Editing Glenvil, Nebraska (section)

==History==
Glenvil was founded in 1873 when the St. Joseph & Denver City Railroad was extended to that point.<ref>{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=InM_AAAAYAAJ&pg=PA104 | title=History of Hamilton and Clay Counties, Nebraska, Volume 1 | publisher=S.J. Clarke Publishing Company | author=Burr, George L. | year=1921 | pages=104 }}<br>- {{cite web | url=http://www.casde.unl.edu/history/counties/clay/glenvil/ | title=Glenvil, Clay County | publisher=University of Nebraska | work=Center for Advanced Land Management Information Technologies | accessdate=August 3, 2014 | archive-date=August 2, 2015 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150802221926/http://www.casde.unl.edu/history/counties/clay/glenvil/ | url-status=live }}</ref>

The Glenvil post office, first established in 1873 (in the year the settlement was first surveyed<ref name=nrhpdoc-GlenvilleSchool/>) was spelled Glenville until 1914.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?task=display&state=NE&county=Clay | title=Clay County | website=Jim Forte Postal History | accessdate=August 25, 2014 | archive-date=August 26, 2014 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140826120904/http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?task=display&state=NE&county=Clay | url-status=live }}</ref>

Glenvil's population peaked at about 300 in the 1920s, and fell to about half that in 1998.<ref name=nrhpdoc-GlenvilleSchool>{{cite web|url={{NRHP url|id=98001566}}|title=National Register of Historic Places Registration: Glenville School / NeHBS #CY06-00 |publisher=[[National Park Service]]|accessdate=August 10, 2016|author=Melissa Dirr |date=November 1998 }} with {{NRHP url|id=98001566|photos=y|title=six photos from 1998}}</ref>

Glenville's first school was organized during 1871-72 and, like other rural schools, was housed in a wood-frame building. It was demolished by a tornado and rebuilt in 1882. The [[Glenville School (Glenvil, Nebraska)|Glenville School]], the first substantial school in the village, operated from 1903 to 1995 and is listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]].<ref name=nrhpdoc-GlenvilleSchool/>

Glenvil received national attention in 1997 when residents wrote letters to celebrities asking for money to help build a new playground. Letters were sent to billionaire [[Warren Buffett]], comedian [[Robin Williams]], talk show hosts [[Jay Leno]], [[David Letterman]] and [[Oprah Winfrey]]; and Microsoft Chairman [[Bill Gates]] asking for financial help. Gates was the only one who responded as he wrote back and included a check for $5,000. Less than a month after Gates donated the $5,000 Merle Hinrichs, chairman of Asian Sources Media in Hong Kong, mailed a check for $20,000 after project organizers said they needed more money for playground equipment. Hinrichs attended school in Glenvil.<ref>{{cite news |title=ASK A BILLIONAIRE AND YE SHALL RECEIVE |publisher=The Seattle Times |date=December 1, 1997 |pages=D1}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Godden |first1=Jean |title=DOGGONE DODGER FINDS PETCO STORE |publisher=The Seattle Times |date=December 26, 1997 |pages=B1}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Glenvil Youth Pride |url=https://www.gatesfoundation.org/about/committed-grants/1997/10/opp1458 |publisher=The Gates Foundation |access-date=May 6, 2023 |archive-date=May 6, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230506144928/https://www.gatesfoundation.org/about/committed-grants/1997/10/opp1458 |url-status=live }}</ref>