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Bourbon County had 111 Rural Schools in the late 1800's to early 1900's. Their moto was that no child should walk more than 1 ½ miles to school. Think we could get away with that now? OFGS was given the original old documents for many of the rural schools and they are housed in filing cabinets, cupboards and notebooks. We have almost a complete selection of High School and college annuals for Fort Scott and many kindergarten, middle school and high school reunions in our "school" section. Some files have pictures of the students were others have the grades the student was given for their work. Some files are newspaper clippings of posed students in front of their schools. Come check out our large collection of school records and see if your ancestor is there.
RURAL SCHOOL & NUMBER 1863-1932
| Africa/Blazing Star, #97 Arab/Rock Ridge, #61 Arlington, #81 Avondale, #8 Baker, #58 Barnesville, #42 Bell, #3 Beltrie/Pleasant Ridge, #39 Berlin, #53 Bethel/Gilfillian, #73 Bethel/West Bethel, #64 Blazing Star/Africa, #97 Boulware/Mt. Sterling, #30 Bronson, #92 Buck Run, #35 Bunker Hill/Hart, #51 Catt, #44 Center, #68 Centerville, #46 Clarksburg/Young, #75 Colburn/Crescent, #102 Cold/Walker Town & Jubilee, #65 Concord/Rockford/Soncord, #71 Coon/Pleasant Valley, #98 Crescent/Colburn, #102 Custard, #34 Davis, #22 Dayton, #16 Devon, #108 Diamond, #103 Diamond-Arcadia/Pleasant Valley, #9 Dry Ridge, #59 East Fairview/Fair View, #88 East Victory/Victory, #111 Fair Mount, #20 Fair View/East Fairview, #88 Fair View/South Fairview, #99 FairView/North Fair View, #89 Fish Creek, #63 Forest Dale/Harding, #12 Fort Lincoln, #49 Fortney, #96 Fulton, #27 Garfield, #93 Garland, #100 Gibson/Greenvalley, #31 Gilfillian, #73 Gish, #13 Glendale, #1 Godfrey, #80 Goff, #25 Gower, #5 Greenvalley/Gibson, #31 Green Valley, #107 Guinn/Gwin/Quinn, #36 Gwin/Quinn/Guinn, #36 Hammond, #104 Hard Pan/Pleasantview, #106 Harding/Forest Dale, #12 Harmony, #83 Harmony/Gower, #5 Harrison, #109 Hart/Bunker Hill, #51 Head/Hog Hollow/Rocky Point/Uniontown High, #4 Heilman/Pleasant Valley, #79 Hiattville, #101 Hog Hollow/Rocky Point/Head/Uniontown High, #4 Humbolt/Karlskint, #52 Humphrey, #15 Hyland/Lamdin/Island, #105 Independence, #85 Independence, #90 Indian Creek/South Indian Creek, #38 Irish Valley/Oak Dale, #17 Island/Lamdin/Hyland, #105 Karlskint/Humbolt, #52 Lamdin/Island/Hyland, #105 Large/Pleasant View, #14 Lath Branch, #54 Liberty, #87 Limestone, #2 Lone Elm, #84 Ludlow, #82 Maple Grove, #69 |
Mapleton, #10 Margrave, #55 Marion, #40 Marmaton, #21 Martin, #43 Mount Hope/New Hope, #11 Mt. Sterling/Boulware, #30 New Hope, #57 New Hope/Mount Hope, #11 Normal Institute, no number North Fair View/FairView, #89 Oak Dale/Irish Valley, #17 Old Hiattville, #18 Orient/Orion, #74 Orion/Orient, #74 Osage Valley/Stevenson, #19 Ozark, #95 Pawnee Station, #23 Pleasant Hill/Redfield/Redfield High, #47 Pleasant Ridge/Beltrie, #39 Pleasant Valley/Coon, #98 Pleasant Valley/Diamond-Arcadia, #9 Pleasantview/Hard Pan, #106 Pleasant View/Large, #14 Poplar Grove, #94 Porterville, #77 Primn/Rock, #50 Quinn/Guinn/Gwin, #36 Redfield/Pleasant Hill/Redfield High, #47 Redfield High/Redfield/Pleasant Hill, #47 Rock/Umstead, #60 Rock Creek/Star, #29 Rock Ridge/Arab, #61 Rock Vale/Rocky Vale, #78 Rockford/Concord/Soncord, #71 Rocky Point/Head/Hog Hollow/Uniontown High, #4 Rocky Point/Tennyson, #91 Rocky Vale/Rock Vale, #78 Rolling Prairie, #72 Ruble, #66 Scofield/Scholfield, #37 Scholfield/Scofield, #37 Shiloh, #67 Soncord, #71 Spring, #65 Soncord/Rockford/Concord, #71 South Fairview/Fair View, #99 South Indian Creek/Indian Creek, #38 Square Top, #33 Star/Rock Creek, #29 Stevenson/Osage Valley, #19 Tennyson/Rocky Point, #91 Turkey Creek, #26 Umstead/Rock, #60 Union, #48 Union Bend, #7 Union Center, #32 Uniontown, #70 Uniontown High/Head/Hog Hollow/Rocky Point, #4 Victory/West Victory, #110 Victory/East Victory, #111 Walker Town & Jubilee/Cold Walnut Hill, #62 West Bethel/Bethel, #64 West Liberty, #6 West Plain, #56 West Victory/Victory, #110 White/White Hall, #24 White Hall/White, #24 Wilson/Banner, #41 Xenia, #28 York, #86 York Center, #45 Young/Clarksburg, #75 Zion, #76; |
FORT SCOTT SCHOOLS, #55
| Central/Eddy/Fort Scott High School/Ivy/Main/ Margrave/Plaza/Washington |
Bourbon County School Districts were created where children would never walk more than a mile-and-a-half from home to school. This created 111 districts throughout the county. School names have changed because of community name changes, schools merged as it was easier for students to get to school, loss of a school house, communities that moved (yes this happened more often than we would think), etc.
OFGS has a large number of student records for most of the schools. Some records are the teacher's hardbound books and others are folders with student pictures.
Please contact OFGS for a possible photograph of the students in a particular school. These are sketchy, but there is a chance your ancestor will be in the photo.
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