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Glenville, Minnesota

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Glenville City. It lies in ZIP code area 56036. The Survey maps it on the Glenville quadrangle. 568 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,234 feet above sea level.

Glenville within Freeborn County

Population over time

2 figures

Glenville fell from 643 to 568 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
2010643
2020568-75 (-12%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 10 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.

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Glenville: 3 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Jenson Pit & PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Olson Pit Wash Plant & MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Ulland PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Freeborn County

Storms near this place

12 since 2001

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Glenville in 12 storm reports between 2001 and 2024: 7 hail, 2 tornado, 1 flood, 1 thunderstorm wind. 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
May 2001Tornado (F2)Glenville$20,000,000Tornado first touched down on the western fringe of Glenville, and produced major damage, especially on the northwest side of Glenville. There were 25 homes that sustained major damage, and 70 with minor damage. Damage survey indicated F2 damage on northwest side of Glenville, with F1 damage along rest of path.
May 2019Tornado (EF0)Glenville-A National Weather Service storm survey indicated that an EF-0 tornado touched down on the northern side of Glenville and tracked north-northwest. It only lasted for about a minute, with a path of less than a mile and a max width of 50 yards. No structural damage was observed, but numerous trees were snapped or uprooted.
May 2018Funnel CloudGlenville-A skinny, rope-like funnel was photographed near Glenville. It appeared to be close to the ground, but it was not possible to determine if it actually reached the ground. Photo relayed by KAAL-TV.
July 2011Thunderstorm WindGlenville-Some trees and power lines were blown down near Glenville, Minnesota.
March 2010FloodGlenville-U.S. Highway 65 southbound was closed due to flood waters between Minnesota 13, and County Road 91.
June 2007HailGlenville-Intersection of County Roads 13 and 25.
September 2024HailGlenville-no account filed
May 2022HailGlenville-no account filed
April 2011HailGlenville-no account filed
August 2007HailGlenville-no account filed
October 2006HailGlenville-no account filed
September 2001HailGlenville-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Freeborn 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
Murtaugh3.1 miles10
Gordonsville4.4 miles10
Stoney Creek Estates4.8 miles10
Hayward5.7 miles9
Myrtle6.3 miles9
Petran7.0 miles9
Albert Lea7.0 miles10
Twin Lakes7.6 miles10

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 GlenvilleAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q936497The 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 644184. 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.

Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.

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.