RoadsideThoughts
A Gazetteer for the United States and Canada
Home >> State of North Carolina >> Lee County >> Glenwood VillageIndex...

Welcome to Glenwood Village ...

Glenwood Village is located in Lee County<1>.

A typical abbreviation for Glenwood Village: Glenwood Vlg. (in Canada, 'Vlge.' is the more common abbreviation.)

Glenwood Village is 310 feet [94 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Glenwood Village: 919 & 984<3>

Communities Also Named Glenwood Village ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two North Carolina communities named Glenwood Village: This one is located in Lee County and the other is located in Wake County.

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

Communities near Glenwood Village ...

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

  • Sanford
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Pittsboro
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
  • Whispering Pines
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
  • Carthage
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Broadway
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
  • Vass
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
  • Cameron
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
  • Goldston
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Farmville
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Gulf
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Gulf is located in Chatham County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gulf

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Glenwood Village ...

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

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of North Carolina's counties, including Lee, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Glenwood Village - 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 919 code has been Overlayed with the 984 area code. New phone numbers in the Glenwood Village area will be assigned with one of these codes: 919 or 984. As a result, placing a call in the Glenwood Village 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.