Glenwood, Alberta

For the former community in Central Alberta, see Glenwood, Alberta (former hamlet). For the neighbourhood, see Glenwood, Edmonton.

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.

Glenwood
Village
Village of Glenwood
Glenwood
Coordinates: 49°21′49″N 113°30′38″W
Country	Canada
Province	Alberta
Region	Southern Alberta
Census division	3
Municipal district	Cardston County
Incorporated[1]
• Village	January 1, 1961
Government [2]
• Mayor	Albert Elias
• Governing body	Glenwood Village Council
Area  (2021)[3]
• Land	1.37 km2 (0.53 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[3]
• Total	272
• Density	197.9/km2 (513/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC−7 (MST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−6 (MDT)
Postal code span	T0K 2R0
Highways	Highway 810 Highway 505
Waterways	Belly River
Website	Official website

History

Surveying for the community of originally named Glenwoodville was done by Seymour B. Smith. The townsite was designed in the Latter Day Saints Plat of Zion grid; Glenwood consisted of approximately 640 acres, divided into blocks of eight acres each, and building lots of one acre each with streets eight rods wide running at right angles through the town. Where the town blocks ended, ten-acre lots were surveyed so that the town residents could have a small pasture for livestock.

The original townsite of Glenwood consisted of one block set aside for church buildings, another for district school purposes, and another, larger than the other two, for town park purposes. In the centre of town, along the main street, business lots of fifty foot frontage were marked off.

Demographics

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 -13.9% from its 2016 population of 316. With a land area of 1.37 km² (0.53 sq mi), it had a population density of 198.5/km² (514.2/sq mi) in 2021.^[3]

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 10.1% change from its 2011 population of 287. With a land area of 1.37 km² (0.53 sq mi), it had a population density of 230.7/km² (597.4/sq mi) in 2016.^[4]

See also

• List of communities in Alberta
• List of villages in Alberta