Glynn County, Georgia

Glynn County is a located in the  of. It is part of the ' ' which encompasses all of, Glynn and counties. As of 2000, the population was 67,568. The 2005 Census Estimate shows a population of 71,874. The is.

History
Glynn county, one of the original eight counties in the state created on February 5, 1777, was named after, a member of the who defended the cause of the American Colonies before the .The  was fought in Glynn County. built which was used a base in the. Home to Glynn Academy Terrors, the second oldest school in Georgia.

Glynn county includes the most prominent of the sea islands of Georgia, including, , and. The Georgia poet immortalized the seacoast there in his poem, "", which begins:


 * Glooms of the live-oaks, beautiful-braided and woven
 * With intricate shades of the vines that myriad-cloven
 * Clamber the forks of the multiform boughs,--
 * Emerald twilights,--
 * Virginal shy lights,
 * Wrought of the leaves to allure to the whisper of vows,
 * When lovers pace timidly down through the green colonnades
 * Of the dim sweet woods, of the dear dark woods,
 * Of the heavenly woods and glades,
 * That run to the radiant marginal sand-beach within
 * The wide sea-marshes of Glynn;--

The former, named for the county, was a major base for s and during. The now uses a substantial part of the former NAS as its main campus.

Geography
According to the, the county has a total area of 1,516 (585 ). 1,094 km² (422 sq mi) of it is land and 422 km² (163 sq mi) of it (27.82%) is water.

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Adjacent counties

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Demographics
As of the of 2000, there were 67,568 people, 27,208 households, and 18,392 families residing in the county. The was 62/km² (160/sq mi). There were 32,636 housing units at an average density of 30/km² (77/sq mi). The racial makeup of the county was 70.66%, 26.45% or , 0.26% , 0.60% , 0.05% , 0.88% from , and 1.09% from two or more races. 2.99% of the population were or  of any race.

There were 27,208 households out of which 30.20% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 49.50% were living together, 14.60% had a female householder with no husband present, and 32.40% were non-families. 27.20% of all households were made up of individuals and 10.10% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.44 and the average family size was 2.95.

In the county the population was spread out with 25.30% under the age of 18, 8.20% from 18 to 24, 27.60% from 25 to 44, 24.50% from 45 to 64, and 14.40% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 38 years. For every 100 females there were 91.70 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 87.50 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $38,765, and the median income for a family was $46,984. Males had a median income of $34,363 versus $23,558 for females. The for the county was $21,707. About 11.60% of families and 15.10% of the population were below the, including 22.10% of those under age 18 and 11.90% of those age 65 or over.

Education
Glynn County's public schools are operated by.

Superfund sites
The, Inc. maintained a facility named "LCP Chemicals" in Glynn County, just outside the corporate limits of Brunswick, which was convicted of dumping 150 tons of into , a tributary of the  and surrounding tidal marshes between the mid-1980s and its closure in 1994. Two executives were sentenced to prison time over the incident.

The LCP facility had been declared a site when it closed in 1994 and was already under scrutiny by the  when Service s discovered  in endangered s on. Fish, shellfish, crabs, and shrimps taken in coastal waters as well as other bird species also contained the toxic metal. The Service traced the source of the contamination to the LCP plant and documented the extent of the damage to wildlife resources–an effort that resulted in the addition of charges to those that would be brought against Hanlin and its officers. Link to EPA information

Other Superfund sites in the area are
 * Brunswick Wood Preserving EPA link
 * Hercules 009 Landfill EPA link
 * Terry Creek Dredge Spoil Areas/Hercules Outfall EPA link