Bear Creek, Outagamie County, Wisconsin
| Bear Creek | |
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| Village | |
 Location within Outagamie county |
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 Bear Creek
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| Coordinates: 44°31′47″N 88°43′37″W / 44.52972°N 88.72694°WCoordinates: 44°31′47″N 88°43′37″W / 44.52972°N 88.72694°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Wisconsin |
| County | Outagamie |
| Area | |
| • Total | 0.92 sq mi (2.38 km2) |
| • Land | 0.92 sq mi (2.38 km2) |
| • Water | 0 sq mi (0 km2) |
| Population (2010) | |
| • Total | 448 |
| • Estimate (2012) | 443 |
| • Density | 487.0/sq mi (188.0/km2) |
| Time zone | Central (CST) (UTC-6) |
| • Summer (DST) | CDT (UTC-5) |
| ZIP codes | 54922 |
| Area code(s) | Area codes 715 and 534 |
Bear Creek is a village in Outagamie County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 448 at the 2010 census.
The community began as a lumber camp in 1850 when Capt. Welcome Hyde, a lumberman, located on the bank of the Embarrass River and cut the first road into the area. In 1880, when the Chicago and Northwestern Railroad was constructed through the area, F. W. Hyde built a store in what became Bear Creek Station. In 1885, the land was platted for Welcome Hyde and named Bear Creek after the nearby stream. After a disastrous fire in 1902, in which three-fourths of the town was destroyed, the people rebuilt and incorporated the community as a village, named Welcome after its first settler. The name was changed back to Bear Creek in 1915 because of the confusion resulting from the village and the railroad station having different names.
Bear Creek is located at 44°31′47″N 88°43′37″W / 44.52972°N 88.72694°W (44.529649, -88.726849).
According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of 0.92 square miles (2.38 km2), all of it land.
As of the census of 2010, there were 448 people, 155 households, and 114 families residing in the village. The population density was 487.0 inhabitants per square mile (188.0/km2). There were 174 housing units at an average density of 189.1 per square mile (73.0/km2). The racial makeup of the village was 72.1% White, 0.2% African American, 0.2% Native American, 26.3% from other races, and 1.1% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 37.9% of the population.
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