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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