Editing Glencoe, Oklahoma

{{Short description|Town in the United States}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=May 2024}}
{{Infobox settlement
|name                     = Glencoe, Oklahoma
|settlement_type          = [[Town]]
|nickname                 = Gem of Payne County
|motto                    = "How do you build history?"
<!-- Images -->
|image_skyline            = Entrance to Glencoe, Oklahoma from Lela, Oklahoma.jpg
|image_caption            = Glencoe, as seen coming from Lela
|image_flag               = 
|image_seal               =
<!-- Maps -->
|image_map                = Payne County Oklahoma incorporated and unincorporated areas Glencoe highlighted.svg
|mapsize                  = 260px
|map_caption              = Location within [[Payne County, Oklahoma|Payne County]] and [[Oklahoma]]
<!-- Location -->
|subdivision_type         = [[List of sovereign states|Country]]
|subdivision_name         = United States
|subdivision_type1        = [[U.S. state|State]]
|subdivision_name1        = [[Oklahoma]]
|subdivision_type2        = [[List of counties in Oklahoma|County]]
|subdivision_name2        = [[Payne County, Oklahoma|Payne]]
<!-- Government -->
|government_footnotes     = 
|government_type          = Mayor-City Council
|leader_title             = Mayor
|leader_name              = Shawna Bales
|leader_title1            = 
|leader_name1             = 
|established_title        = 
|established_date         =
<!-- Area -->
|area_footnotes           = <ref name="TigerWebMapServer">{{cite web|title=ArcGIS REST Services Directory|url=https://tigerweb.geo.census.gov/arcgis/rest/services/TIGERweb/Places_CouSub_ConCity_SubMCD/MapServer|publisher=United States Census Bureau|accessdate=September 20, 2022}}</ref>
|area_total_sq_mi         = 1.71
|area_land_sq_mi          = 1.67
|area_water_sq_mi         = 0.04
|area_total_km2           = 4.43
|area_land_km2            = 4.34
|area_water_km2           = 0.10
|unit_pref                = Imperial
<!-- Population -->
|population_as_of         = [[2020 United States census|2020]]
|population_footnotes     = 
|population_total         = 499
|population_density_sq_mi = 298.09
|population_density_km2   = 115.09
<!-- General information -->
|timezone                 = [[North American Central Time Zone|Central (CST)]]
|utc_offset               = -6
|timezone_DST             = CDT
|utc_offset_DST           = -5
|elevation_footnotes      = <ref name=gnis/>
|elevation_ft             = 1043
|coordinates              = {{coord|36|13|54|N|96|55|53|W|region:US_type:city|display=inline,title}}
|postal_code_type         = [[ZIP code]]
|postal_code              = 74032
|area_code                = [[Area code 580|580]]
|blank_name               = [[Federal Information Processing Standard|FIPS code]]
|blank_info               = 40-29400 <ref name="GR2">{{cite web |url=https://www.census.gov |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] |access-date=January 31, 2008 |title=U.S. Census website }}</ref>
|blank1_name              = [[Geographic Names Information System|GNIS]] feature ID
|blank1_info              = 2412684<ref name=gnis>{{GNIS|2412684}}</ref>
|website                  = 
|footnotes                = 
}}

'''Glencoe''' is a town in northern [[Payne County, Oklahoma|Payne County]], [[Oklahoma]], United States. The population was 601 at the 2010 census, an increase of 3.1 percent from the figure of 583 in [[United States Census, 2000|2000]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://censusviewer.com/city/OK/Glencoe |title=CensusViewer:Population of the City of Glencoe, Oklahoma |access-date=March 29, 2012 |archive-date=June 15, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130615152705/http://censusviewer.com/city/OK/Glencoe |url-status=dead }}</ref> Glencoe is a midway point between [[Pawnee County, Oklahoma|Pawnee County]] and [[Stillwater, Oklahoma|Stillwater]], which is the county seat.

==History==
Glencoe was founded in 1899 with the establishment of the Glenco Post Office on the Eastern Oklahoma Railway. The first lots were sold on April 15, 1900. After J. Hunter Williams, editor of the ''Glencoe Mirror'', was named postmaster on January 4, 1901, he persuaded the U.S. Post Office Department to change the spelling of the town's name to Glencoe.{{efn|[[Glen Coe]] is a glen in Scotland where soldiers commanded by a Captain Campbell once [[Massacre of Glencoe|massacred members of the Clan MacDonald]].<ref name="EOHC-Glencoe"/>}} Also that year, Glencoe was reported to be a [[sundown town]], prohibiting African Americans from living or stopping in the town.<ref>{{cite news|title=Race War Feared|work=Stark County Democrat|location=Canton, Ohio|agency=News-Democrat Wire Service|date=June 25, 1901|page=6|url=https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn84028490/1901-06-25/ed-1/seq-6/|via=Chronicling America|quote=[[United States Marshals Service|United States marshal]]s have been ordered to Glencoe, Oklahoma, to try to prevent a race war. People have never allowed negroes to live or stop there. When the [[Panhandle and Santa Fe Railway|Santa Fe Railway company]] brought forty negro laborers there to work they were visited by a committee of citizens who warned them to leave under penalty of a visit from vigilants with ropes, if they failed to go further. Trouble is feared.}}</ref> In its early history Glencoe served as a trading center for the area and agriculture was the mainstay of the local economy.  On January 22, 1914, a fire swept through downtown and destroyed most of the business district.  While some businesses were rebuilt, the town's future growth was negatively affected by the fire.<ref name="EOHC-Glencoe">[http://www.okhistory.org/publications/enc/entry.php?entry=GL005 Carla S. Chlouber, "Glencoe," ''Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture'']- Accessed  July 3, 2008.</ref>

==Geography==
According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the town has a total area of {{convert|0.8|sqmi|km2}}, all land. The town is {{convert|7|miles|km}} east of [[Stillwater, Oklahoma|Stillwater]], the county seat, on [[Oklahoma State Highway 51|State Highway 51]] and {{convert|8|miles|km}} north on [[Oklahoma State Highway 108|State Highway 108]].<ref name="EOHC-Glencoe"/>

Glencoe is a hub for northern Payne County and southern [[Noble County, Oklahoma|Noble County]] and serves as the principal community for the area. With deep historical ties to agriculture, the culture of the town is based around the traditions that accompany farming.

Glencoe is located approximately 5.8 miles from Lake Lone Chimney, on the border between Payne and [[Pawnee County, Oklahoma|Pawnee]] counties. The lake historically served as a recreational outlet for the town, drawing in sportsmen for tournaments and other outdoors event. Following the drought which ravished the region in the early 2010s, the lake experienced dramatic water losses and as a result, the economy and culture of the town was negatively impacted.

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|1910= 373
|1920= 354
|1930= 297
|1940= 337
|1950= 309
|1960= 284
|1970= 421
|1980= 490
|1990= 473
|2000= 583
|2010= 601
|2020= 499
|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census<ref name="DecennialCensus">{{cite web |url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html|title=Census of Population and Housing|publisher=Census.gov|access-date=June 4, 2015}}</ref>
}}
As of the [[census]]<ref name="GR2" /> of 2000, there were 583 people, 233 households, and 164 families residing in the town. The population density was {{convert|740.9|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 261 housing units at an average density of {{convert|331.7|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. The racial makeup of the town was 90.74% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 0.17% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 4.46% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 0.51% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 4.12% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 0.69% of the population.

There were 233 households, out of which 34.8% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 57.5% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 11.6% had a female householder with no husband present, and 29.2% were non-families. 27.0% of all households were made up of individuals, and 12.4% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.50 and the average family size was 3.02.

In the town, the population was spread out, with 27.6% under the age of 18, 8.7% from 18 to 24, 27.1% from 25 to 44, 23.2% from 45 to 64, and 13.4% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 37 years. For every 100 females, there were 84.5 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 80.3 males.

The median income for a household in the town was $30,658, and the median income for a family was $35,769. Males had a median income of $24,219 versus $20,938 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the town was $12,643. About 6.4% of families and 8.1% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 6.8% of those under age 18 and 15.5% of those age 65 or over.

==Culture==
{{unreferenced section|date=October 2023}}
The culture of the town is widely influenced by traditions of the [[Southern United States]]. Festivals and carnivals are an annual event in which people from all over the region come to take part in the events.

Glencoe, located within the [[Bible Belt]], is predominantly [[Evangelical]] Protestant with a majority of the townspeople either following teachings that correlate to the [[United Methodist]], [[Southern Baptist]], or Nondenominational churches. Despite the differences, all congregations within the town part-take in the Ministerial Alliance, to which churches come together often to focus on the theological similarities.

Glencoe was the setting for an independent film, "Left of Center," based on the book by Brandi Hodges.

==Education==

Glencoe is located approximately 16.7 miles from [[Oklahoma State University]] to which many residents hold as an alma mater or employer.

Glencoe is home to a Class A school system. Glencoe High School has been given an 'A' value on the annual state report cards which are assigned by the [[Oklahoma Department of Education]].

==Sports==

Glencoe has strong ties to basketball, baseball and softball. Glencoe is known statewide for its local basketball program, which won the state champion title in years pasts, as well as three consecutive times in the years 2013, 2014, and 2015. Glencoe was also state champions in basketball in 2006 and in 2022.{{citation needed|date=October 2023}}

==Notes==
{{notelist}}

==See also==
* [[List of sundown towns in the United States]]

==References==
{{Reflist|30em}}

==External links==
{{commons category|Glencoe, Oklahoma}}
* [http://www.okhistory.org/publications/enc/entry.php?entry=GL005 ''Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture'' - Glencoe]

{{Payne County, Oklahoma}}

{{authority control}}

[[Category:Towns in Payne County, Oklahoma]]
[[Category:Towns in Oklahoma]]
[[Category:Populated places established in 1900]]
[[Category:Sundown towns in Oklahoma]]