Glenn county sits approximately 100 miles north of Sacramento at the northern end
of the Central Valley of California. With 1,188 farms, agriculture remains the
key to Glenn County’s economy. Its major commodities are rice, almonds, milk products,
prunes and livestock. Glenn County was incorporated on March 5, 1891.
The County seat, Willows, was created March 11, 1891. The county was created out
of the northern portion of Colusa County and was named for Dr. Hugh J. Glenn,
who was the largest wheat farmer in the state during his lifetime, and a man of
great prominence in political and commercial life in California. It has a population
of 26,950. The northern portion of the county is in the Mendocino National
Forest. |
California Historical and Genealogical
Resources
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Glenn County Recorder & Clerk (Records after 1891) 526 West Sycamore Street, Willows, CA 95988 530 - 934 - 6412 P.O. Box 391, Willows, CA 95988 - 0391 |
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History
Of Colusa and Glenn Counties, California
History by: Charles Davis McCormish and Mrs. Rebecca T. Lambert Historic Record Company, Los Angeles, California, 1918 |
This Site contains thousands of Documents Scanned and Donated by the Willows Cemetery District! You will find Biographies, Burial Cards, Burial Permits, Death Certificates, Family Group Sheets, Data and Pictures, Memorial Cards & News Articles and Obituaries.
