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History · Glade

Glade’s post office opened in 1908, and 22% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1893 on and the census since 1950.

1908first post office
0on the National Register
22%homes built before 1940
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How Glade began

When was Glade founded?

1908

The Glade post office opened in 1908, the earliest record of the town by name. Another post office, Marvin (1881), opened inside today’s city and later closed.

First census: 107 in 19502020 census: 52118 years
Founding year: the first Glade post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).The full story ↓

What stands out about Glade’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 Glade are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.On the map since 18933 editions of the USGS map, 1893 to 1985. Watch Glade change.Boom and bustPeaked at 180 in 1970; 52 people lived here in 2020.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Glade’s history is told.

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On the map

Glade on the map, 1893 to 1985

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

Glade on the 1893 USGS mapGlade on the 1972 USGS mapGlade on the 1985 USGS map1893Phillipsburg sheet · 1:125,000

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

People over time

Glade, census by census

01002001960198020002020Peak: 180

Peaked at 180 in 1970; 52 people lived here in 2020.

8 censuses, 1950–2020.

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

The story

How Glade came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Glade.

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At some point in the past, this community was previously named Marvin.

Glade was a shipping point on the Atchison & Lenora division of the Missouri Pacific railroad.

A post office was opened in Glade in 1908, and remained in operation until 1989. It was officially discontinued in 1996.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Timeline

Glade, 1881 to 1970

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1881Post officeThe Marvin post office opens
  3. 1893On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  4. 20th century
  5. 1908Post officeThe Marvin post office closes
  6. 1908Post officeThe Glade post office opens
  7. 1970CensusPopulation peaks at 180
By decade

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Weddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.

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Places that used to be

Lost post offices

Glade’s post office has been open since 1908. Another post office, Marvin, opened and closed inside today’s town.

Marvin
1881–1908
Glade
1908–today
18801950today

US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

Questions about Glade’s history

What year was Glade founded?

The Glade post office opened in 1908, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

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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 Wikipedia, 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.