Geographic Names Phase I data compilation (1976-1981) Primarily from U.S. Geological Survey 1:24,000-scale topographic maps (or 1:25K, Puerto Rico 1:20K) and from U.S. Board on Geographic Names files.
  • Text Tucker, Frank H., Knights of the Mountain Trails: A Century of Hiking in the Mountains and Parks of the Pikes Peak Region, Colorado Springs (Little London Press), 83 pages, 2002. A history of the Saturday Knights Hiking Club and their efforts at mapping and developing the trails of the Pikes Peak region.

GNIS source datasets and documentation

Source: U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System (GNIS), Historical Features.