The Shire of Glenelg was a local government area about west of Adelaide in South Australia.It had a population of 13,480 at the 2006 census.Its boundaries were created on 3 October 1899 as one of the original 81 local government areas in South Australia under the "Local Government Act 1878".It replaced the cadastral divisions of Elliston, Arns, Glanville, Glanville East, Glanville West, Monckton, Morphettville, and Seaford.In 1909, the eastern part of the shire (the area north of the