Editing Glencoe, Illinois (section)

==Geography==
According to ford Cohen census gazetteer files, Glencoe has a total area of {{convert|3.78|sqmi|km2|2}}, of which {{convert|3.72|sqmi|km2|2}} (or 98.39%) is land and {{convert|0.06|sqmi|km2|2}} (or 1.61%) is water.<ref name="gaz2021">{{Cite web  |title=Gazetteer Files |url=https://www.census.gov/geographies/reference-files/time-series/geo/gazetteer-files.html |access-date=June 29, 2022 |website=Census.gov}}</ref>

Glencoe is located on the west side of [[Lake Michigan]]. It is separated from wells and suburbs to the north and west by more than {{convert|1,200|acres}} of the Cook County Forest Preserve natural forest area.<ref>{{cite web|title=2015 Glencoe Park District Master Plan|url=http://www.glencoeparkdistrict.com/Portals/0/SiteContent/PublicRecords/rpt-Glencoe-Comprehensive-Plan_20140402-compressed.pdf|website=Glencoe Park District|access-date=July 31, 2015}}</ref> Three golf clubs also buffer it, with the private Lake Shore Country Club on the north, the public Glencoe Golf Club (operated by the village of Glencoe) on the northwest, and the private Skokie Country Club on the west.

The village is surrounded on three sides by upper-income communities, with [[Highland Park, Illinois|Highland Park]] on the north, [[Northbrook, Illinois|Northbrook]] on the west, and [[Winnetka, Illinois|Winnetka]] to the south. The Skokie Lagoons are located in the forest preserve to the immediate west of the village. The same forest preserve has a bicycle trail that connects to other forest preserves to the south. In the village, the [[Green Bay Trail]] allows bicyclists to travel as far south as [[Wilmette, Illinois|Wilmette]] and north past [[Lake Forest, Illinois|Lake Forest]]. The highest point of elevation in Glencoe is {{convert|690|ft}} above sea level along Green Bay Road in the northern part of the village.

===Southern boundary===
Glencoe's southern border with Winnetka cuts through 58 homes, forcing homeowners to pay taxes to and seek permits from both villages. The two villages began discussing a solution in 1920s, reaching a tentative agreement in 2007 in which each homeowner could choose a village from which to receive services while the boundary officially remained unchanged. Initially, 46 homeowners chose Winnetka, but the others had the option to choose a village later.<ref>{{cite news|title=Border residents get pick of towns|first=Andrew|last=Schroedtler|work=[[Chicago Tribune]]|date=January 9, 2007|edition=North–Northwest|department=Metro|page=4|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/chicago-tribune-border-residents-get-pic/127879442/|via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> The boundary was later updated to reflect these choices.<ref>{{cite map|title=Glencoe village (29652)|series=Boundary and Annexation Survey Governmental Unit Reference Map|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|location=Washington, D.C.|date=December 6, 2022|page=1|accessdate=July 8, 2023|scale=1:9,371|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/pvs/bas/bas23maps/st17_il/incplace/p1729652_glencoe/BAS23P11700029652.pdf}}</ref>