Glenwood | |
Official Name: | Village of Glenwood |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Pushpin Map: | Canada Alberta |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Canada |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Name1: | Alberta |
Subdivision Type2: | Region |
Subdivision Name2: | Southern Alberta |
Subdivision Type3: | Census division |
Subdivision Name3: | 3 |
Subdivision Type4: | Municipal district |
Leader Title: | Mayor |
Leader Name: | Albert Elias |
Leader Title1: | Governing body |
Leader Name1: | Glenwood Village Council |
Established Title: | Founded |
Established Title1: | Incorporated[1] |
Established Date1: | |
Established Title2: | • Village |
Established Date2: | January 1, 1961 |
Area Footnotes: | (2021) |
Area Land Km2: | 1.37 |
Population As Of: | 2021 |
Population Total: | 272 |
Population Density Km2: | 197.9 |
Timezone: | MST |
Utc Offset: | −7 |
Timezone Dst: | MDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | −6 |
Coordinates: | 49.3636°N -113.5106°W |
Postal Code Type: | Postal code span |
Postal Code: | T0K 2R0 |
Blank Name: | Highways |
Blank Info: | Highway 810 Highway 505 |
Blank1 Name: | Waterways |
Blank1 Info: | Belly River |
Glenwood is a village in southern Alberta, Canada. It is located north of the Town of Cardston, in Cardston County. The village was named for a man named Edward Glen Wood. The founder of the village was Edward J. Wood, successor to Latter Day Saint leader Charles Ora Card, the founder of Cardston. Both Glen and Edward Wood were from Salt Lake City, Utah, and are buried in Cardston. The old name for the village was Glenwoodville until 1979.
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, the Village of Glenwood had a population of 272 living in 104 of its 124 total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of 316. With a land area of, it had a population density of in 2021.[2]
In the 2016 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, the Village of Glenwood recorded a population of 316 living in 107 of its 119 total private dwellings, a change from its 2011 population of 287. With a land area of 1.37km2, it had a population density of in 2016.[3]