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Welcome to Glover ...

Glover is located in Clarke County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Glover, you might consider that their post office opened in 1885.

Glover is 250 feet [76 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Communities Also Named Glover ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 11 communities that are also named Glover - they are located in Illinois, Mississippi, Missouri, North Carolina, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Texas, Vermont, West Virginia and Wisconsin (2).

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

Communities near Glover ...

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

  • Thomasville
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Grove Hill
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
  • Pine Hill
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
    • Pine Hill is located in Wilcox County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Hill
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 834 people
  • Coffeeville
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
  • Sweet Water
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
  • Fulton
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Atkeison
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
  • Campbell
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • Dixon's Mills
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Dixon's Mills is located in Marengo County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixon's Mills
  • Ellison ‑ Historic
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Ellison is located in Marengo County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellison

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 Glover. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Glover.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Glover. 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 Glover.

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Glover ...

Looking for more information about Glover? 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 Glover, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Glover.

Adding Glover to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Glover 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 Glover was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Glover post office opened in 1885. The Glover post office closed in 1946.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Glover.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Alabama's counties, including Clarke, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Glover - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>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/