Bearwallow is an unincorporated

crossroads village In Colonial American history, a crossroads village is a settlement that was situated where two or more roads would intersect. The owners of farmland along a frequently traveled trail, path, or road, often paralleling a water route, would plan a ...

in Washington County,

Kentucky Kentucky (, ), officially the Commonwealth of Kentucky, is a landlocked U.S. state, state in the Southeastern United States, Southeastern region of the United States. It borders Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio to the north, West Virginia to the ...

, United States. It lies at the intersection of roads from

Bardstown Bardstown is a home rule-class city in Nelson County, Kentucky, United States. The population was 13,567 in the 2020 census. It is the county seat of Nelson County. Bardstown is named for the pioneering Bard brothers. David Bard obtained a ...

, Cisselville, Fredericktown, Manton, and McIntyre. The name comes from a small depression where bears came to wallow in a mud hole.

References

* Compiled by the Washington County Bicentennial Book Committee. ''Washington County, Kentucky Bicentennial History, 1792-1992''. Turner Publishing Company, 1991. Unincorporated communities in Washington County, Kentucky Unincorporated communities in Kentucky {{WashingtonCountyKY-geo-stub