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History · Glencoe

Glencoe’s post office opened in 1878

Most of Glencoe was built recently: 0.0% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1995. Below: 2 old photos and papers and maps from 1948 on.

1878first post office
0on the National Register
0.0%homes built before 1940
2old photos & papers
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From Glencoe’s archive · credits on each photo
Quick answers

How Glencoe began

When was Glencoe founded?

1878

The Glencoe post office opened in 1878, the earliest record of the town by name. Two smaller post offices, Musquito (1858) and Musquito Gulch (1873), opened inside today’s town and later closed.

148 years
Founding year: the first Glencoe post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Glencoe’s past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

A history waiting to be writtenOnly 2 old photos are in the public archives. The rest are in attics and albums.Lost villages2 post offices opened and closed inside today’s Glencoe, and 1 old place names are still on the map.
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Start Glencoe’s collection

The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Glencoe’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
00s10s20s30s40s50s60s70s80s90s
0 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.
Date a photo2 archive items have no date. Guess the decade.+2Retake an old viewHistoric American Buildings Survey V. C…: stand where they stood+15Share a family photoSign in to add one+10
Places that used to be

Lost post offices, old corners and places now gone

Glencoe’s post office has been open since 1878. Two other post offices opened and closed inside today’s town.

Musquito
1858–1869
Musquito Gulch
1873–1878
Glencoe
1878–today
18501940today
Hamlets and corners on the map
Alabama Hill
Gone or out of use
Rindge Mine Number Threemine

US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

The story so far

Glencoe, in brief

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Glencoe yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.

Glencoe (formerly Mosquito and Mosquito Gulch) is an unincorporated community in Calaveras County, California, United States. It lies at an elevation of 2,749 feet (838 m) and is located at 38°21′15″N 120°35′06″W. The community's ZIP code is 95232. Glencoe has a population of 145 people. Glencoe was named after Glencoe, Scotland, the site of the Massacre of Glencoe in 1692. Glencoe was formerly called Mosquito, and Mosquito Gulch. The business portion of the town was on the north side of Mosquito Gulch, but not one of the old buildings remains. Currently (As of August 2025) only two businesses remain open in the town, as well as a USPS Post Office and a fire station. The mines were first wo…

Its first post office opened in 1878.

Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.

Timeline

Glencoe, 1858 to 1948

Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.

  1. 19th century
  2. 1858Post officeThe Musquito post office opens
  3. 1869Post officeThe Musquito post office closes
  4. 1873Post officeThe Musquito Gulch post office opens
  5. 1878Post officeThe Musquito Gulch post office closes
  6. 1878Post officeThe Glencoe post office opens
  7. 20th century
  8. 1948On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
By decade

Glencoe, decade by decade

Date unknown2 to date
Historic American Buildings Survey V. Covert Martin Collection, Stockton Original- 1925 Re-photo- April, 1940 GENERAL V…Date?Historic American Buildings Survey V. Covert Martin C…Frame StoreDate?Frame Store
Today2 recent
Willys Jeep at American Legion2023Willys Jeep at American LegionHWY 26 flooded2019HWY 26 flooded
On the map

Glencoe on the map in 1948

The U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Glencoe.

Glencoe on the 1948 USGS map1948Rail Road Flat sheet · 1:24,000

U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Glencoe.

Then & now

Stand where they stood

No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as an old one and they appear here side by side.

Historic American Buildings Survey V. Covert Martin Collection, Stockton Original- 1925 Re-photo- April, 1940 GENERAL V…
Retake this viewHistoric American Buildings Survey V. Covert Martin Collection, Stockton Original- 1925 Re-photo- April, 1940 GENERAL V…

Find the spot, match the angle, and add your photo. It becomes the first then-and-now pair on Glencoe’s page.

Retake this view · +15
Famous people

Famous people close to Glencoe

Nobody well known was born in Glencoe itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.

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Robert Grant AitkenAmerican astronomer · b. 1864
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Ernest GalloAmerican businessman · b. 1909
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Tam O'ShaughnessyAmerican educator, children's science writer, p… · b. 1952
Angelo Joseph RossiAmerican mayor · b. 1878
David HodoAmerican singer · b. 1947
Anthony CaminettiAmerican politician · b. 1854
Stories next door

History across the town line

Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.

Rail Road FlatIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Glencoe’s history

What year was Glencoe founded?

The Glencoe post office opened in 1878, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

Memory lane

What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.

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Sources

Where this page comes from

Founding dates: Wikidata, Wikipedia, the U.S. post office records of Blevins & Helbock (CC0) and the Census. Homes by year built: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register of Historic Places: National Park Service (list of May 22, 2026). Old photos, postcards and papers: Wikimedia Commons, the Library of Congress and other public archives, credited on each item’s page. Maps: U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (via Esri) and Sanborn fire-insurance maps (Library of Congress). History text and census tables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Places that used to be: USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021). How TownRatings grades history →

From Wikimedia Commons (3), the Library of Congress (1), U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, the US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock) and the USGS Geographic Names Information System. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.