Editing Glen Lyn, Virginia (section)

==History==
Mr. John Toney built the first brick house in Giles County in 1780. Toney owned the land around his settlement and named the area Montreal. Over the years a post office was established giving Montreal a new name of Mouth of East River. Railroad workers of the [[Norfolk and Western Railway]] later gave it the name Hell’s Gate. The name changed once again to its current name, Glen Lyn, meaning lovely glen, after the railroad’s completion in 1883.<ref name="history">{{cite web |title=Town History |url=https://glenlyn.org/town-history/ |website=Town of Glen Lyn |publisher=Town of Glen Lyn |access-date=15 January 2025}}</ref>

During the late 1800s, a few stores and a [[ferry]] were opened, however, the community did not experience any substantial growth until the construction of the [[American_Electric_Power#Appalachian_Power|Appalachian Power]] plant in 1919. This development increased the population of Glen Lyn from 50 to 400 people.<ref name="history" />