Glenville Connecticut Map

About Glenville, Connecticut

Glenville is a locality in Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States. It has a population of approximately 2,762. The population density is 1421.9 people per km². Glenville is located at 41.0354°N, 73.6599°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP code: 06831.

Glenville emerges from the low, damp basins where the Byram River carves a persistent path through the granite-strewn soil of the Connecticut landscape. It lies 6.4 miles west of Stamford, CT (from Stamford, CT: bearing 259°T), and is situated 8.5 miles east of Greenburgh. Water here holds a heavy, silver quality, mirroring the industrial remnants that linger in the shadows of Pemberwick Park. Beyond these immediate banks, the land rises in modest, wooded swells toward the distant elevation of Round Hill, while the humid air carries a faint, salt-tinged memory of Port Chester Harbor only three miles to the south. The light at dusk settles thick and golden over the mossy stone walls that partition the second-growth woods, lending a quiet, enduring permanence to a geography defined by the steady, patient movement of the river.

Glenville bears the quiet weight of its origins as a center of manufacturing, where the relentless energy of the water once powered mills that turned raw fiber into the fabric of a growing nation. The local economy has long since shifted from the clatter of machinery to the hushed, professional rhythms of modern life, yet the architecture remains anchored in the sturdy, unadorned forms of the past. Residents move through their days with a focus on the practical, walking near the quiet basin of Rye Lake or looking toward the horizon where Rich Island suggests the proximity of the coast. It is a place that values the steady accumulation of time, where the legacy of the old mill town persists not in clamor, but in the enduring, deliberate pace of the streets.

About This Glenville Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Glenville, Connecticut. Coordinates: 41.035375, -73.65985. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service. Real-time local and world news feeds keep the page current.

Detailed location data for Glenville includes the ZIP code (06831), telephone area code (203, 475, 860, 959), county seat of Fairfield County (Bridgeport), and school district assignment (Greenwich School District).

Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.