| Glenville, Connecticut | |
| Settlement Type: | Census-designated place |
| Mapsize: | 260 |
| Coordinates: | 41.0353°N -73.6597°W |
| Subdivision Name: | United States |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Name1: | Connecticut |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Subdivision Name2: | Fairfield |
| Subdivision Type3: | Region |
| Subdivision Name3: | Western CT |
| Subdivision Type4: | Town |
| Subdivision Name4: | Greenwich |
| Unit Pref: | US |
| Elevation Ft: | 112 |
| Area Total Sq Mi: | 0.739 |
| Area Land Sq Mi: | 0.739 |
| Area Water Sq Mi: | 0 |
| Population As Of: | 2010 |
| Population Total: | 2327 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Postal Code Type: | ZIP Code |
| Area Code Type: | Area codes |
| Blank Name: | FIPS code |
| Blank Info: | 09-31520 |
| Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature ID |
| Blank1 Info: | 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.[1] 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.
See main article: 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 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."[2]
According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of, all land.[3]
The center of Glenville boasts a variety of attractions. Notably, the Bendheim Western Greenwich Civic Center is located in the heart of the neighborhood.[4] 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.[5]
As with other parts of the Town of Greenwich, Glenville is in the Greenwich Public Schools school district.[6] The district's comprehensive high school is Greenwich High School.