Blood, Trauma, and Biohazard Cleanup in Glen Wilton, VA

Glen Wilton is a census-designated place in northern Botetourt County, Virginia, located along the James River between Eagle Rock and Iron Gate.

Glen Wilton was first listed as a census-designated place in the 2020 census, which counted a population of 129 and 57 housing units.

The community lies between the George Washington National Forest and the James River and is part of the Roanoke metropolitan area.

Glen Wilton has been described as the only community in Virginia with no public roads passing through it.

The Buchanan and Clifton Forge Railroad was built through the area in 1876-1880, and its station was known as Wilton Depot.

The local post office was briefly called Carolina in the 1880s, after the wife of D.S. Cook, president of the Princess Furnace Company; by 1890 the area had taken the name Glen Wilton, combining "Glen" for its setting with "Wilton," for D.S. Cook's son Wilton Cook.

Iron ore mining was Glen Wilton's chief industry until the Princess Furnace closed in 1923; the furnace, erected in 1884, was the only modern blast furnace in Botetourt County.

Callie Furnace, between Glen Wilton and Iron Gate, was built in 1873 by D.S. Cook and named for his wife Caroline; it was the first furnace erected in Botetourt County after the Civil War and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974.

The Virginia Department of Wildlife Resources maintains the Glen Wilton public access point on the James River, one of twelve access points on the Upper James River Water Trail.