Bear Grass, NC

Bear Grass is a town in Martin County, North Carolina, United States. The 2020 census counted 89 residents. Bear Grass, located in the southern part of Martin County, was named for a type of yucca that grows less than two feet in height and is found abundantly in the region. One of the first settlers to the area was John Swinson, who received a large tract of land from the Earl of Granville, the last Lord Proprietor, in 1761. Bear Grass Charter School. The through line in Bear Grass is the way its history and present-day settings remain visible on the same map. Bear Grass makes the most sense through those concrete details, with its history still visible in the settings people use today. Bear Grass is in southern Martin County on the Atlantic Coastal Plain, 8 miles southwest of Williamston, the county seat.