Welcome to Glendola ...

Glendola is located in Monmouth County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Glendola, you might consider that their post office opened in 1886.

Glendola is 100 feet [30 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Websites for Glendola ...

Junior League:   www.jlmc.org/

Communities near Glendola ...

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

• Long Branch
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Long Branch is located in Monmouth County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Branch
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 30,210 people
• Asbury Park
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Asbury Park is located in Monmouth County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Asbury Park
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 15,377 people
• Shrewsbury
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
  • Shrewsbury is located in Monmouth County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shrewsbury
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,040 people
• Loch Arbour
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Loch Arbour is located in Monmouth County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loch Arbour
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 178 people
• Squankum
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Squankum is located in Monmouth County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Squankum
• Wayside
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Wayside is located in Monmouth County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wayside
• Herbertsville
  (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Herbertsville is located in Ocean County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Herbertsville
• Ramtown
  (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Ramtown is located in Monmouth County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ramtown
• Elberon Park
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Elberon Park is located in Monmouth County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elberon Park
• Maxim
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Maxim is located in Monmouth County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maxim

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Glendola ...

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

Adding Glendola to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Glendola 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 Glendola was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<3>

From that list, the Glendola post office opened in 1886. The Glendola post office closed in 1903.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Glendola.