Glen Allan is an unincorporated community

Unincorporated area

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 located in far southern Washington County

Washington County, Mississippi

-National protected areas:*Holt Collier National Wildlife Refuge*Theodore Roosevelt National Wildlife Refuge *Yazoo National Wildlife Refuge-Demographics:...

, Mississippi

Mississippi

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, United States

United States

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. It is situated immediately east of Lake Washington's southern shore.

Although it is unincorporated, it has a post office

Post office

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, with the ZIP code

ZIP Code

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 of 38744.

Education

Glen Allan is served by the Western Line School District. The elementary schools are O'Bannon Elementary and Riverside Elementary. The High Schools are O'Bannon High and Riverside High School.

Notable natives

Glen Allan is the birthplace of author Clifton Taulbert

Clifton Taulbert

Clifton Taulbert , is an American author and speaker. He is best known for his books Once Upon a Time When We Were Colored and Eight Habits of the Heart: Embracing the Values that Build Strong Communities...

 and blues guitarist/singer songwirter Robert Lee "Smokey" Wilson

Smokey Wilson

Smokey Wilson ) is an American West Coast blues guitarist. He has spent most of his career performing West Coast blues and Juke Joint blues in Los Angeles, California. He has recorded at least eleven albums for record labels such as P-Vine Records, Bullseye Blues and Texmuse Records...

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