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Glenwood Landing Post Office, Glenwood Landing, NY May 19, 2025 BPhoto: Infrastorian · Public domain
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History · Glenwood Landing

Glenwood Landing’s post office opened in 1891, and 22% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: 4 old photos and papers, maps from 1897 on, and the census since 2000.

1891first post office
0on the National Register
22%homes built before 1940
4old photos & papers
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From Glenwood Landing’s archive · credits on each photo
Quick answers

How Glenwood Landing began

When was Glenwood Landing founded?

1891

The Glenwood Landing post office opened in 1891, the earliest record of the town by name.

First census: 3,541 in 20002020 census: 3,948135 years
Founding year: the first Glenwood Landing post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Glenwood Landing’s past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

A history waiting to be writtenOnly 4 old photos are in the public archives. The rest are in attics and albums.On the map since 18976 editions of the USGS map, 1897 to 1979. Watch Glenwood Landing change.Old housesHalf of Glenwood Landing’s homes were built before 1957.
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Start Glenwood Landing’s collection

The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Glenwood Landing’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
00s10s20s30s40s50s60s70s80s90s
3 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.
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On the map

Glenwood Landing on the map, 1897 to 1979

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

Glenwood Landing on the 1897 USGS mapGlenwood Landing on the 1900 USGS mapGlenwood Landing on the 1947 USGS mapGlenwood Landing on the 1954 USGS mapGlenwood Landing on the 1968 USGS mapGlenwood Landing on the 1979 USGS map1897Oyster Bay 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 Glenwood Landing.

The story so far

Glenwood Landing, in brief

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

Glenwood Landing is a hamlet and census-designated place (CDP) in Nassau County, on the North Shore of Long Island, in New York, United States. The population was 3,948 at the time of the 2020 census. It is considered part of the greater Glen Cove area, which is anchored by the City of Glen Cove. Glenwood Landing is mainly within the Town of Oyster Bay – spare for a small section in the southwest corner, which is located within the Town of North Hempstead.

Its first post office opened in 1891. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 3,779 to 3,948 (+4%).

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

Timeline

Glenwood Landing, 1834 to 1942

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1834In the archiveUntitled photo
  3. 1897On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  4. 20th century
  5. 1907In the archiveGlenwood Landing School 1907
  6. 1915In the archiveGlenwood Landing School 1915
  7. 1942In the archiveGlenwood Landing School 1942
By decade

Glenwood Landing, decade by decade

4 decades in the archive, from the 1830s to the 1940s. Scroll each row; tap a photo for its story.

1830s1 item
Untitled photo1834Untitled photoDocument
1900s–1940s3 items
Glenwood Landing School 19071907Glenwood Landing School 1907Glenwood Landing School 19151915Glenwood Landing School 1915Glenwood Landing School 19421942Glenwood Landing School 1942
1950s–1990snothing yet
Nothing in the archives for these yearsWeddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
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Today8 recent
Glenwood Landing Welcome Sign, Glenwood Landing, Long Island, New York August 29, 2021 A2021Glenwood Landing Welcome Sign, Glenwood Landing, Long…North Shore Middle School 20152015North Shore Middle School 2015Glenwood Landing School panoramic 20142014Glenwood Landing School panoramic 2014Glenwood Landing School New Building 20142014Glenwood Landing School New Building 2014Glenwood Landing School 20142014Glenwood Landing School 20142012 03 14 aus-iah-bos 42820122012 03 14 aus-iah-bos 428Oil docks Glenwood Landing fr Bar Beach jeh2011Oil docks Glenwood Landing fr Bar Beach jeh2007 02 19 iad-bos 23.JPG20072007 02 19 iad-bos 23.JPG
Then & now

Stand where they stood

No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as an old one and they appear here side by side.

Glenwood Landing School 1907
Retake this viewGlenwood Landing School 1907, 1907

Find the spot, match the angle, and add your photo. It becomes the first then-and-now pair on Glenwood Landing’s page.

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People over time

Glenwood Landing, census by census

05001,0001,5002,0002,5003,0003,5004,00020002020Peak: 3,948

Between 3,379 and 3,948 people in every census since 2000.

3 censuses, 2000–2020.

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

Stories next door

History across the town line

Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.

Roslyn Harbor8 historic placesAOld BrookvilleIts storyCGlen HeadIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townSea Cliff28 historic placesA−North Hempstead52 historic placesAOyster Bay61 historic placesA−

Questions about Glenwood Landing’s history

What year was Glenwood Landing founded?

The Glenwood Landing post office opened in 1891, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

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 (12), U.S. Geological Survey historical maps and U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia). Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.