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Welcome to Glenwood ...

Glenwood is located in Erie County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Glenwood, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1850.

Glenwood is 1,190 feet [363 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: 716 & 624<3>

Communities Also Named Glenwood ...

While we believe that this Glenwood is located in Erie County, we know of another 2 New York communities named Glenwood. Those communities are located in the following counties: Niagara and Westchester County.

Beyond New York, 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, Newfoundland and Labrador, North Carolina (6), 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.

  • Lackawanna
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Depew
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
  • Lancaster
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
  • Hamburg
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
  • East Aurora
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for East Aurora have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Aurora
    • East Aurora is located in Erie County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,165 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for East Aurora <4>
  • Springville
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Orchard Park
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Blasdell
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Gowanda
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gowanda
    • Gowanda is located in Cattaraugus County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,524 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Gowanda <4>
  • Angola
    (18 miles [29 km] to the west)

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.

In addition to the Tourism page for Glenwood, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on 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 for Glenwood was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the Glenwood post office opened in 1850.

We also found Glenwood in the book titled Table of U.S. Post Offices in the United States (Jan. 1851).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Glenwood.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of New York's counties, including Erie, 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 716 code has been Overlayed with the 624 area code. New phone numbers in the Glenwood area will be assigned with one of these codes: 716 or 624. 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>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<6>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/