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History · Glenwood

Glenwood’s post office opened in 1891, and 12% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: 1 old photo or paper and maps from 1904 on.

1891first post office
0on the National Register
12%homes built before 1940
1old photo or paper
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From Glenwood’s archive · credits on each photo
Quick answers

How Glenwood began

When was Glenwood founded?

1891

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

2020 census: 179135 years
Founding year: the first Glenwood post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Glenwood’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 1 old photo is in the public archives. The rest are in attics and albums.
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Start Glenwood’s collection

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

Decades since 1900 with photos
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0 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.
Date a photo1 archive item has no date. Guess the decade.+2Retake an old viewWhitcomb Cabin, BZ Corners: stand where they stood+15Share a family photoSign in to add one+10
The story so far

Glenwood, in brief

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

Glenwood is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Klickitat County, Washington, United States. It is 26.5 miles (42.6 km) west-northwest of Goldendale and has a post office with ZIP code 98619. The community is on land whose jurisdiction is disputed between the Yakama Nation and Klickitat County. The community was named for the glen and woods near the original town site. Glenwood was the site of a fatal black bear attack of four year old Victoria Valdez near her home in 1974. The population of Glenwood in 2020 was 179.

Its first post office opened in 1891.

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

By decade

Glenwood, decade by decade

Date unknown1 to date
Whitcomb Cabin, BZ CornersDate?Whitcomb Cabin, BZ Corners
On the map

Glenwood on the map, 1904 to 1970

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

Glenwood on the 1904 USGS mapGlenwood on the 1970 USGS map1904Mount Adams sheet · 1:125,000

U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Glenwood.

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.

Whitcomb Cabin, BZ Corners
Retake this viewWhitcomb Cabin, BZ Corners

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

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Famous people

Famous people close to Glenwood

Nobody well known was born in Glenwood itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.

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Vic WildAmerican-born Russian snowboarder · b. 1986
Greg WaldenAmerican politician · b. 1957
Cecil D. AndrusAmerican politician · b. 1931
V
Virginia AdmiralAmerican painter and poet · b. 1915
Clifton N. McArthurAmerican politician · b. 1879
Colston LovelandAmerican football player · b. 2004

Questions about Glenwood’s history

What year was Glenwood founded?

The Glenwood post office opened in 1891, 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 Library of Congress (1), 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.