Glenwood, Alberta
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Glenwood is a village in southern Alberta
Southern Alberta
Southern Alberta is a region located in the Canadian province of Alberta. As of the year 2004, the region's population was approximately 272,017. The primary cities are Lethbridge and Medicine Hat...
, Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
. It is located north of the town of Cardston
Cardston, Alberta
-Demographics:The population of the Town of Cardston according to its 2007 municipal census is 3,578.In 2006, it had a population of 3,452 living in 1,234 dwellings, a 0.7% decrease from 2001...
, in Cardston County
Cardston County, Alberta
Cardston County is a municipal district in southern Alberta, Canada. It is located in Census Division 3 around the Town of Cardston.The municipal district was established on January 1, 1954, through the amalgamation of the Municipal District of Sugar City No. 5 and part of the Municipal District of...
.
Glenwood is located in the Cardston County
Cardston County, Alberta
Cardston County is a municipal district in southern Alberta, Canada. It is located in Census Division 3 around the Town of Cardston.The municipal district was established on January 1, 1954, through the amalgamation of the Municipal District of Sugar City No. 5 and part of the Municipal District of...
. The village was named for a man named Glen Edward Wood. The founder of the village was Edward J. Wood
Edward J. Wood
Edward James Wood was a prominent leader of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Alberta, Canada and was the founder of Glenwood, Alberta and Hill Spring, Alberta....
, successor to Mormon leader Charles Ora Card
Charles Ora Card
Charles Ora Card was the founder of the town of Cardston, Alberta, the first Mormon settlement in Canada. He has been referred to as "Canada's Brigham Young"....
, the founder of Cardston. Both Glen and Edward Wood were from Salt Lake City, Utah
Salt Lake City, Utah
Salt Lake City is the capital and the most populous city of the U.S. state of Utah. The name of the city is often shortened to Salt Lake or SLC. With a population of 186,440 as of the 2010 Census, the city lies in the Salt Lake City metropolitan area, which has a total population of 1,124,197...
, and are buried in Cardston. The old name for the village was Glenwoodville until 1979.
Demographics
In 2006, Glenwood had a population of 280 living in 102 dwellingsHouse
A house is a building or structure that has the ability to be occupied for dwelling by human beings or other creatures. The term house includes many kinds of different dwellings ranging from rudimentary huts of nomadic tribes to free standing individual structures...
, a 8.5% increase from 2001. The village has a land area of 1.46 km² (0.563709151545101 sq mi) and a population density
Population density
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of 192.3 /km2.