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Welcome to Glenville ...

Glenville is located in Fairfield County<1>.



While we don't have a date for the founding of Glenville, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1850.

Glenville is 170 feet [52 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Glenville lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Telephone area codes for Glenville: (203) & (475)<3>

Websites for Glenville ...

Chamber of Commerce:   www.businessfairfield.com/

Although we don't have any websites that are specific to Glenville, the following might be of interest:

Communities Also Named Glenville ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 22 communities that are also named Glenville - they are located in Alabama, Arkansas, California, Delaware, Kansas, Kentucky, Maryland, Minnesota, Mississippi, New York (4), North Carolina, Nova Scotia (3), Ohio (2), Ontario, Pennsylvania and West Virginia.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Glenville.

Communities near Glenville ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Glenville.

  • Bronx
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bronx
    • Bronx is located in Bronx County (NY)
    • Population from the 2010 Census: 1,385,108 people
    • Bronx has also been known as:
    • Bronx
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bronx <4>
  • Yonkers
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yonkers
    • Yonkers is located in Westchester County (NY)
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 200,040 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Yonkers <4>
  • Stamford
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Stamford
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Stamford have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stamford
    • Stamford is located in Fairfield County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 131,397 people
  • Norwalk
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Norwalk
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Norwalk have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norwalk
    • Norwalk is located in Fairfield County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 88,655 people
  • New Rochelle
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Mount Vernon
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
  • White Plains
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Harrison
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Harrison have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrison
    • Harrison is located in Westchester County (NY)
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 28,959 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Harrison <4>

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Glenville. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Glenville.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Glenville. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Glenville.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Glenville. See our Newspapers Page for Glenville.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Glenville ...

Looking for more information about Glenville? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Glenville, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Glenville.

Adding Glenville to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Glenville in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Glenville was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the Glenville post office opened in 1850.

We also found Glenville in the book titled Table of U.S. Post Offices in the United States (Jan. 1851).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Glenville.

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Glenville. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for State of Connecticut: https://portal.ct.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Connecticut's counties, including Fairfield, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Glenville - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>Area code (475) is an overlay for area code (203).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<6>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/









 

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