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Welcome to Glezen ...

Glezen is located in Pike County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Glezen, you might consider that their post office opened in 1883.

Glezen is 440 feet [134 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Glezen lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Note: If you travel west from Glezen (for example, toward Patoka), you will soon leave Eastern Time and cross into the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT).

Area Codes for Glezen: 812 & 930<3>

Communities near Glezen ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Glezen ...

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

Adding Glezen to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Glezen 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 Glezen was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Glezen post office opened in 1883. The Glezen post office closed in 1965.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Glezen.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Indiana's counties, including Pike, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Glezen - 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 812 code has been Overlayed with the 930 area code. New phone numbers in the Glezen area will be assigned with one of these codes: 812 or 930. As a result, placing a call in the Glezen 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/