Situated between Little North Mountain

North Mountain (Virginia-West Virginia)

North Mountain is a mountain ridge within the Ridge-and-valley Appalachians in the U.S. states of Virginia and West Virginia.-Geography:North Mountain spans from the Potomac River in the north to the community of Green Spring in Frederick County, Virginia in the south. The ridge is divided into...

 and Interstate 81

Interstate 81

Interstate 81 is an Interstate Highway in the eastern part of the United States. Its southern terminus is at Interstate 40 in Dandridge, Tennessee; its northern terminus is on Wellesley Island at the Canadian border, where the Thousand Islands Bridge connects it to Highway 401, the main freeway...

, Singers Glen, Virginia occupies the zip code 22850. Singers Glen is an historic settlement that is registered by the Virginia Historic Landmarks Commission and the United States Department of the Interior. It consists mainly of one road (Singers Glen Road), the formerly yellow currently green and grey Singers Glen Post Office, a recycling center, the Singers Glen School, the Singers Glen Volunteer Fire Company, a store owned and operated by Mark Grandle, a Methodist & Baptist Church.

History

Singers Glen was first settled in 1809 by Joseph Funk

Joseph Funk

Joseph Funk was a pioneer American music teacher, publisher, and one of the first American composers.Joseph Funk was born April 6, 1778 , in Berks County, Pennsylvania, the son of Henry and Barbara Funk, and a grandson of Bishop Henry Funck...

 and other descendants of the German Anabaptists who had been persecuted during the European Wars of Religion. Thanks to Joseph Funk

Joseph Funk

Joseph Funk was a pioneer American music teacher, publisher, and one of the first American composers.Joseph Funk was born April 6, 1778 , in Berks County, Pennsylvania, the son of Henry and Barbara Funk, and a grandson of Bishop Henry Funck...

 it is the birthplace of gospel music in the south.

Emergency services

Singers Glen Volunteer Fire Company, serves 32 square miles (82.9 km²) and at least 2,500 residents.

Religion

Singers Glen Cemetery overlooks the town from atop a hill. Access is available from Turleytown Road.

Singers Glen has more churches than commercial establishments (largely due to the surprising lack of commercial establishments).
The churches in the Singers Glen area are:

• Donovan Memorial United Methodist
  9788 Singers Glen Road
• Morning View Mennonite Church
  10116 Morning View Road
• Singers Glen Baptist Church
• Zion Hill Mennonite Church
  6311 Mayberry Road

Prominent Residents and Places

Glen Farm has occupied the same location for more than two centuries.

Glen Eco Farm is a local family-owned produce farm committed to sustainable agricultural practices and direct local marketing.

Joseph Funk

Joseph Funk

Joseph Funk was a pioneer American music teacher, publisher, and one of the first American composers.Joseph Funk was born April 6, 1778 , in Berks County, Pennsylvania, the son of Henry and Barbara Funk, and a grandson of Bishop Henry Funck...

 founded the first Mennonite

Mennonite

The Mennonites are a group of Christian Anabaptist denominations named after the Frisian Menno Simons , who, through his writings, articulated and thereby formalized the teachings of earlier Swiss founders...

 printing house in the United States here in 1847, best known for printing the Harmonia Sacra

Harmonia Sacra

Harmonia Sacra is a Mennonite shape note hymn and tune book, originally published as A Compilation of Genuine Church Music in 1832 by Joseph Funk ....

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Douglas Bates operates an antique handgun repair shop on Mayberry Road. He's one of the few active specialists in the field.