Glenwood, Utah

Glenwood is a town in Sevier County, Utah, United States. The population was 474 at the 2020 census.

History

Glenwood was established in 1863 by Mormon pioneers. It was named for an early pioneer, Robert Wilson Glenn. The settlement's original name was Glencoe or Glen Cove but was changed in November 1864 when Orson Hyde (an LDS Church leader) visited the settlement and recommended Glenwood. A stone fort was constructed in April 1866.

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The Black Hawk War of 1867 between the settlers and the local Indians left Glenwood deserted for one year, but it was later resettled in 1868 after peace resumed.

Glenwood was an excellent site for a settlement, owing to fresh springs that naturally bubbled from the hills east of town. The springs still feed Glenwood's culinary water supply and supply water for the State of Utah fish hatchery southeast of town. A gristmill was built in Glenwood that became the first of its kind in the county.

A ZCMI co-operative building was built at the intersection of Main and Center streets in 1878. For several years it was the largest building in the county. As families moved out of Glenwood, Isaac Washington Pierce Jr., a resident of Glenwood, bought out all shares in the store and ran the store as a privately owned business for many years.(). It still stands as the main historical landmark in town, although it is currently abandoned.

Geography

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According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 0.5 square mile (1.4 km<sup>2</sup>), all land. The ZIP Code for the town is 84730.

The Mill Canyon-Sage Flat Watershed Project located in the drainage above Glenwood is designed to reduce flood damage in the area. Completed in 1959, this was the first project in the United States under the Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention Act. A major flood occurred during the final stages of completion, and residents claimed the project paid for itself by controlling this one flood.

Climate

Large seasonal temperature differences typify this climatic region, with warm to hot (and often humid) summers and cold (sometimes severely cold) winters. According to the Köppen Climate Classification system, Glenwood has a humid continental climate, abbreviated "Dfb" on climate maps.

Demographics

As of the census

Notable people

Art Acord (1890-1931), an American silent film actor and rodeo champion known as the "Mormon Cowboy", born in Prattville (small unincorporated community generally considered part of Glenwood, though not technically within the official city boundaries).
Jacob Peter Anderson, a botanist who collected throughout Alaska from 1914 to 1940 while employed by the federal government. His collection of approximately 30,000 specimens is now housed in the University of Alaska Museum of the North. Mount Anderson (Alaska) is named for him. Born in Glenwood in 1874.
Harvey Matusow, McCarthy era personality - town resident
Ephraim P. Pectol, helped create the Capitol Reef National Park - born in Glenwood
LeConte Stewart, a Mormon artist and former head of the Art Department at the University of Utah - born in Glenwood in 1891
John Naisbitt, Author of Mindsets, Megatrends, and other literary works, remarked in the forward to Mindsets that he grew up in Glenwood, Utah

Notes

External links

Quality water equals quality fish at the Glenwood Hatchery from the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources
Report by the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources on the Pyrgulopsis Chamberlini, also known as the Smooth Glenwood Pyrg, a species of spring snail whose only known location is in the springs around Glenwood
Report on the Pyrgulopsis Inopinana, also known as the Carinate Glenwood Pyrg, whose only known location is in the springs around Glenwood
Glenwood Cooperative Store 's entry on the National Register of Historic Places
Glenwood Mill photos from 2006
Glenwood Daughters of the Utah Pioneers Museum
Glenwood summary
Dam safety information from Utah Division of Water Rights