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Welcome to Glen Lyon ...

Glen Lyon is located in Luzerne County<1>.

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

Glen Lyon is 670 feet [204 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

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

The ZIP code for Glen Lyon: 18617<4>

Communities Also Named Glen Lyon ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Glen Lyon - it's located in Manitoba.

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

Communities near Glen Lyon ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Glen Lyon ...

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

Adding Glen Lyon to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Glen Lyon 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 Glen Lyon was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<7>

From that list, the Glen Lyon post office opened in 1886.

We also found Glen Lyon in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Glen Lyon.

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 Lyon - 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 Lyon area will be assigned with one of these codes: 570 or 272. As a result, placing a call in the Glen Lyon area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>ZIP Codes have been created by the United States Postal Service (USPS) as a way of grouping addresses to make delivery more efficient. The boundaries of the ZIP Code can be changed, re-assigned, eliminated or overlapped with other ZIP Codes. So keep in mind that any given ZIP Code is only 'loosely' associated with a community (such as Glen Lyon). When looking for a ZIP Code, whether Glen Lyon or elsewhere, it's always best to check the website of the United States Postal Service (USPS).
<5>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<6>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.
<7>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

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