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Welcome to Glass ...

Glass is located in Chambers County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Glass, you might consider that their post office opened in 1898.

Glass is 670 feet [204 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Glass lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Note: While Glass is in the Central Time Zone, the area just to the east is in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT).

Area Codes for Glass: 334 & 483<3>

Communities Also Named Glass ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 11 communities that are also named Glass - they are located in Florida, Manitoba, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina (2), Ohio, Tennessee, Texas (2) and Virginia.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Glass.

Communities near Glass ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Glass.

  • Opelika
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
  • LaGrange
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
  • Mountain Hill
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Mountain Hill is located in Harris County (GA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Hill
    • Population from the 2010 Census: 11,554 people
  • Lanett
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Smith's Station
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
    • Smith's Station is located in Lee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smith's Station
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,804 people
  • Fortson
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
    • Fortson is located in Muscogee County (GA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fortson
    • Population from the 2010 Census: 4,924 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Fortson <4>
  • West Point
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • LaFayette
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Twin Chapel
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Twin Chapel is located in Muscogee County (GA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Chapel
    • Estimated population in 2019: 1,701 people
  • Pine Mountain
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Glass. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Glass.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Glass. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Glass.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Glass. See our Newspapers Page for Glass.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Glass ...

Looking for more information about Glass? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Glass, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Glass.

Adding Glass to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Glass in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Glass was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Glass post office opened in 1898. The Glass post office closed in 1918.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Glass.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Alabama's counties, including Chambers, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Glass - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 334 code has been Overlayed with the 483 area code. New phone numbers in the Glass area will be assigned with one of these codes: 334 or 483. As a result, placing a call in the Glass area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/