Glennville, California

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Glennville
Unincorporated community
Glennville is located in California
Glennville
Glennville
Location in California
Coordinates: Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
Country United States
State California
County Kern County
Elevation[1] 3,176 ft (968 m)

Glennville (formerly, Glenville and Linn's Valley)[2] is an unincorporated community in Kern County, California.[1]

Geography

It is located 30 miles (48 km) north-northeast of Bakersfield,[2] at an elevation of 3176 feet (968 m) in the Sierra Nevada foothills.[1]

History

The Linn's Valley post office opened in 1860, changed its name to Glenville in 1872, and closed in 1874.[2] The Glennville post office opened in 1874.[2] The name honors James M. Glenn, blacksmith and early settler,[2] who settled the area in 1857. [3] Glennville became the trading center for the surrounding valley after the decline of Lavers' Crossing.[2] The original church built in 1866 is the oldest standing church in the county.[4]

Climate

Climate type occurs primarily on the periphery of the true deserts in low-latitude semiarid steppe regions.

Climate data for Glennivlle, CA
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Average high °C (°F) 13
(56)		 14
(58)		 15
(59)		 18
(65)		 23
(74)		 28
(83)		 32
(90)		 32
(89)		 29
(84)		 23
(74)		 17
(63)		 14
(57)		 21.5
(71)
Average low °C (°F) −2
(28)		 −1
(31)		 0
(32)		 2
(35)		 4
(40)		 7
(45)		 11
(51)		 10
(50)		 7
(45)		 3
(38)		 0
(32)		 −2
(28)		 3.3
(37.9)
Average precipitation mm (inches) 94
(3.7)		 84
(3.3)		 79
(3.1)		 48
(1.9)		 20
(0.8)		 5
(0.2)		 0
(0)		 3
(0.1)		 10
(0.4)		 20
(0.8)		 53
(2.1)		 79
(3.1)		 495
(19.5)
Source: Weatherbase [5]

External links

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Glennville, California
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  3. ↑ David W. Kean, Wide Places in the California Roads: The encyclopedia of California's small towns and the roads that lead to them (Volume 1 of 4: Southern California Counties), p. 71
  4. ↑ David W. Kean, Wide Places in the California Roads: The encyclopedia of California's small towns and the roads that lead to them (Volume 1 of 4: Southern California Counties), p. 72
  5. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Retrieved on April 24, 2013.


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