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Welcome to Glenn Springs ...

Glenn Springs is located in Spartanburg County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Glenn Springs, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1838.

A typical abbreviation for Glenn Springs: Glenn Spgs. (or less commonly used: Glenn Spngs. or Glenn Sprngs.)

Glenn Springs is 750 feet [229 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Glenn Springs: 864 & 821<3>

Communities Also Named Glenn Springs ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Glenn Springs - it's located in Texas.

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

Communities near Glenn Springs ...

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

  • Spartanburg
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Union
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Woodruff
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Lyman
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyman
    • Lyman is located in Spartanburg County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,796 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lyman <4>
  • Duncan
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duncan
    • Duncan is located in Spartanburg County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,715 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Duncan <4>
  • Wellford
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Pacolet
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pacolet
    • Pacolet is located in Spartanburg County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,604 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pacolet <4>
  • Cowpens
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cowpens
    • Cowpens is located in Spartanburg County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,465 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cowpens <4>
  • Jonesville
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
  • Pacolet Mills
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Glenn Springs ...

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

Adding Glenn Springs to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Glenn Springs post office opened in 1838.

We also found Glenn Springs in the book titled U.S. Post Offices (Oct. 1846).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Glenn Springs.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of South Carolina's counties, including Spartanburg, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Glenn Springs - 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 864 code has been Overlayed with the 821 area code. New phone numbers in the Glenn Springs area will be assigned with one of these codes: 864 or 821. As a result, placing a call in the Glenn Springs 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 their list with background information can be found at:

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