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History · Glendora

1 of Glendora’s places is on the National Register

Its Register listing is the Black Bayou Bridge. Most of Glendora was built recently: 0.0% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1985. Below: maps from 1931 on and the census since 1910.

1on the National Register
0.0%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Glendora’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 Glendora are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Boom and bustPeaked at 285 in 2000; 154 people lived here in 2020.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Glendora’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
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People over time

Glendora, census by census

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Peaked at 285 in 2000; 154 people lived here in 2020.

10 censuses, 1910–2020.

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

The story

How Glendora came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Glendora.

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Glendora was developed by Americans as a small sawmill site. Logs were floated down the river from around the vicinity of Webb to be processed here.

The first settlement developed two miles south of Glendora at Black Bayou. When the railroad was built through the territory in 1883, a station was located there and called Glendora. The town immediately grew. A post office was established in 1900 and a voting precinct was established.

Cane Lake Lumber Company built a large sawmill here which operated until 1909. It was moved to another site.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

By decade

Glendora, decade by decade

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On the map

Glendora on the map, 1931 to 1983

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

Glendora on the 1931 USGS mapGlendora on the 1962 USGS mapGlendora on the 1974 USGS mapGlendora on the 1983 USGS map1931Sumner 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 Glendora.

On the National Register

1 historic place in Glendora

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

place listed
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National Historic Landmarks
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none yet
historic buildings protected
1
each building in a district counts
first listed
2011
Black Bayou Bridge
Black Bayou Bridge
Structures
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Black Bayou BridgeStructure · listed 2011

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

Questions about Glendora’s history

What is on the National Register in Glendora?

One place: the Black Bayou Bridge (listed 2011).

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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 Wikimedia Commons (4), the Library of Congress (8), the National Register of Historic Places (1), Wikipedia, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia) 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.