Glencoe’s history is
mostly unwritten
The public archives hold only 2 old photos of Glencoe. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.
The story so far
from Wikipedia & the U.S. CensusGlencoe (formerly Mosquito and Mosquito Gulch) is an unincorporated community in Calaveras County, California, United States. It lies at an elevation of 2,749 feet (838 m) and is located at 38°21′15″N 120°35′06″W. The community's ZIP code is 95232. Glencoe has a population of 145 people. Glencoe was named after Glencoe, Scotland, the site of the Massacre of Glencoe in 1692. Glencoe was formerly called Mosquito, and Mosquito Gulch. The business portion of the town was on the north side of Mosquito Gulch, but not one of the old buildings remains. Currently (As of August 2025) only two businesses remain open in the town, as well as a USPS Post Office and a fire station. The mines were first wo…
Half of its homes were built before 1995.
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Glencoe yet — the old photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.
Intro from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Population and housing: U.S. Census Bureau.
Start Glencoe’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Glencoe’s history is told.
0 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🗓️Date a photo2 archive items have no date+2 🔁Retake an old viewHistoric American Buildings Surve…: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Glencoe, decade by decade
2000
unknown2 items
Nothing in Glencoe is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Glencoe has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is St. George Hotel in Volcano, 6.9 miles away.
Glencoe and the nearest listed places
How a place gets listed
Then & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as Historic American Buildings Survey V. Covert Martin Collection, Stockton Original- 1925 Re-photo- April, 1940 GENERAL V… and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (3) and the Library of Congress (1). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.