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Glennville, Georgia

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1920 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Glennville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30427. The Survey maps it on the Glennville quadrangle. 3,834 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 171 feet above sea level.

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Glennville within Tattnall County

On record in Glennville

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register 1 record

Population over time

2 figures

Glennville grew from 3,569 to 3,834 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.

YearPeople Change
20103,569
20203,834+265 (+7%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 17 printed sheets

Matched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.

Fires near this place

333 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 333 fires within 5 miles of Glennville between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,104 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 46 were recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Reported cause Fires
Debris and open burning217
Arson/incendiarism46
Missing data/not specified/undetermined17
Smoking15
Equipment and vehicle use14
Misuse of fire by a minor12
Recreation and ceremony7
Natural5

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
8 September 2008Debris and open burning1.0 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 2016Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2017-TATTNALL-010
7 September 2001Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2002-TATTNALL-011
5 September 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2020TATTNALL005
4 September 2014Debris and open burning4.3 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2015-TATTNALL-007
24 September 2019Debris and open burning1.3 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2020TATTNALL009
22 September 1996Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
21 September 1997Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Tattnall County

Storms near this place

60 of 64 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Glennville in 64 storm reports between 1994 and 2024: 35 thunderstorm wind, 21 hail, 6 flash flood, 2 lightning. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 1998LightningGlennville$250,000Lightning caused fire struck a church and burned it to the ground.
July 2017LightningGlennville$10,000A homeowner reported that lightning struck the side of a house on Auburn Circle. The lightning strike resulted in minor damage to a wall and damage several nearby appliances.
June 1994Thunderstorm WindGlennville$5,000Several large trees and power lines were downed by thunderstorm , winds.
June 1994Thunderstorm WindGlennville$5,000Several trees, a few power lines and transformers were downed by thunderstorm winds.
June 2011Thunderstorm WindGlennville$4,000A county official reported numerous trees down near Glennville.
August 2011Thunderstorm WindGlennville$3,250The Tattnall county warning point reported trees and power lines down in Glennville, Georgia.
July 2016Thunderstorm WindGlennville$3,000Tattnall County dispatch reported two trees down along North Veterans Highway in Glennville. One tree fell on a car in a parking lot.
June 2011Thunderstorm WindGlennville$2,000Law enforcement reported trees down.
May 2009Thunderstorm WindGlennville$2,000Law Enforcement reported trees and a power line down in Glennville, Georgia.
December 2008Thunderstorm WindGlennville$1,500Law enforcement reported two large trees and a power line down in Glennville, Georgia.
June 2013Thunderstorm WindGlennville$1,000The public reported a large pecan tree blown down near the intersection of County Road 322 and Dartho Brannen Road.
June 2011Thunderstorm WindGlennville$1,000An emergency manager reported a tree down in Glennville.
June 2007Thunderstorm WindGlennville$1,000Media reported trees and limbs down near Glennville.
August 2006Thunderstorm WindGlennville$1,000Tree down on Highway 301 N.
August 2006Thunderstorm WindGlennville$1,000Trees down on Route 23 between Glennville and Reidsville.
August 2006Thunderstorm WindGlennville$1,000Trees down across Highway 301.
April 2006HailGlennville$500Hail as large as golfballs produced holes in the windshield of at least 1 truck.
June 1994Thunderstorm WindGlennville$500A few large trees and tree limbs were downed by thunderstorm winds.
June 1994Thunderstorm WindGlennville$500A home received minor damaged from a couple of pecan trees that were blown over by thunderstorm winds.
June 2024HailGlennville-The media relayed a picture on social media of tennis ball size hail.
June 2024HailGlennville-A COOP observer relayed pictures of hail measuring 2.0 inches.
June 2024HailGlennville-A trained spotter reported half dollar size hail near the intersection of County Road 322 and Cecil Anderson Road.
June 2024HailGlennville-A firefighter relayed pictures of 2.0 inch hail along Highway 196, just outside of Glennville, Georgia.
August 2024Flash FloodGlennville-A COOP observer reported Saint Jude Catholic Church on North Veteran's Boulevard flooded with water in the structure.
January 2023Thunderstorm WindGlennville-Tattnall County dispatch reported a tree down on BM Durants Road in Glennville.
June 2023Thunderstorm WindGlennville-A 911 Call Center reported a tree down and across power lines on Kicklighter Street and a tree down along Beards Creek Church Road.
May 2022Thunderstorm WindGlennville-Tattnall County dispatch reported a couple of trees down on Simon Street.
June 2016Thunderstorm WindGlennville-The Tattnall County 911 Call Center reported trees down on Railroad Street.
July 2015Thunderstorm WindGlennville-Tattnall County dispatch reported trees and power lines down at the intersection of Auburn Road and Rogers Road.
July 2015Thunderstorm WindGlennville-Tattnall County dispatch reported multiple trees down on Highway 301, north of Glennville.
June 2012HailGlennville-The public reported 1 inch hail.
June 2012HailGlennville-The Glennville Fire Department reported penny size hail.
April 2011Thunderstorm WindGlennville-Law enforcement reported trees down in Glennville, Georgia.
March 2009HailGlennville-Nickel size hail was reported by a county official in Glennville, Georgia.
April 2009Flash FloodGlennville-A county official reported that Durence Purvis Road was closed due to flooding from heavy rain.
April 2009HailGlennville-The public reported nickel to golf ball size hail that lasted for 15 minutes and covered the ground at Folsom Farms Country Store, 2 miles northwest of Glennville, Georgia.
September 2004Flash FloodGlennville-Heavy rainfall flooded roads throughout the county.
August 2003Flash FloodGlennville-Heavy rainfall flooded U.S. Route 301 and several other roads near Glennville.
May 2003Thunderstorm WindGlennville-Trees and power lines down.
May 2003Thunderstorm WindGlennville-Several trees were down on US 301,
May 2003Flash FloodGlennville-Significant flooding on Walter Dasher Road (Highway 144).
May 2003Flash FloodGlennville-Widespread flooding in and around Glennville as several roads were closed to significant water on roads and in parking lots.
December 2002Thunderstorm WindGlennville-Several trees and power lines were down.
May 2002Thunderstorm WindGlennville-Power lines were down.
July 2002Thunderstorm WindGlennville-Several trees were down.
June 2002Thunderstorm WindGlennville-Several large limbs were downed along Georgia State Road # 144.
August 2001Thunderstorm WindGlennville-Several trees, large limbs, and power lines down.
January 1998Thunderstorm WindGlennville-Large tree limbs down.
June 1998Thunderstorm WindGlennville-Trees down.
June 1997Thunderstorm WindGlennville-Trees and powerlines down.
February 2012HailGlennville-no account filed
January 2006HailGlennville-no account filed
April 2006HailGlennville-no account filed
April 2006HailGlennville-no account filed
April 2006HailGlennville-no account filed
March 2005HailGlennville-no account filed
May 2002HailGlennville-no account filed
May 1998HailGlennville-no account filed
May 1998HailGlennville-no account filed
March 1998HailGlennville-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Tattnall County

Nearest settlements

The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Kicklighter (historical)1.4 miles17
Alton (historical)2.9 miles17
Lynn3.1 miles17
Birdford (historical)3.2 miles17
Tison4.9 miles8
Mendes4.9 miles17
Purvis (historical)5.1 miles19
Five Points5.7 miles8

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikipedia article on GlennvilleAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q956735The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 331820. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.

Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.