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History · Glen Allan

Glen Allan’s post office opened in 1883, and 1 of its places is on the National Register

Most of Glen Allan was built recently: 0.0% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 2001. Its Register listing is the Linden. Below: maps from 1939 on.

1883first post office
1on the National Register
0.0%homes built before 1940
2famous people
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Quick answers

How Glen Allan began

When was Glen Allan founded?

1883

The Glen Allan post office opened in 1883, the earliest record of the town by name.

2020 census: 298143 years
Founding year: the first Glen Allan post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Glen Allan’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 Glen Allan 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 Glen Allan’s history is told.

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The story so far

Glen Allan, in brief

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

Glen Allan is a census-designated place and unincorporated community located in far southern Washington County, Mississippi. It is situated immediately east of Lake Washington's southern shore. It has a post office, with the ZIP code 38744. Per the 2020 Census, the population was 298.

Its first post office opened in 1883.

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

Timeline

Glen Allan, 1883 to 1945

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1883Post officeThe Glen Allan post office opens
  3. 20th century
  4. 1914BuiltLinden is built
  5. 1936Born hereSmokey Wilson is born here
  6. 1939On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  7. 1945Born hereClifton Taulbert is born here
By decade

Glen Allan, decade by decade

Today1 recent
Glen Allan, Mississippi2026Glen Allan, Mississippi
On the map

Glen Allan on the map, 1939 to 1970

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

Glen Allan on the 1939 USGS mapGlen Allan on the 1970 USGS map1939Readland sheet · 1:62,500

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

On the National Register

1 historic place in Glen Allan

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

place listed
1
National Historic Landmarks
0
none yet
historic buildings protected
3
each building in a district counts
first listed
1982
Linden
Linden, built 1914
Buildings

Architectural styles listings

Colonial Revival1
All 1 listings
LindenBuilding · listed 1982

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 Glen Allan

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Smokey WilsonAmerican West Coast blues guitarist · b. 1936
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Clifton TaulbertAmerican writer · b. 1945
Places that used to be

Places now gone

Glen Allan’s post office has been open since 1883.

Gone or out of use
Glen Allan Attendance CenterschoolMoore Elementary Schoolschool

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

Questions about Glen Allan’s history

What year was Glen Allan founded?

The Glen Allan post office opened in 1883, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

What is on the National Register in Glen Allan?

One place: the Linden (listed 1982).

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 (1), the National Register of Historic Places (1), Wikidata and Wikipedia for famous people, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, 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.