Glenoma

Glenoma is an unincorporated community in Lewis County located off U.S. Route 12, between the towns of Morton and Randle. The area is northeast of Riffe Lake.[1]

Glenoma was originally named Vern and briefly as Verndale.[1] The area was later renamed by Beverly Coiner, deriving the moniker by combining glen, meaning "valley", and oma, from the Hebrew word for "a measure of grain"; the name was construed to mean "fruitful valley".[2][3][4] The official date of the creation of the town is unknown.

The first covered swimming pool in Lewis County opened in Glenoma in 1961.[5]

According to the Köppen Climate Classification system, Glenoma has a warm-summer Mediterranean climate, abbreviated "Csb" on climate maps.[6]

Students in the town are served by the White Pass School District.[8]

The Glenoma Elementary school was built in the 1920s.[a] It was rebuilt after a fire in 1932[9] and razed in 2011 after it had been closed due to low enrollment. Elementary students in the area began attending Randle Elementary School in 2004.[10]

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