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Community of Glenavon
History
McLean County, Illinois
(Transcribed by: Teri Moncelle Colglazier)

In the southeast corner of the county lies the small village of Glen Avon, with a population of twenty. It is served by the postoffice at nearby Bellflower (in Bellflower Township). The village is situated on the Illinois Central Railroad. It is the principal community of West Township, which has a total population of 677. Among early settlers of the township area were Henry West, after whom the township is named, and John Weedman, after whom the hamlet of Weedman is named. They came in 1850 and 1851, respectively. [This is McLean County, Illinois by: John Drury, The Loree Co., Chicago, Illinois (1955)] Glenavon is located three miles east of Sabina. In earlier times Glenavon had a general store as well as a grain elevator. The passenger train stopped there twice a day as well as the freight train which hauled grain, coal and other supplies to and from both Sabina and Glenavon. The elevator station of Glenavon at one time had a post office named Delaney, Ill. [Heritage of the prairie : a history of LeRoy and of Empire and West townships, McLean County, Illinois (1976) LeRoy Historical Society; LeRoy Bi-Centennial Commission]

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