Glencoe, Kentucky
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1950 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Warsaw census division. It lies in ZIP code area 41046. The Survey maps it on the Glencoe quadrangle. 350 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 548 feet above sea level.
Population over time
3 figuresGlencoe grew from 251 to 350 between 2000 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 251 | |
| 2010 | 360 | +109 (+43%) |
| 2020 | 350 | -10 (-3%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 8 printed sheetsMatched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.
- 1950 USGS Glencoe quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Louisville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1964 USGS Louisville quadrangle1:250000
- 1969 USGS Glencoe quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Falmouth quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
4 since 2002Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 4 fires within 5 miles of Glencoe between 2002 and 2017, burning about 53 acres in total. None started naturally. None was recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Reported cause | Fires |
|---|---|
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22 April 2014 | Recreation and ceremony | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | VERA CRUZ |
| 6 March 2002 | Recreation and ceremony | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 28 November 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 45 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | HWY 455 FIRE |
| 11 November 2014 | Recreation and ceremony | 4.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | VERA CRUZ |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Glencoe: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Lead, Barium-Barite, Zinc. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Waits Mine | Lead, Barium-Barite, Zinc | Past Producer | 1904, 1940 |
Storms near this place
27 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Glencoe in 27 storm reports between 1993 and 2022: 16 thunderstorm wind, 5 flood, 3 hail, 3 flash flood. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 2013 | Flash Flood | Glencoe | $30,000 | Rushing water due to heavy rainfall ripped up pavement on Highway 467 between Highway 35 and Route 127. |
| November 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Glencoe | $15,000 | Several large trees were downed. Powerlines were also knocked down and the roof was taken off of a house. |
| July 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Glencoe | $10,000 | Numerous trees were downed due to damaging thunderstorm winds. |
| August 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Glencoe | $5,000 | A few trees were downed. A barn sustained minor damage. |
| October 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Glencoe | $5,000 | Numerous trees and powerlines were blown down throughout town. |
| August 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Glencoe | $5,000 | Numerous trees were knocked down. |
| May 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Glencoe | $3,000 | A few trees were downed on U.S. 127 and Route 455. |
| June 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Glencoe | $3,000 | Trees knocked down along Highway 455 between U.S. 127 and Highway 416. |
| August 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Glencoe | $3,000 | Trees and powerlines were reported down due to damaging thunderstorm winds. |
| January 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Glencoe | $3,000 | Trees were knocked down. |
| February 2021 | Flood | Glencoe | $2,000 | Multiple roads were closed due to high water throughout the county, including U.S. Route 42 and State Route 467. A mudslide was also reported along U.S. Route 42 E. |
| May 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Glencoe | $1,000 | A tree was downed on State Route 16. |
| September 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Glencoe | $1,000 | A large tree was downed. |
| February 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Glencoe | $1,000 | A large tree was knocked down near U.S. 127 near the Owen County line. |
| June 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Glencoe | $1,000 | One tree was knocked down on U.S. Highway 127. |
| June 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Glencoe | $1,000 | A tree was knocked down at Cemetery Road and Highway 127. |
| July 2013 | Flash Flood | Glencoe | $1,000 | Multiple roads were closed across the county. Area creeks were also out of their banks due to heavy rainfall. |
| July 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Glencoe | $1,000 | Large limbs were reported down due to damaging thunderstorm winds. |
| February 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Glencoe | $500 | Some tree limbs were knocked down near the intersections of Highway 16 and Cemetery Road. |
| April 2015 | Flood | Glencoe | - | High water was reported over roadways near Glencoe. |
| April 2015 | Flood | Glencoe | - | Several creeks were out of their banks in the area. Also, some roads were covered with water. |
| April 2015 | Flood | Glencoe | - | Glencoe-Sparta Road to Glencoe-Folsom Road was closed due to flooding. |
| July 2013 | Flood | Glencoe | - | A water rescue occurred at Glencoe-Sparta Road on Eagle Creek due to heavy rainfall. |
| April 1998 | Flash Flood | Glencoe | - | Persistent heavy rainfall caused water to flood across roads. |
| May 2019 | Hail | Glencoe | - | no account filed |
| November 2000 | Hail | Glencoe | - | no account filed |
| April 1993 | Hail | Glencoe | - | no account filed |
Nearest settlements
The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikipedia article on Glencoe | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2288919 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 492891. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.




