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Welcome to Glenwood ...

Glenwood is located in Guilford County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Glenwood, you might consider that their post office opened in 1909.

Glenwood is 830 feet [253 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Glenwood: 336 & 743<3>

Communities Also Named Glenwood ...

While we believe that this Glenwood is located in Guilford County, we know of another 5 North Carolina communities named Glenwood. Those communities are located in the following counties: Davidson, Johnston, McDowell, Mecklenburg and Richmond County.

Beyond North Carolina, there are 89 communities that are also named Glenwood - they are located in Alabama (2), Alberta, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Florida (4), Georgia (4), Hawaii, Idaho (2), Illinois (2), Indiana, Iowa, Kansas (4), Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland (4), Massachusetts, Michigan (2), Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, New Brunswick, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York (3), Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia, Ohio (5), Oklahoma, Ontario (2), Oregon (3), Pennsylvania (5), Prince Edward Island, South Carolina (2), South Dakota, Tennessee (3), Texas (2), Utah, Virginia (5), Washington (3) and West Virginia (4).

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

Communities near Glenwood ...

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

  • High Point
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Thomasville
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
  • Kernersville
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
  • Elon
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
    • Elon is located in Alamance County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elon
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 12,186 people
  • Archdale
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Summerfield
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Gibsonville
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
  • Oak Ridge
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Elon College
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
  • Trinity
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Glenwood ...

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

Adding Glenwood to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Glenwood post office opened in 1909. The Glenwood post office closed in 1935.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Glenwood.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of North Carolina's counties, including Guilford, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Glenwood - 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 336 code has been Overlayed with the 743 area code. New phone numbers in the Glenwood area will be assigned with one of these codes: 336 or 743. As a result, placing a call in the Glenwood 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/