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Welcome to Glebe ...

So far, we found very little information about Glebe. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Glebe to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Glebe, please Contact Us.


Glebe would have been located within present day Hampshire County<2>.


The location of Glebe has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<3>


While we don't have a date for the founding of Glebe, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1881.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Glebe is 860 feet [262 m] above sea level.<4>.

Time Zone: The area where Glebe was located is in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

If Glebe still existed, it would have been in the (304) and (681)<5> area codes.

Communities Also Named Glebe ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Glebe - it's located in Ontario.

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

Communities near Glebe ...

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

  • Keyser
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
  • Moorefield
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Romney
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Romney
    • Romney is located in Hampshire County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,680 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Romney <6>
  • Wardensville
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Junction
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Junction
    • Junction is located in Hampshire County
  • Burlington
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
  • Fort Run
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Run
    • Fort Run is located in Hardy County
  • Medley
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
  • Baker
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baker
    • Baker is located in Hardy County
  • Lahmansville
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lahmansville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lahmansville
    • Lahmansville is located in Grant 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 Glebe. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Glebe.

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

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

Adding Glebe to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Glebe post office opened in 1881.

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

For more details, see References and Mentions for Glebe.

The official website for State of West Virginia: https://www.wv.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Glebe, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>If you're interested in how the shape of West Virginia's counties, including Hampshire, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>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.
<4>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Glebe - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<5>Area code (681) is an overlay for area code (304).
<6>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<7>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

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









 

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