Glidden is a town in Carroll County, Iowa, United States.
Glidden was laid out as a town in 1866. It was named either for Capt. W. T. Glidden, a railroad promoter, or in honor of Joseph Farwell Glidden, the inventor of barbed wire.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 1.11 square miles (2.87 km2), all land.
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