The story
Read it all →How Glen Wilton came to be
From Wikipedia’s history of Glen Wilton.
Callie Furnace was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974.
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History · Glen Wilton
Glen Wilton’s post office opened in 1885, and 61% of its homes were built before 1940
Its Register listing is the Callie Furnace. Below: maps from 1962 on.
1885first post office
1on the National Register
61%homes built before 1940
Quick answers
How Glen Wilton began
When was Glen Wilton founded?
1885
The Glen Wilton post office opened in 1885, the earliest record of the town by name.
2020 census: 129141 years
Founding year: the first Glen Wilton post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).The full story ↓
What stands out about Glen Wilton’s past
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
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Start Glen Wilton’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Glen Wilton’s history is told.
Decades since 1900 with photos
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Weddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
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Glen Wilton on the map, 1962 to 1986
Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Glen Wilton. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.
1962Clifton Forge sheet · 1:24,000U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Glen Wilton.
On the National Register
1 historic place in Glen Wilton
The country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.
place listed
1
National Historic Landmarks
0
none yet
historic buildings protected
1
each building in a district counts
first listed
1974
Callie Furnace
Structures
National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place’s page.
Famous people
See all →Famous people close to Glen Wilton
Nobody well known was born in Glen Wilton itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.
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Cy TwomblyAmerican painter, sculptor and photographer · b. 1928
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Sally MannAmerican photographer · b. 1951G
Gary JenningsAmerican novelist · b. 1928Questions about Glen Wilton’s history
What year was Glen Wilton founded?
The Glen Wilton post office opened in 1885, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).
What is on the National Register in Glen Wilton?
One place: the Callie Furnace (listed 1974).
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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 the National Register of Historic Places (1), Wikipedia, 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.