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Glencoe

Ghost town · Dodge County, Nebraska

Snyder quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1966, 1:24,000)
Snyder quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1966, 1:24,000) · U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection · Public domain

Glencoe is a ghost town in Dodge County, Nebraska. It is the only former community in Dodge County recorded on the federal names register, out of 89 across Nebraska.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Glencoe as a historical populated place on the Snyder topographic quadrangle: the name is no longer in official use for a community, whether the settlement was abandoned, absorbed into a neighbouring town or renamed. The recorded location is 41.6542° N, 96.8489° W.

Key facts

USGS quadrangleSnyder
Elevation1,437 ft
Nearest living townSnyder, NE
Distance to it4.7 miles
GNIS feature ID1892699
Coordinates41.65417, -96.84892

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What's there now

Glencoe is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Snyder, NE (population 345), about 4.7 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 1,437 feet above sea level. Much of the land around former townsites is private; check access before you visit.

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