Glenvar, Virginia

Glenvar
Census-designated place (CDP)
Glenvar, Virginia is located in Virginia
Glenvar, Virginia
Location within the Commonwealth of Virginia
Coordinates: 37°16′26″N 080°08′02″W / 37.27389°N 80.13389°W / 37.27389; -80.13389
CountryUnited States
StateVirginia
CountyRoanoke
Elevation
[1]
1,089 ft (332 m)
Population
 (2010)[2]
 • Total
976
Time zoneUTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP code
24153
Area code540
FIPS code[2][3]51-31488
GNIS feature ID[1][3]1494959

Glenvar is a census-designated place (CDP) in western Roanoke County, Virginia, United States. The population as of the 2010 Census was 976.[4] The center of the community lies along US 11/US 460 about one mile west of the Salem city limits.[5] The community is home to Glenvar High School which serves most of the western sections of Roanoke County. As a result, the entire area of Roanoke County which is west of Salem and in the Roanoke Valley between Poor Mountain and Fort Lewis Mountain, including other communities such as Wabun, Fort Lewis, and Dixie Caverns, is often called Glenvar.

In January 2020 the Swedish truck maker Volvo announced that they would build an assembly plant for its subsidiary Mack trucks in Glenvar. The plant is expected to employ 250 people. This was reported by the Roanoke Times by Casey Fabris on 30 January 2020. However, the global pandemic of the coronavirus has halted production temporarily at all of Mack(Volvo) locations in Pennsylvania, Maryland, and Virginia.

  1. ^ a b "Feature Detail Report: Glenvar". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved August 6, 2008.
  2. ^ a b "Places: Virginia". 2010 Census Gazetteer Files. United States Census Bureau. Archived from the original on June 26, 2014. Retrieved May 9, 2014.
  3. ^ a b "FIPS55 Data: Virginia". FIPS55 Data. United States Geological Survey. February 23, 2006. Archived from the original on June 18, 2006.
  4. ^ "Virginia Trend Report 2: State and Complete Places (Sub-state 2010 Census Data)". Missouri Census Data Center. Archived from the original on July 11, 2012. Retrieved August 6, 2008.
  5. ^ "Glenvar, VA 24153". Google Maps. Retrieved August 6, 2008.