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Welcome to Glen Carbon ...Glen Carbon is located in Shelby County<1>. The location of Glen Carbon has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<2> While we don't have a date for the founding of Glen Carbon, you might consider that their post office opened in 1908. Glen Carbon is 540 feet [165 m] above sea level.<3>. Time Zone: Glen Carbon lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time Area codes for Glen Carbon: (205) and (659)<4> Communities Also Named Glen Carbon ...Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 3 communities that are also named Glen Carbon - they are located in Illinois and Pennsylvania (2). For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Glen Carbon. Communities near Glen Carbon ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Glen Carbon.
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 Glen Carbon. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Glen Carbon. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Glen Carbon. 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 Glen Carbon. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Glen Carbon. See our Newspapers Page for Glen Carbon. TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Glen Carbon ...Looking for more information about Glen Carbon? 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 Glen Carbon, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Glen Carbon. Adding Glen Carbon to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Glen Carbon 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 for Glen Carbon was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6> For more details, see References and Mentions for Glen Carbon. Off-the-Road Links ...Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Glen Carbon. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page. The official website for Shelby County: www.shelbycountyalabama.com/ The official website for State of Alabama: https://www.alabama.gov/ Footnotes ...
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