Official Name: | Glenwood, Nebraska |
Settlement Type: | Census-designated place |
Pushpin Map: | Nebraska |
Pushpin Label: | Glenwood |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | United States |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Nebraska |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Buffalo |
Unit Pref: | Imperial |
Area Footnotes: | [1] |
Area Total Km2: | 6.22 |
Area Land Km2: | 6.22 |
Area Water Km2: | 0.00 |
Area Total Sq Mi: | 2.40 |
Area Land Sq Mi: | 2.40 |
Area Water Sq Mi: | 0.00 |
Population As Of: | 2020 |
Population Total: | 503 |
Population Density Km2: | 80.89 |
Population Density Sq Mi: | 209.50 |
Timezone: | Central (CST) |
Utc Offset: | -6 |
Timezone Dst: | CDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | -5 |
Elevation Ft: | 2142 |
Coordinates: | 40.7553°N -99.0811°W |
Postal Code Type: | ZIP code |
Area Code: | 308 |
Blank Name: | FIPS code |
Blank Info: | 31-19160[2] |
Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature ID |
Blank1 Info: | 2587007 |
Glenwood is a census-designated place (CDP) in Buffalo County, Nebraska, United States. It conforms to the unincorporated area known as Glenwood Park. It is part of the Kearney, Nebraska Micropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 466 at the 2010 census.[3]
A post office was established at Glenwood Park in 1892, was renamed Glenwood in 1894, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1900.[4] Glenwood Park was named from a local park.[5]
Glenwood is located in southern Buffalo County, directly north of Kearney, the county seat. It is south from the center of Glenwood to the center of Kearney. Nebraska Highway 10 leads through the center of the CDP, connecting Kearney to the south with Pleasanton to the north. Nebraska Highway 40 leads northwest from the center of Glenwood to Miller away.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the Glenwood CDP has a total area of 6.3sqkm, all land.[3]