Glenvar, Virginia

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official_name = Glenvar, Virginia
settlement_type = Unincorporated community
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subdivision_type = Country
subdivision_name = United States
subdivision_type1 = State
subdivision_name1 = Virginia
subdivision_type2 = County
subdivision_name2 = Roanoke

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timezone = Eastern (EST)
utc_offset = -5
timezone_DST = EDT
utc_offset_DST = -4
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elevation_m = 332
elevation_ft = 1089
latd = 37 |latm = 16 |lats = 26 |latNS = N
longd = 80 |longm = 08 |longs = 02 |longEW = W

postal_code_type = ZIP code
postal_code = 24153
area_code = 540
blank1_name = GNIS feature ID
blank1_info = 1499521GR|3
footnotes = USGS [cite web
url= http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnispublic/f?p=155:3:1752169327259375280::NO::P3_FID:1494959
title= Geographic Names Information System Feature Detail Report: Glenvar
accessdate= 2008-08-06
author= USGS]

Glenvar is an unincorporated community in western Roanoke County, Virginia, United States. The center of the community lies along U.S. 11/U.S. 460 about one mile west of the Salem city limits. [cite web
url= http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=Glenvar,+VA&ie=UTF8&z=15&iwloc=addr
title= Google Maps
accessdate= 2008-08-06] 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.

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