Glencoe, Oregon

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state = Oregon
region = Washington County
district = Hillsboro
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Glencoe is a neighborhood and former community in Washington County, Oregon, United States. Founded in 1842, the town that was north of Hillsboro, Oregon, died off after 1910 when neighboring North Plains was created. Glencoe is now a neighborhood of Hillsboro, and is the name of the second high school built in Hillsboro, Glencoe High School.

History

Charles McKay took up a land claim north of what became Hillsboro on the Tualatin Plains in 1842.Philpott, Betty. Glencoe community dates to 1842 Scottish settlement. "The Hillsboro Argus", October 19 1976.] He was a former employee of the Hudson’s Bay CompanyBuan, Carolyn M. (1999). "This Far-Off Sunset Land: A Pictorial History of Washington County, Oregon". Donning Company Publishers. Pp. 31-32, 61-62, 137.] who voted at the Champoeg Meetings and fought in the Cayuse War.Corning, Howard M. (1989) "Dictionary of Oregon History". Binfords & Mort Publishing. p. 160.] The Canadian immigrant settled there with his wife and four children, naming it Glencoe after Glen Coe in Scotland in honor of his Scottish roots. McKay would build a gristmill on McKay Creek and later a post office was added to the community. The Reverend Harvey Clark was also an early settler of the community before moving to Forest Grove where he helped to found Pacific University.

William Silvers served as the first post master of Glencoe when the post office opened on January 9 1871, in his store. Glencoe post office was discontinued in 1904.cite book
last = McArthur
first = Lewis A.
authorlink = Lewis A. McArthur
coauthors = Lewis L. McArthur
title = Oregon Geographic Names
origyear = 1928
edition = Seventh Edition
year = 2003
publisher = Oregon Historical Society Press
location = Portland, Oregon
id = ISBN 0-87595-277-1
pages = 405] In 1880, during a large windstorm, the bridge over the creek was destroyed and many trees toppled. During the 1880s a Methodist Church was built in the community along with a drug store and a lodge for the Knights of Pythias. Other business and buildings included a school, shoemaker, barbershop, and many homes.

A blacksmith shop was also located in Glencoe, with Charles Walter as owner from 1890 until 1960. In 1910, a railroad line to Tillamook, Oregon, was built to the north of Glencoe with much of the community relocating one mile north to the new community of North Plains, and Glencoe slowly dying off. Whole buildings were moved to the new town, with the May Brothers mercantile also relocating to North Plains.

Currently

Located on the north-south running Glencoe Road, a continuation of Oregon Route 219 and First Street in Hillsboro, the neighborhood lies along McKay Creek in the northwest portion of Hillsboro. [Trappen, Michelle. Hillsboro country just a cruise away. "The Oregonian", October 28 2007 .] The area includes Glencoe High School (part of the Hillsboro School District) with the Old Scotch Church and Hillsboro Airport nearby. Evergreen Road is another main arterial, running east-west.

References

External links

* [http://www.nwoc5a.org/schools/default.asp?schoolname=Glencoe Glencoe HS sports]
* [http://www.mapquest.com/maps/map.adp?city=Glencoe&state=OR&country=us MapQuest map of Glencoe]
* [http://www.washingtoncountymuseum.org/localhistory/featured-mckay.php Washington County Museum: Charles McKay]