Glen, Montana
unincorporated community and census-designated place in Beaverhead County, Montana, USA
Glen is a census-designated place in Beaverhead County, Montana, United States. As of the 2020 census, Glen had a population of 28. Glen has a post office with a ZIP code of 59732.
Glen started out in 1878 as Willis Station, named for Ozias Willis, the first postmaster. The name was shortened to Willis, then became Reichle, and finally became Glen in about 1950.
Glen lies on U.S. Route 91, south of Melrose and north of Dillon. The Big Hole River runs past the east side of the town. Built in 1915, Browne's Bridge near town is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and provides a fishing access area. The river is renowned as a fly fishing destination. Brownes Lake is also nearby and provides a boat ramp and camping.
This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “Glen, Montana” as unincorporated community and census-designated place in Beaverhead County, Montana, USA. Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.
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The subject matters to the places & architecture register because the source frames it as unincorporated community and census-designated place in Beaverhead County, Montana, USA. Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.
The strongest evidence will usually combine a dated visual record with documents produced by the authority responsible for the place. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 11, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q4139696. The Library of Congress control number is no2024125448. Authority coordinates are 45.477, -112.691. 1 of 2 selected statements include explicit references; 1 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 2020, 1878, 1950 and 1915.
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