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History · Glen

Glen’s post office opened in 1950

Most of Glen was built recently: 0.0% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1990. Below: maps from 1960 on.

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How Glen began

When was Glen founded?

1950

The Glen post office opened in 1950, the earliest record of the town by name. Three smaller post offices, Willis Station (1878), Willis (1880) and Reichle (1913), opened inside today’s town and later closed.

2020 census: 2876 years
Founding year: the first Glen post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Glen’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 are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Lost villages3 post offices opened and closed inside today’s Glen, and 1 old place names are still on the map.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Glen’s history is told.

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Places that used to be

Lost post offices, old corners and places now gone

Glen had its own post office from 1950 to 1983. Three other post offices opened and closed inside today’s town.

Willis Station
1878–1879
Willis
1880–1913
Reichle
1913–1950
Glen
1950–1983
18701950today
Hamlets and corners on the map
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GlenlocaleGlen Post Officepost officeWillis Schoolschool

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

The story so far

Glen, in brief

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

Glen is a census-designated place in Beaverhead County, Montana, United States. As of the 2020 census, Glen had a population of 28. Glen has a post office with a ZIP code of 59732. Glen started out in 1878 as Willis Station, named for Ozias Willis, the first postmaster. The name was shortened to Willis, then became Reichle, and finally became Glen in about 1950. Glen lies on U.S. Route 91, south of Melrose and north of Dillon. The Big Hole River runs past the east side of the town. Built in 1915, Browne's Bridge near town is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and provides a fishing access area. The river is renowned as a fly fishing destination. Brownes Lake is also nearby a…

Its first post office opened in 1950.

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

Timeline

Glen, 1878 to 1960

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1878Post officeThe Willis Station post office opens
  3. 1879Post officeThe Willis Station post office closes
  4. 1880Post officeThe Willis post office opens
  5. 20th century
  6. 1913Post officeThe Willis post office closes
  7. 1913Post officeThe Reichle post office opens
  8. 1950Post officeThe Reichle post office closes
  9. 1960On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
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On the map

Glen on the map, 1960 to 1997

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

Glen on the 1960 USGS mapGlen on the 1979 USGS mapGlen on the 1988 USGS mapGlen on the 1997 USGS map1960Glen 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 Glen.

Questions about Glen’s history

What year was Glen founded?

The Glen post office opened in 1950, 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 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.