Glynco is an area in Glynn County

Glynn County, Georgia

Glynn County is a county located in the U.S. state of Georgia. As of 2000, the population was 67,568. The 2008 Census Estimate showed a population of 75,884...

, Georgia

Georgia (U.S. state)

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 located on the northwestern edge of Brunswick, GA

Brunswick, Georgia

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. Glynco is a contraction of the words "Glynn County".

In 1942 the Naval Air Station Glynco

Naval Air Station Glynco

Naval Air Station Glynco was an operational naval air station from 1942 to 1974. Now known as Brunswick Golden Isles Airport , it was previously known as Glynco Jetport following NAS Glyncos closure. It is now a public airport located 5 miles north of the city of Brunswick, in Glynn County,...

 was established on the area now known as Glynco. After the area was no longer used for the Naval Air station (1974), 2003 acres (8.1 km²) of the land (including the runway

Runway

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) was used for the Brunswick Golden Isles Airport

Brunswick Golden Isles Airport

Brunswick Golden Isles Airport , previously known as Glynco Jetport, is a county-owned public-use airport located five nautical miles north of the central business district of Brunswick, a city in Glynn County, Georgia, United States...

  and 1500 acres (6.1 km²) of it for a branch of Federal Law Enforcement Training Center

Federal Law Enforcement Training Center

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 (FLETC). FLETC has its own United States Postal Service

United States Postal Service

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 ZIP code

ZIP Code

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, 31524. The US Census lists the 31524 ZIP code as having no residents.