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History · Glencoe

Glencoe’s post office opened in 1858, and 19% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1932 on.

1858first post office
0on the National Register
19%homes built before 1940
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How Glencoe began

When was Glencoe founded?

1858

The Glencoe post office opened in 1858, the earliest record of the town by name.

2020 census: 402168 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 writtenNo old photos of Glencoe are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Glencoe’s history is told.

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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 is a town in Buffalo County in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. The population was 402 at the 2020 census. The unincorporated community of Glencoe is located in the town.

Its first post office opened in 1858. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 485 to 402 (-17%).

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

Timeline

Glencoe, 1858 to 1932

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1858Post officeThe Glencoe post office opens
  3. 20th century
  4. 1903Post officeThe Glencoe post office closes
  5. 1932On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
By decade

No old photos in the archives yet

Weddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.

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On the map

Glencoe on the map, 1932 to 1973

Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Glencoe. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.

Glencoe on the 1932 USGS mapGlencoe on the 1973 USGS map1932Gilmanton sheet · 1:62,500

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

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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Winona RyderAmerican actress · b. 1971
Tracy CaulkinsAmerican swimmer, Olympic gold medalist, world … · b. 1963
Callista GingrichU.S. diplomat · b. 1966
Carol BartzAmerican businesswoman · b. 1948
James Earle FraserAmerican artist · b. 1876
William D. MitchellAmerican politician · b. 1874
Places that used to be

Lost post offices, places now gone and burying grounds

Glencoe had its own post office from 1858 to 1903.

Glencoe
1858–1903
18501940today
Gone or out of use
Cowie SchoolschoolFeltes QuarrymineMcWeeney SchoolschoolOak Grove SchoolschoolPecks SchoolschoolUpper Eagle Creek SchoolschoolUpper Irish Valley Schoolschool
2cemeteries and burying grounds inside Glencoe
GlencoeSaint Joseph

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

Stories next door

History across the town line

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

ArcadiaIts storyB−Waumandee1 historic placenot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townCrossIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townMontanaIts 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 1858, 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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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 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.