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Glencoe, Missouri

Coordinates: 38°32′40″N 90°37′25″W / 38.54444°N 90.62361°W / 38.54444; -90.62361
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Glencoe was an unincorporated community in western St. Louis County, Missouri, United States.[1] It is located on the west side of the Meramec River, north of Eureka in the southern part of Wildwood and is just off Route 109.

History

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Glencoe was named after Glen Coe in Scotland, the site of the Massacre of Glencoe.[2]

References

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  1. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Glencoe, Missouri
  2. ^ Eaton, David Wolfe (1918). How Missouri Counties, Towns and Streams Were Named. The State Historical Society of Missouri. p. 360.
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38°32′40″N 90°37′25″W / 38.54444°N 90.62361°W / 38.54444; -90.62361