Glennie is an

unincorporated community An unincorporated area is a parcel of land that is not governed by a local general-purpose municipal corporation. (At p. 178.) They may be governed or serviced by an encompassing unit (such as a county) or another branch of the state (such as th ...

in the

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. The community is located within Curtis Township in Alcona County. As an unincorporated community, Glennie has no legally defined boundaries or population statistics of its own. However, a

post office A post office is a public facility and a retailer that provides mail services, such as accepting letter (message), letters and parcel (package), parcels, providing post office boxes, and selling postage stamps, packaging, and stationery. Post o ...

operates out of the community, with the ZIP Code 48737.

History

Glennie was established as a depot on the

Detroit and Mackinac Railway The Detroit and Mackinac Railway , informally known as the "Turtle Line", was a railroad in the northeastern part of the Lower Peninsula of the U.S. state of Michigan. The railroad had its main offices and shops in Tawas City, Michigan, Tawas Cit ...

in 1889, known as 'Glennie Station'. A post office opened in the community on October 5, 1889. In 1894, the community's name was shortened to 'Glennie'. The village was platted in 1940.

References

{{AlconaCountyMI-geo-stub Unincorporated communities in Alcona County, Michigan Unincorporated communities in Michigan Populated places established in 1889 1889 establishments in Michigan