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Glenville, Connecticut
Census-designated place
Location in Fairfield County and the state of Connecticut.
Coordinates: 41°02′07″N 73°39′35″W / 41.03528°N 73.65972°W / 41.03528; -73.65972
State	Connecticut
County	Fairfield
Region	Western CT
Town	Greenwich
Area
• Total	0.739 sq mi (1.91 km)
• Land	0.739 sq mi (1.91 km)
• Water	0 sq mi (0 km)
Elevation	112 ft (34 m)
Population
• Total	2,327
• Density	3,100/sq mi (1,200/km)
FIPS code	09-31520
GNIS feature ID	2631564

Glenville is a neighborhood and census-designated place in the town of Greenwich in Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States. As of the 2010 census, it had a population of 2,327. It is located in the western part of Greenwich at the falls of the Byram River, which provided waterpower when this was a mill village. The area is home to Glenville Elementary school, Western Civic Center and a volunteer fire station, the Glenville Fire Department.

The town of Greenwich is one political and taxing body, but consists of several distinct sections or neighborhoods, such as Banksville, Byram, Cos Cob, Glenville, Mianus, Old Greenwich, Riverside and Greenwich (sometimes referred to as central, or downtown, Greenwich). Of these neighborhoods, three (Cos Cob, Old Greenwich, and Riverside) have separate postal names and ZIP codes.

Historic district

The original settlement of Glenville, which was formerly known as "Sherwood's Bridge", was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2007 as the Glenville Historic District. The district covers 33.9 acres (13.7 ha) and is the "most comprehensive example of a New England mill village within the Town of Greenwich". It "is also historically significant as one of the town's major staging areas of immigrants, predominantly Irish in the 19th century and Polish in the 20th century" and remains "the primary settlement of Poles in the town". Further, "he district is architecturally significant because it contains two elaborate examples of mill construction, designed in the Romanesque Revival and a transitional Stick-style/Queen Anne; an excellent example of a Georgian Revival school; and notable examples of domestic and commercial architecture, including a Queen Anne mansion and an Italianate store building."

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 0.739 square miles (1.91 km), all land.

Community

The center of Glenville boasts a variety of attractions. Notably, the Bendheim Western Greenwich Civic Center is located in the heart of the neighborhood. Next to the Civic Center is a baseball diamond and playground. There is a large hill above the baseball field that is a popular place for children to sled in the wintertime.

Education

As with other parts of the Town of Greenwich, Glenville is in the Greenwich Public Schools school district. The district's comprehensive high school is Greenwich High School.

Notable person

• Rob Marciano - former ABC News meteorologist from 2014 until 2024, born in Glenville.

References

1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Glenville, Connecticut
2. "Race, Hispanic or Latino, Age, and Housing Occupancy: 2010 Census Redistricting Data (Public Law 94-171) Summary File (QT-PL), Glenville CDP, Connecticut". United States Census Bureau. Archived from the original on July 9, 2021. Retrieved August 11, 2011.
3. Nils Kerschus (October 2005). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination: Glenville Historic District / Sherwood's Bridge". (22 photos from 2004-05, an integral part of the document, referenced throughout, are not included in the online version). National Park Service. p. 13.]
4. "US Gazetteer files: 2019". United States Census Bureau. Archived from the original on August 24, 2019. Retrieved October 10, 2020.
5. "Bendheim Western Greenwich Civic Center - Town of Greenwich, Connecticut". Town of Greenwich, Connecticut. Archived from the original on April 17, 2017. Retrieved April 16, 2017.
6. "About". Glenville. Archived from the original on April 17, 2017. Retrieved April 16, 2017.
7. "2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Fairfield County, CT" (PDF). U.S. Census Bureau. Archived (PDF) from the original on October 9, 2022. Retrieved May 25, 2024.

v t e Municipalities and communities of Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States
County seat: Bridgeport
Cities	Bridgeport Danbury Norwalk Shelton Stamford
Towns	Bethel Brookfield Darien Easton Fairfield Greenwich Monroe New Canaan New Fairfield Newtown Redding Ridgefield Sherman Stratford Trumbull Weston Westport Wilton
Borough	Newtown
CDPs	Ball Pond Bethel Bigelow Corners Bogus Hill Botsford Branchville Brookfield Center Byram Candlewood Isle Candlewood Knolls Candlewood Lake Club‡ Candlewood Orchards Candlewood Shores Cannondale Coleytown Compo Cos Cob Daniels Farm Darien Downtown Dodgingtown East Village Fairfield University Georgetown Glenville Greens Farms Greenwich Hawleyville Indian Field Inglenook Kellogg Point Knollcrest Lakes East Lakes West Lakeside Woods Long Hill Lordship Mamanasco Lake Mill Plain Murray New Canaan Noroton Noroton Heights Old Greenwich Old Hill Oronoque Pemberwick Plattsville Poplar Plains Redding Center Ridgebury Ridgefield Riverside Rock Ridge Route 7 Gateway Sacred Heart University Sail Harbor Sandy Hook Saugatuck Sherman South Wilton Southport Staples Stepney Stratford Downtown Tashua Taylor Corners Tokeneke Topstone Trumbull Center West Mountain Weston Westport Village Wilton Center
Other communities	Aspetuck Greenfield Hill Hattertown Mianus Mill Plain Nichols Silvermine
Ghost town	Little Danbury
Indian reservation	Golden Hill Paugussett reservation‡
Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties
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