Glenvil’s post office opened in 1914, and 47% of its homes were built before 1940
Its Register listings are the Glenville School and the Glenvil Fire Hall and Town Jail.
How Glenvil began
When was Glenvil founded?
The Glenvil post office opened in 1914, the earliest record of the town by name. Another post office, Glenville (1873), opened inside today’s town and later closed.
2 historic places in Glenvil
The country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.
All 2 listings
National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place’s page.
Famous people close to Glenvil
Nobody well known was born in Glenvil itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.
Lost post offices
Glenvil’s post office has been open since 1914. Another post office, Glenville, opened and closed inside today’s town.
US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).
Questions about Glenvil’s history
What year was Glenvil founded?
The Glenvil post office opened in 1914, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).
What is on the National Register in Glenvil?
Two places: the Glenville School (listed 1998) and the Glenvil Fire Hall and Town Jail (2022).
Memory lane
What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.
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 National Register of Historic Places (2), 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.