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History · Glenburn

Glenburn’s post office opened in 1903, and 22% of its homes were built before 1940

1903first post office
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22%homes built before 1940
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How Glenburn began

When was Glenburn founded?

1903

The Glenburn post office opened in 1903, the earliest record of the town by name.

2020 census: 404123 years
Founding year: the first Glenburn post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Glenburn’s past

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Glenburn, in brief

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

Glenburn is a city in Renville County, North Dakota, United States. The population was 404 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Minot Metropolitan Statistical Area. Glenburn was founded in 1903.

Its first post office opened in 1903. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 380 to 404 (+6%).

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

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Questions about Glenburn’s history

What year was Glenburn founded?

The Glenburn post office opened in 1903, 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 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.