| Official Name: | Glennville, Georgia |
| Settlement Type: | City |
| Mapsize: | 250px |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | United States |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Name1: | Georgia |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Subdivision Name2: | Tattnall |
| Leader Title: | Mayor |
| Leader Name: | Bernie Weaver |
| Unit Pref: | Imperial |
| Area Footnotes: | [1] |
| Area Total Km2: | 18.47 |
| Area Land Km2: | 18.26 |
| Area Water Km2: | 0.21 |
| Area Total Sq Mi: | 7.13 |
| Area Land Sq Mi: | 7.05 |
| Area Water Sq Mi: | 0.08 |
| Population As Of: | 2020 |
| Population Total: | 3834 |
| Population Density Km2: | 210.01 |
| Population Density Sq Mi: | 543.91 |
| Timezone: | Eastern (EST) |
| Utc Offset: | -5 |
| Timezone Dst: | EDT |
| Utc Offset Dst: | -4 |
| Coordinates: | 31.937°N -81.929°W[2] |
| Elevation M: | 52 |
| Elevation Ft: | 171 |
| Postal Code Type: | ZIP code |
| Postal Code: | 30427 |
| Area Code: | 912 |
| Blank Name: | FIPS code |
| Blank Info: | 13-33336[3] |
| Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature ID |
| Blank1 Info: | 0331820[4] |
Glennville is a city in southeastern Tattnall County, Georgia, United States. As of the 2020 census, the town had a population of 3,834.
Glennville lies within the coastal plain of Georgia, surrounded by farmland and forest. The Altamaha River is 10miles to the southwest. Less than 2 miles to the east of Glennville, Beards Creek forms the border with Long County; just east of the creek is the edge of Fort Stewart. The nearest major city is Savannah, approximately 50miles east of Glennville. Baxley, Georgia, is 29miles southwest of Glennville.
According to the United States Census Bureau, as of 2020 the city had a total area of 7.13sqmi, of which 7.05sqmi was land and 0.08sqmi was water.
There are multiple partial concurrencies among route numbers; descriptions are omitted here for simplicity:
| White (non-Hispanic) | 2,037 | 53.13% | |
| Black or African American (non-Hispanic) | 1,318 | 34.38% | |
| Native American | 8 | 0.21% | |
| Asian | 57 | 1.49% | |
| Pacific Islander | 3 | 0.08% | |
| Other/Mixed | 127 | 3.31% | |
| Hispanic or Latino | 284 | 7.41% |
The Georgia Department of Corrections provides jobs for hundreds of people within Tattnall County and surrounding counties. Smith State Prison, a close-security facility, is located 2 miles north of Glennville. The facility can house 1000+ inmates at any given time.
The city is known for farming crickets to use as animal feed, as well as for pecans.[6]
The Journal Sentinel of Tattnall County, with offices in the county seat of Reidsville as well as in Glennville, has been published since 1879.[7]
Glennville is the principal setting of Eternal Fire, a novel by Georgia-born author Calder Willingham.