Bear Valley is an unincorporated community in the town of Ithaca, Richland County, Wisconsin, United States.

[1] About 1855, Peter W. Haskins of New York began to lay out lots and planned the village of Petersburg which was later named Bear Valley.

[2] A post office was established in 1858.

[3] Bear Valley was named for two nearby geographic features: Bear Creek and a nineteen mile long valley.

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