Greenville was settled in the late 1700's. Greenville is a small village outside the town of Yarmouth. The first person to live there was a Kelly. The first records show that she may have come from Birchtown (a loyalist community in Shelburne). Greenville was originally known as the Salmon River Settlement afterwards it was known as the Dyes Road Settlement. As they moved on it was known as present day Greenville. The church in Greenville was built in 1893. There are three graveyards: one next to the church, one at the bottom of the road, one by Dyes road.