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History · Glenmora

Glenmora’s post office opened in 1893, and 1 of its places is on the National Register

More historic than 39% of U.S. towns. What drives it

Most of Glenmora was built recently: 6% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1978. Its Register listing is the Britt Place.

1893first post office
1on the National Register
6%homes built before 1940
2famous people
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Quick answers

How Glenmora began

When was Glenmora founded?

1893

The Glenmora post office opened in 1893, the earliest record of the town by name.

2020 census: 1,087133 years

How historic is Glenmora?

C+

More historic than 39% of U.S. towns, on its age, its old homes and the National Register.

What drives the grade ↓
Founding year: the first Glenmora post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).
History grade

What drives Glenmora’s History grade

On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Glenmora is more historic than 39% of U.S. towns. Its National Register listings hold the grade up; its share of homes from before 1940 pulls it down.

C+
HistoryA character grade: shown, never part of Glenmora’s overall grade.
Founding era1893, from the first post office: founded 1850–1899, an older era than 37% of U.S. townsC+Homes built before 19406.3% of homes (±4.5) · typical LA town 3.4% · U.S. 8.4%C+National Register1 listing, 7.8 per 10,000 residents · typical LA town 3.8 · U.S. 2.4B
All U.S. towns we grade (21,289)Ahead of 39%
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Louisiana towns list more on the Register than most of the country (a typical Louisiana town has 3.8 per 10,000 residents, the U.S. 2.4), so Glenmora’s 7.8 sits near the middle of its state (63% of Louisiana towns have fewer) while its 1 listings outnumber those of 51% of U.S. towns.

How sure. Graded on any two of the three inputs instead, the letter would range from C to C+. The pre-1940 share is a Census survey estimate (±4.5 points). The founding year is the first post office, not a stated founding date.

Founding year: the first post office (other dates in Quick answers). Homes: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register: National Park Service, May 2026 list; each listing counted once (boundary changes and added documentation belong to their listing), and a historic district counts its contributing buildings. How TownRatings grades history →

What stands out about Glenmora’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 Glenmora are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Glenmora’s history is told.

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The story so far

Glenmora, in brief

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

Glenmora is a town in Rapides Parish, Louisiana, United States. It is part of the Alexandria, Louisiana Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 1,087 at the 2020 census. Claude Kirkpatrick, a member of the Louisiana House of Representatives from Jefferson Davis Parish from 1952–1960, a candidate for governor in 1963, and the instigator of Toledo Bend Reservoir was born in Glenmora but moved to Lake Charles when he was six years of age. Virgil Orr, a former member of the Louisiana House from Ruston, the seat of Lincoln Parish, graduated from Glenmora High School in 1940. Lloyd George Teekell, a state representative from 1953 to 1960 and a 9th Judicial District Court judge from 1979…

Its first post office opened in 1893. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 1,342 to 1,087 (-19%).

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

Timeline

Glenmora, 1893 to 1944

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1893Post officeThe Glenmora post office opens
  3. 20th century
  4. 1923Born hereVirgil Orr is born here
  5. 1944Born hereWillie Shaw is born here
By decade

Glenmora, decade by decade

Today3 recent
Town clock in Glenmora, LA IMG 01502016Town clock in Glenmora, LA IMG 0150Closed Pringle Theatre in Glenmora, LA IMG 01522016Closed Pringle Theatre in Glenmora, LA IMG 0152LAMap-doton-Glenmora2004LAMap-doton-Glenmora
On the National Register

1 historic place in Glenmora

The country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.

place listed
1
National Historic Landmarks
0
none yet
historic buildings protected
1
each building in a district counts
first listed
1980
Britt Place
Britt Place
Buildings
Britt PlaceBuilding

National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place’s page.

Famous people

2 famous people were born in Glenmora

Writers, athletes, leaders and more, ranked by how widely they’re known.

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Virgil OrrAmerican politician · b. 1923
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Willie ShawAmerican football player and coach · b. 1944
Stories next door

History across the town line

Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.

McNaryIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Glenmora’s history

What year was Glenmora founded?

The Glenmora post office opened in 1893, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

How does Glenmora rank for history?

Glenmora is more historic than 39% of U.S. towns. The History grade combines the town’s founding era, the share of homes built before 1940 and its National Register listings. It’s a character grade, so it isn’t part of the overall grade. How it works.

What is on the National Register in Glenmora?

One place: the Britt Place (listed 1980).

How old are the homes in Glenmora?

6% of Glenmora’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate, ±4.5 points), against a typical 3.4% for a Louisiana town; the median home was built in 1978.

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).

From Wikimedia Commons (3), the National Register of Historic Places (1), Wikidata and Wikipedia for famous people, 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.