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Welcome to Glen Junction ...

Glen Junction is located in Luzerne County<1>.

A typical abbreviation for Glen Junction: Glen Jct. (or less commonly used: Glen Jctn.)

Glen Junction is 890 feet [271 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Glen Junction: 570 & 272<3>

Communities Also Named Glen Junction ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Glen Junction - it's located in West Virginia.

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

Communities near Glen Junction ...

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

  • Hazleton
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
  • Bloomsburg
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
  • Pottsville
    (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
  • Nanticoke
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
  • Berwick
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Tamaqua
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Mount Carmel
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Shenandoah
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • West Hazleton
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • West Hazleton is located in Luzerne County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Hazleton
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,318 people
  • Minersville
    (18 miles [29 km] to the south)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Glen Junction ...

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

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Pennsylvania's counties, including Luzerne, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Glen Junction - 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 570 code has been Overlayed with the 272 area code. New phone numbers in the Glen Junction area will be assigned with one of these codes: 570 or 272. As a result, placing a call in the Glen Junction 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.