Glenville, Alabama

Glenville, Alabama
Glennville Plantation in a 1935 HABS photo
Glenville, Alabama
Glenville, Alabama
Coordinates: 32°07′44″N 85°10′37″W / 32.12889°N 85.17694°W / 32.12889; -85.17694
CountryUnited States
StateAlabama
CountyRussell
Elevation
463 ft (141 m)
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST))
  Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code334
GNIS feature ID119045
Glennville Historic District
Area544 acres (220 ha)
NRHP reference No.79000402
Added to NRHPAugust 7, 1979

Glenville (also spelled Glennville) is an unincorporated community in Russell County, Alabama, United States which used to be in Barbour County. During the Civil War, Company "H" of the 15th Regiment Alabama Infantry was raised from Barbour and Dale counties and called the "Glenville Guards". The Glennville Historic District, containing the antebellum core of the community, is a historic district listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.