Glynco is an area in
Glynn County,
Georgia
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located on the northwestern edge of
Brunswick, Georgia
Brunswick ( ) is a city in and the county seat of Glynn County, Georgia, Glynn County in the U.S. state of Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia. As the primary urban and economic center of the lower southeast portion of Georgia, it is the second-larges ...
. Glynco is a
portmanteau
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History
In 1942, the
Naval Air Station Glynco was established on the area now known as Glynco. After the area was no longer used for the Naval Air station (1974), of the land (including the
runway
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) was used for the
Brunswick Golden Isles Airport and of it for the headquarters of
Federal Law Enforcement Training Center
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(FLETC). FLETC has its own
United States Postal Service
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ZIP code, 31524. The
US Census
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lists Glynn County, Georgia as having 85,219 residents.
References
Geography of Glynn County, Georgia
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