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History · Glenwood

Glenwood’s post office opened in 1895, and 12% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1968 on and the census since 1910.

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Quick answers

How Glenwood began

When was Glenwood founded?

1895

The Glenwood post office opened in 1895, the earliest record of the town by name.

First census: 336 in 19102020 census: 152131 years
Founding year: the first Glenwood post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Glenwood’s past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Glenwood are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Boom and bustPeaked at 429 in 1930; 152 people lived here in 2020.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Glenwood’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
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0 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.
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People over time

Glenwood, census by census

0100200300400192019401960198020002020Peak: 429

Peaked at 429 in 1930; 152 people lived here in 2020.

12 censuses, 1910–2020.

U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Glenwood’s Wikipedia page.

The story so far

Glenwood, in brief

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Glenwood yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.

Glenwood is a town in Crenshaw County, Alabama, United States. At the 2020 census, the population was 152. Glenwood was incorporated in 1907.

Its first post office opened in 1895. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 187 to 152 (-19%).

Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.

Timeline

Glenwood, 1895 to 1968

Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.

  1. 19th century
  2. 1895Post officeThe Glenwood post office opens
  3. 20th century
  4. 1930CensusPopulation peaks at 429
  5. 1962Born hereHoyt Corkins is born here
  6. 1968On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
By decade

Glenwood, decade by decade

Today2 recent
Glenwood, Alabama2012Glenwood, AlabamaGlenwood, Alabama Post Office 360342012Glenwood, Alabama Post Office 36034
On the map

Glenwood on the map, 1968 to 1986

Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Glenwood. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.

Glenwood on the 1968 USGS mapGlenwood on the 1986 USGS map1968Glenwood sheet · 1:24,000

U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Glenwood.

Questions about Glenwood’s history

What year was Glenwood founded?

The Glenwood post office opened in 1895, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

Memory lane

What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.

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Sources

Where this page comes from

Founding dates: Wikidata, Wikipedia, the U.S. post office records of Blevins & Helbock (CC0) and the Census. Homes by year built: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register of Historic Places: National Park Service (list of May 22, 2026). Old photos, postcards and papers: Wikimedia Commons, the Library of Congress and other public archives, credited on each item’s page. Maps: U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (via Esri) and Sanborn fire-insurance maps (Library of Congress). History text and census tables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Places that used to be: USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021). How TownRatings grades history →

From Wikimedia Commons (2), Wikidata and Wikipedia for famous people, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia), the US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock) and the USGS Geographic Names Information System. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.