Bear Creek Springs, Arkansas

Bear Creek Springs is an unincorporated community in Boone County, Arkansas, United States.

[1] In the nineteenth century or earlier, there was a Shawnee village called Shawneetown located along the banks of Bear Creek.

Prior to having the name Bear Creek Springs, the area had a post office called Francis.

In the years before the Civil War, a community existed in the area due to clean water and a great deal of game.

Bear Creek Springs is now an unincorporated community with a small handful of businesses remaining along what is now US 65.