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Glynn County is located in the southeastern part of the U.S. state of Georgia. As of the 2020 census , the population was 84,499. [ 1 ] The county seat is Brunswick . [ 2 ]
Populated places in Glynn County, Georgia (3 C, 2 P) Protected areas of Glynn County, ... Glynco, Georgia; H. Hercules 009 Landfill This page was ...
In 1942, the Naval Air Station Glynco was established on the area now known as Glynco. [2] After the area was no longer used for the Naval Air station (1974), 2,003 acres (8.11 km 2) of the land (including the runway) was used for the Brunswick Golden Isles Airport and 1,500 acres (6.1 km 2) of it for the headquarters of Federal Law Enforcement Training Center (FLETC). [3]
Brunswick (/ ˈ b r ʌ n z w ɪ k / BRUN-zwik) is a city in and the county seat of Glynn County in the U.S. state of Georgia. [4] As the primary urban and economic center of the lower southeast portion of Georgia, it is the second-largest urban area on the Georgia coastline after Savannah and contains the Brunswick Old Town Historic District.
In August 1942, the United States Navy began building the air station on 2,400 acres (9.7 km 2) in the northern part of the county.Named NAS Glynco as an abbreviation of Glynn County, Georgia, it was initially constructed as an operational base for lighter-than-air airships, more commonly known as blimps.
St. Simons Island is the largest of the Golden Isles, with a permanent population of 12,743 as of the 2010 census. Reachable via the F. J. Torras Causeway, the Island is a tourist destination for its beaches, water sports, boating and fishing, golf, nature trails, historical landmarks, shopping, restaurants and nightlife.
Sea Island is a privately-owned, seaside resort island in Glynn County, Georgia, part of the Golden Isles of Georgia, which include St. Simons Island, Jekyll Island, Little St. Simons Island, and the mainland city of Brunswick. Since 2016, Sea Island has been owned by the Broadmoor-Sea Island Company, a subsidiary of the Anschutz Corporation ...
In Stephen King's The Green Mile, John Coffey is wrongfully arrested in the fictional Trapingus County, Georgia. John Birmingham includes a fictional Buttecracke (pronounced Beau-cray) County, Georgia, in his Dave vs. the Monsters series of novels. We Deserve Monuments, by Jas Hammonds, takes place in the fictional Bardell County, Georgia.