Glen Dean, Kentucky Explained

Official Name:Glen Dean, Kentucky
Settlement Type:Unincorporated community
Pushpin Map:Kentucky#USA
Pushpin Label:Glen Dean
Pushpin Label Position:bottom
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:United States
Subdivision Type1:State
Subdivision Name1:Kentucky
Subdivision Type2:County
Subdivision Name2:Breckinridge
Timezone:Central (CST)
Utc Offset:-6
Timezone Dst:CDT
Utc Offset Dst:-5
Elevation Ft:479
Coordinates:37.6533°N -86.5411°W
Postal Code Type:Zip code
Postal Code:40141
Area Code:270
Blank Name:GNIS feature ID
Blank Info:492886

Glen Dean is an unincorporated community in Breckinridge County, Kentucky, United States. Glen Dean is located at the west end of Kentucky Route 108, 9.8miles south-southwest of Hardinsburg.[1] Glen Dean had a post office until it closed on June 22, 1991.[2]

The place name Glen Dean comes from the Scottish words glen, meaning a narrow valley, and dean, also meaning valley.[3]

It has also been reported that Glen Dean was named for William Johnson Dean, who was the owner of 2,700 acres.[4] The community sits along Daniels Creek which was reportedly named after a black man named Daniel who drowned there.[5]

The last wild turkey in Breckinridge County was killed in the late 1800s near the site of the first Goshen Baptist Church, located near Glen Dean.

In 1891, a line of the Louisville, Henderson & St. Louis railroad was built through town causing it to grow. The Dean Tie Company came into being the same year and produced wooden railroad ties. By the early 1900s the American Tobacco Company had a warehouse in town. For a while, the town also had a bank, school, hotel, doctor, drugstore, and blacksmith.[5]

A Methodist church was in the community from 1903 to 1956. Goshen Baptist Church was moved into the community in 1904.[5]

The railroad ceased services in 1941 and most of the businesses in the community closed after that.[5] The community's post office closed on June 22, 1991.[6]

Notes and References

  1. . State Primary Road System: Breckinridge County . PDF . 2012 . January 5, 2013 .
  2. Web site: Postmaster Finder - Post Offices by ZIP Code. United States Postal Service. January 5, 2013. October 17, 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20201017172656/https://webpmt.usps.gov/pmt008.cfm. dead.
  3. Book: Kentucky Place Names . University Press of Kentucky . 1987 . 2013-04-28 . Rennick, Robert M. . 117. 0813126312 .
  4. Breckinridge Bicentennial Committee Program. Accessed from Breckinridge Historical Archives.
  5. Web site: Glen Dean. USGenWeb Archives Project. April 11, 2022. June 5, 2023.
  6. Web site: Postal history – Postmaster Finder. United States Postal Service. January 8, 2024.