Glenvar, Virginia Explained

Official Name:Glenvar
Settlement Type:Census-designated place (CDP)
Pushpin Map:Virginia
Pushpin Label Position:none
Pushpin Map Caption:Location within the Commonwealth of Virginia
Coordinates:37.2739°N -80.1339°W
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:United States
Subdivision Type1:State
Subdivision Name1:Virginia
Subdivision Type2:County
Subdivision Name2:Roanoke
Unit Pref:Imperial
Elevation Ft:1089
Elevation M:332
Population As Of:2010
Population Total:976
Timezone:Eastern (EST)
Utc Offset:-5
Timezone Dst:EDT
Utc Offset Dst:-4
Postal Code Type:ZIP code
Postal Code:24153
Area Code Type:Area code
Area Code:540
Blank Name:FIPS code[1] [2]
Blank1 Name:GNIS feature ID[3]

Glenvar is a census-designated place (CDP) in western Roanoke County, Virginia, United States. The population as of the 2010 Census was 976.[4] The center of the community lies along US 11/US 460 about one mile west of the Salem city limits.[5] The community is home to Glenvar High School which serves most of the western sections of Roanoke County. As a result, the entire area of Roanoke County which is west of Salem and in the Roanoke Valley between Poor Mountain and Fort Lewis Mountain, including other communities such as Wabun, Fort Lewis, and Dixie Caverns, is often called Glenvar.

In January 2020 the Swedish truck maker Volvo announced that they would build an assembly plant for its subsidiary Mack trucks in Glenvar. The plant is expected to employ 250 people. This was reported by the Roanoke Times by Casey Fabris on 30 January 2020. However, the global pandemic of the coronavirus has halted production temporarily at all of Mack(Volvo) locations in Pennsylvania, Maryland, and Virginia.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Places: Virginia . https://web.archive.org/web/20140626195759/http://www.census.gov/geo/maps-data/data/docs/gazetteer/2010_place_list_51.txt . dead . June 26, 2014 . 2010 Census Gazetteer Files . . May 9, 2014.
  2. Web site: FIPS55 Data: Virginia . FIPS55 Data . . February 23, 2006 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20060618160505/http://geonames.usgs.gov/fips55/VAfips55_delim.txt . June 18, 2006 .
  3. 1494959 . Feature Detail Report: Glenvar . August 6, 2008 .
  4. Web site: Virginia Trend Report 2: State and Complete Places (Sub-state 2010 Census Data) . https://archive.today/20120711160933/http://mcdc.missouri.edu/webrepts/pl94trends/Virginia_stplace2.html . dead . July 11, 2012 . Missouri Census Data Center . August 6, 2008 .
  5. Web site: Glenvar, VA 24153 . Google Maps . August 6, 2008.