Glenville, Connecticut
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| name = Glenville, Connecticut
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| subdivision_name = United States
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| subdivision_name1 = Connecticut
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| subdivision_name2 = Fairfield
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| subdivision_name3 = Western CT
| subdivision_type4 = Town
| subdivision_name4 = Greenwich
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| area_total_sq_mi = 0.739
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| population_total = 2327
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Glenville is a neighborhood and census-designated place in the town of Greenwich in Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States.{{gnis|2631564}} As of the 2010 census, it had a population of 2,327.{{cite web |url=https://www.census.gov/ |title=Race, Hispanic or Latino, Age, and Housing Occupancy: 2010 Census Redistricting Data (Public Law 94-171) Summary File (QT-PL), Glenville CDP, Connecticut |publisher=United States Census Bureau |access-date=August 11, 2011 |archive-date=July 9, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210709054630/https://www.census.gov/ |url-status=live }} 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
{{main|Glenville 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 {{convert|33.9|acre}} 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, "[t]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."{{cite web|url={{NRHP url|id=07000107}} |title=National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination: Glenville Historic District / Sherwood's Bridge |date=October 2005 |author=Nils Kerschus |publisher=National Park Service| work=(22 photos from 2004-05, an integral part of the document, referenced throughout, are not included in the online version)|page=13}}]
Geography
According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of {{convert|0.739|sqmi}}, all land.{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/geographies/reference-files/time-series/geo/gazetteer-files.html|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=2020-10-10|title=US Gazetteer files: 2019|archive-date=August 24, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190824085937/https://www.census.gov/geographies/reference-files/time-series/geo/gazetteer-files.html|url-status=live}}
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.{{Cite web|url=http://www.greenwichct.org/government/departments/parks_and_recreation/facility_based_programs/western_greenwich_civic_center_programs/|title=Bendheim Western Greenwich Civic Center - Town of Greenwich, Connecticut|website=Town of Greenwich, Connecticut|access-date=2017-04-16|archive-date=April 17, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170417070610/http://www.greenwichct.org/government/departments/parks_and_recreation/facility_based_programs/western_greenwich_civic_center_programs/|url-status=live}} 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.{{Cite web|url=http://glenvillect.weebly.com/about.html|title=About|website=Glenville|access-date=2017-04-16|archive-date=April 17, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170417071337/http://glenvillect.weebly.com/about.html|url-status=live}}
Education
As with other parts of the Town of Greenwich, Glenville is in the Greenwich Public Schools school district.{{cite web|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st09_ct/schooldistrict_maps/c09001_fairfield/DC20SD_C09001.pdf|title=2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Fairfield County, CT|publisher=U.S. Census Bureau|access-date=2024-05-25|archive-date=October 9, 2022|archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221009/https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st09_ct/schooldistrict_maps/c09001_fairfield/DC20SD_C09001.pdf|url-status=live}} 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
{{Fairfield County, Connecticut}}
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Category:Neighborhoods in Connecticut
Category:Greenwich, Connecticut
Category:Census-designated places in Fairfield County, Connecticut