Place:Glenn, California, United States

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NameGlenn
Alt namesGlennsource: Getty Vocabulary Program
TypeCounty
Coordinates39.6°N 122.433°W
Located inCalifornia, United States     (1891 - )
See alsoColusa, California, United StatesParent county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990)
Contained Places
Cemetery
Marvin Chapel Cemetery
Census area
Union ( 1920 - 1920 )
Census-designated place
Hamilton City
Inhabited place
Afton
Alder Springs
Artois
Bayliss
Butte City
Capay
Chrome
Codora
Copper City
Cory
Dogtown
Elk Creek
Fiddlers Green
Fruto
Glenn
Grapit
Jacinto Grange
Jacinto
Jenks Place
Keller Place
Kirkwood
Lone Star
Meyers Place
Mills Orchard
Newville
Norman
Ordbend
Orland
Rotavele
Willows
Wilson Place
source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
source: Family History Library Catalog


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Glenn County is a county located in the U.S. state of California. As of the 2020 census, the population was 28,917. The county seat is Willows. It is located in the Sacramento Valley, in the northern part of the California Central Valley. The Grindstone Rancheria, reservation of the Grindstone Indian Rancheria of Wintun-Wailaki Indians, is located in Glenn County.

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History

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Glenn County split from Colusi County in 1891, from parts of Colusa County. It was named for Dr. Hugh J. Glenn, who purchased in the northest end of Rancho Jacinto in 1867. He became the largest wheat farmer in the state during his lifetime and a man of great prominence in political and commercial life in California.

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Sheriffs

  • Peter Herman Clark (1 Mar 1891- 7 Nov 1894)
  • William H. Sale (7 Nov 1894- 7 Nov 1900)
  • Jack A. Bailey (7 Nov 1900- 7 Nov 1918)
  • Newt Collins (7 Nov 1918- 7 Nov 1922)
  • Roy D. Heard (7 Nov 1922- 7 Nov 1934)
  • Lawrence Atherton Braden (7 Nov 1934- 7 Nov 1940)
  • Roy D. Heard (7 Nov 1940- 7 Nov 1946)
  • Hal Singleton (7 Nov 1946- 27 Dec 1951)- Killed in Car Crash
  • Ben Karanig (27 Dec 1951- 7 Nov 1980)
  • Roger Roberts (7 Nov 1980- 7 Nov 1982)
  • Richard "Rick" Weaver (7 Nov 1982- 7 Nov 1984)
  • Louis K. Donnelley (7 Nov 1984- 7 Nov 1998)
  • Robert "Bob" Shadley (7 Nov 1998- 15 Mar 2005) - Resigned
  • Larry Jones (15 Mar 2005- 7 Nov 2014)
  • Richard L. Warren Jr. (7 Nov 2014- )
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Timeline

Date Event Source
1891 County formed Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1891 Court records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1891 Land records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1891 Marriage records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1891 Probate records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1900 First census Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
1900 No significant boundary changes after this year Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
1955 Birth records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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Population History

source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
Census Year Population
1900 5,150
1910 7,172
1920 11,853
1930 10,935
1940 12,195
1950 15,448
1960 17,245
1970 17,521
1980 21,350
1990 24,798
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Cemeteries

Cemeteries of Glenn County, California, United States

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