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Welcome to Glenvar ...

Glenvar is located in Roanoke County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Glenvar, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1896.

Glenvar is 1,080 feet [329 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Glenvar: 540 & 826<3>

Communities near Glenvar ...

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

  • Roanoke
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
  • Blacksburg
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
  • Salem
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Christiansburg
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
  • Vinton
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
  • Troutville
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Boones Mill
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
  • New Castle
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
  • Elliston
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Hanging Rock
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
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    • Hanging Rock is located in Roanoke County

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Glenvar ...

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

Adding Glenvar to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Glenvar post office opened in 1896.

We also found Glenvar on a map titled Rand McNally Map of Virginia (1911).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Glenvar.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Virginia's counties, including Roanoke, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Glenvar - 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 540 code has been Overlayed with the 826 area code. New phone numbers in the Glenvar area will be assigned with one of these codes: 540 or 826. As a result, placing a call in the Glenvar 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/