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Welcome to Glen ...

Glen is located in Coffee County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Glen, you might consider that their post office opened in 1901.

Glen is 1,030 feet [314 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Glen lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Note: If you travel east from Glen (for example, toward Mowbray), you will leave Central Time and cross into the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT).

Area Code for Glen: 931

Communities Also Named Glen ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 27 communities that are also named Glen - they are located in Arkansas, Colorado, Connecticut, Illinois, Kansas (2), Maryland (2), Minnesota, Mississippi, Montana, Nebraska, New Hampshire (2), New Mexico (2), New York (3), North Carolina, Ontario (2), Oregon, Pennsylvania, Quebec, West Virginia and Wisconsin.

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

Communities near Glen ...

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

  • Tullahoma
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
  • Manchester
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Winchester
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Decherd
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Sewanee
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
  • Southgate Park
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
    • Southgate Park is located in Coffee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southgate Park
    • Estimated population in 2014: 2,284 people
  • Estill Springs
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Gruetli
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
    • Gruetli is located in Grundy County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gruetli
    • Estimated population in 2014: 1,775 people
  • Gruetli - Laager
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
  • Cowan
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
    • Cowan is located in Franklin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cowan
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,668 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cowan <3>

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Glen ...

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

Adding Glen to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Glen 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 Glen was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Glen post office opened in 1901. The Glen post office closed in 1905.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Glen.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Tennessee's counties, including Coffee, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Glen - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

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