Glencoe, Queensland

Glencoe
Queensland

Rural home and fields, 2014
Glencoe
Coordinates 27°27′S 151°52′E / 27.450°S 151.867°E / -27.450; 151.867Coordinates: 27°27′S 151°52′E / 27.450°S 151.867°E / -27.450; 151.867
Population 385 (2011)[1]
Postcode(s) 4352
LGA(s) Toowoomba Region
State electorate(s)
Federal Division(s) Groom
Suburbs around Glencoe:
Gowrie Little Plain Gowrie Little Plain
Lilyvale
Meringandan West
Cutella Glencoe Cawdor
Kingsthorpe Gowrie Junction
Kingsthorpe
Gowrie Junction

Glencoe is a locality in the Toowoomba Region local government area of the Darling Downs in southern Queensland, Australia.[2] At the 2011 Australian Cenus Glencoe and surrounds recorded a population of 385.[1]

The area was once known as Gowrie Scrub.[3]

Amenities

Bethlehem Lutheran Church, Glencoe, 2007

The Bethlehem Lutheran Church opened in 1880 and celebrated its 125th anniversary in 2005.[4]

Lutheran cemetery, Glencoe, 2007

Two cemeteries are located adjacent to one another in Glencoe Road. One is associated with the neighbouring Lutheran Church; the other is a non-denominational cemetery operated by the Toowoomba Regional Council.[5]

References

  1. 1 2 Australian Bureau of Statistics (31 October 2012). "Glencoe (State Suburb)". 2011 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 11 November 2014.
  2. "Glencoe (entry 47949)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 12 November 2014.
  3. "Glencoe". Queensland Places. Centre for the Government of Queensland, University of Queensland. Retrieved 11 November 2014.
  4. Bethlehem Lutheran Church (Glencoe, Qld.) (2005), Bethlehem Lutheran Church : Glencoe 125th anniversary : 1880-2005, Glencoe Lutheran Church, ISBN 978-1-921151-09-5
  5. "Glencoe". Toowoomba Regional Council. Retrieved 11 November 2014.

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