Bearsdale is an

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in Hickory Point Township, Macon County,

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, United States. Bearsdale is located along

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, northwest of downtown Decatur. Platted in May 1892 for Samuel E. Bear, owner of the SE quarter of section 30, Hickory Point Township.

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