Glenn is an unincorporated community

Unincorporated area

In law, an unincorporated area is a region of land that is not a part of any municipality.To "incorporate" in this context means to form a municipal corporation, a city, town, or village with its own government. An unincorporated community is usually not subject to or taxed by a municipal government...

 in Glenn County

Glenn County, California

Glenn County is in the California Central Valley. As of 2010, it had a population of 28,122. The county seat is the city of Willows.-History:Glenn County was formed in 1891 from parts of Colusa County. It was named for Dr. Hugh J...

, California

California

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. It lies at an elevation of 98 feet (30 m).. The town is located on the Sacramento River

Sacramento River

The Sacramento River is an important watercourse of Northern and Central California in the United States. The largest river in California, it rises on the eastern slopes of the Klamath Mountains, and after a journey south of over , empties into Suisun Bay, an arm of the San Francisco Bay, and...

, at the intersection of State Route 45

California State Route 45

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 and State Route 162

State Route 162 (California)

State Route 162 runs roughly west–east from U.S. Route 101 near Longvale, in Mendocino County, to Oroville, in Butte County. For most of its length, it is a two lane, undivided highway...

. It is about ten miles (16 km) east of Interstate 5 and Willows

Willows, California

Willows is the county seat of Glenn County, California. As the county seat, the city is a home to regional government offices, including the California Highway Patrol, California Department of Motor Vehicles and the United States Bureau of Reclamation...

 on the U.S. Geological Survey 7.5-minute quadrangle, Glenn, California. The U.S. Geological Survey, National Geographic Names Database, calls its existence official with a feature ID of 1658621 and lists the NAD27 coordinates of the community as 39°31′19"N 122°00′50"W. The ZIP Code, shared with Ordbend

Ordbend, California

Ordbend is a small unincorporated community about above mean sea level in Glenn County, California. For road traffic, Ordbend is along State Route 45 between Glenn and Hamilton City. It's about eight miles south of Hamilton City. The ZIP Code, shared with Glenn and Bayliss, is 95943. The...

 and Bayliss

Bayliss, California

Bayliss is an unincorporated community in Glenn County, California. It is located east-northeast of Willows, at an elevation of 112 feet ....

, is 95943. The community is inside area code 530

Area code 530

North American area code 530 is a California telephone area code that covers Auburn, Chico, Colfax, Davis, Grass Valley, Marysville, Oroville, Placerville, Redding, Red Bluff, Susanville, Truckee, Woodland, Yuba City and South Lake Tahoe....

. This area is flagged as rural by the U.S. Census Bureau.

Terrain and local landmarks

The area is relatively flat land along the banks of the Sacramento River. A local landmark is the Glenn Post Office on SR45 just north of SR162. Farther north still along SR45 is the local Mennonite Church as there is a modest population of Mennonite farmer families in this area. Another visually disturbing landmark: as of 2004, a local resident within a half mile of SR45 along SR162 had large parts of an Antonov AN-2 fixed wing aircraft in their front yard. Much of the area is agricultural land under cultivation. West of town, there is a natural gas well field possibly operated by Denver-based Venoco, Inc. along SR162 between Glenn and Willows.

Politics

In the state legislature

California State Legislature

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 Glenn is located in the 4th Senate

California State Senate

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 District, represented by Republican

Republican Party (United States)

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 Doug LaMalfa

Doug LaMalfa

Doug LaMalfa is an American politician currently serving in the California State Senate. He is a Republican representing the 4th district, encompassing Del Norte, Siskiyou, Shasta, Trinity, Tehama, Butte, Glenn, Colusa, Sutter, and Yuba counties, as well as parts of Nevada and Placer counties...

, and in the 2nd Assembly

California State Assembly

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 District, represented by Republican Jim Nielsen

Jim Nielsen

James Wiley Nielsen is an American politician from California and a member of the Republican party. Nielsen served on the Yolo County Republican Committee before winning election to the California State Senate in 1978...

. Federally, Glenn is located in California's 2nd congressional district

California's 2nd congressional district

California's 2nd congressional district is a congressional district located in the U.S. state of California. The district contains much of the far northern part of the state, north of Sacramento. It is the largest district by area in California...

, which has a Cook PVI

Cook Partisan Voting Index

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 of R +13 and is represented by Republican Wally Herger

Wally Herger

Walter William "Wally" Herger, Jr. , American politician, has been a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives since 1987, representing the California's 2nd congressional district. The second district is physically large...

.

Sources

• U.S. Geological Survey, National Geographic Names Database.
• Map: U.S. Geological Survey, Glenn, California, 7.5-minute Quadrangle, 1969.
• Map: Road Map of California: 1958, (Sacramento, California: Department of Public Works; Division of Highways, 1958).
• Map: State of California, Division of Oil, Gas, and Geothermal Resources, District 6, Map 620.

External links

• [ftp://ftp.consrv.ca.gov/pub/oil/maps/dist6/620/Map620.pdf Gas and oil well map of area.]