Code 28736, assigned mostly to the many vacation homes now built around the lake. The area is now a popular tourist and second home destination, and the lake has many multimillion-dollar homes around it. Lake Glenville is renowned for bass fishing and annually hosts bass fishing tournaments. Smallmouth bass live abundantly in Lake Glenville, as well do lake trout, crappie, largemouth bass, bream, and perch species. Certain species of catfish also live in the lake, mainly "channel cats". There are numerous creeks that produce the water for Lake Glenville, including Cedar creek (Cedar Creek and Bee Tree Creek combined), Mill Creek, Hurricane Creek, and Pine Creek, as well as other natural springs consumed at the base of the lake. Lake Glenville is the highest reservoir east of the Mississippi, with a surface elevation of . The majority of higher income seasonal residents are from Florida or Georgia. It is a popular area due to families seeking refuge from the summer heat of the South. The average summer temperature in Glenville is approximately . This is much lower than the average summer temperatures in the surrounding 100 miles. The town made news in 2014 when Lucy Morgan, who had retired to Glenville, exposed a $49.6 million mortgage fraud/Ponzi scheme being run by developer Domenico Rabuffo while he was in the United States Federal Witness Protection Program. It was the subject of the American Greed episode "Goodfella Gone Bad". References External links Glenville history Populated places established in 1827 Census-designated places in Jackson County, North Carolina Census-designated places in North Carolina 1827 establishments in North Carolina