Bear Creek Springs is an

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in Boone County,

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, United States. It is the location of (or is the nearest community to)

Bear Creek Motel The Bear Creek Motel is a historic motel on United States Route 65 in Bear Creek Springs, Arkansas. It is a single T-shaped stone and concrete building, built in 1936 to replace a wood-framed tourist accommodation that had burned down. The build ...

, which is located on

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and is listed on the

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Major highways

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History

In the nineteenth century or earlier, there was a Shawnee village called Shawneetown located along the banks of Bear Creek. The exact location was not known. Prior to having the name Bear Creek Springs, the area had a post office called Francis. It is unknown why that name was used. In the years before the Civil War, a community existed in the area due to clean water and a great deal of game. It also served as a stopping place for settlers to camp as they headed west. Bear Creek Springs was once an incorporated town. However, as the city of

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developed and better transportation options became available, residents and businesses left. Bear Creek Springs is now an unincorporated community with a small handful of businesses remaining along what is now

US 65 U.S. Route 65 (US 65) is a north–south United States highway in the southern and midwestern United States. The southern terminus of the route is at U.S. Route 425 in Clayton, Louisiana. The northern terminus is at Interstate 35 just south of In ...

References

External links

Map of Boone County
(US Census Bureau)
Boone County Historical and Railroad Society, Inc.
Unincorporated communities in Boone County, Arkansas Unincorporated communities in Arkansas {{BooneCountyAR-geo-stub