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RINGGOLD COUNTY SCHOOLS

NOTE: Many items pertaining to school news may be found on
Retold Old News web pages, broken down by year.
A Brief History of
    Ringgold County Schools
  Country Schools in Iowa:
    A Brief History
1872 Rules for Teachers
 
 
  Country School
    by Clara Mae Bird
    with footnotes about schoolyard games
1895 Final Exam
    For High School Seniors
  Ringgold County 1927 Boys
    Basketball Tournament
Ringgold County
    1940 Basketball Champs
  Teachers and Educators
    of Ringgold County
ticket

Diagonal
Photograph courtesy of Mike Avitt, January of 2005
This schoolhouse was moved from Taylor County to this site located one mile north of Diagonal on the "High and Dry." By the summer of 2005 the schoolhouse was gone.

Click on the school name to go to that web page.

Ames School
No. 1, Tingley Township
Amity School
No. 1, Washington Township
Badger School, later called
Orchard Hill School, Clinton Twp
Bailey School
No. 8, Lincoln Township
Baird School, near Redding
Clinton Township, est. 1860's
    REDDING -- The following teachers will have
charge of the various schools in Clinton township
: . . .    Baird School, Edna Mekemson.
~ Twice-A-Week News, Sept. 04, 1914
Baumann School
No. 2, Lincoln Township
 
 
 
Beaconsfield Community School
 
Bennett School No. 2
Liberty Township
Benton High School
 
Bethel School
No. 1, Grant Township
Bliss School No. 1
Lincoln Township
Boggs School
Life of Minnie May Calfee, 1942
Bozaris (a.k.a. Shay) School
Benton Twp.
Bridge Academy School
No. 4, Tingley Township
Brubaker School No. 1
Liberty Township
Mrs. Barbara Horne was the teacher
for the 1954-55 school year.
Brush Center (a.k.a. Cornith) School
No. 8, Jefferson Township
 
Brush College School No. 4
Clinton Township
    REDDING -- The following teachers will have charge of the various schools in Clinton township: . .
    Brush College, Anna Cobb.
~ Twice-A-Week News, Sept. 04, 1914

Buffalo Ridge School
No. 8, Benton (Athens?) Township
 
 
 
Bunker Hill School,
Middle Fork Township
Caledonia School
    Caledonia School Site Sign
Cabaret School No. 1,
Grant Township
Caledonia School
No. 2, Lotts Creek Township
Campbell (a.k.a. Fairview) School
Washington Township
Carlton School No. 4
Lincoln Township
Carroll School No. 6, Lincoln Township
    Mrs. Velma Linthicum was the teacher for the school year 1954-55.
Center School No. 5
Liberty Township
 
Center School No. 5
Monroe Township
Center School No. 5
Poe Township
Center School No. 5, Tingley Township
    Became Tingley Independent School
Center School No.2
Riley Township
Chestnut Ridge School No. 4
Middle Fork Township
 
Chicago School (a.k.a. John Scott School)
New Chicago, Athens Twp.
Claton School near Benton
    Miss Ola HARTLEY, teacher of 1900
~ Maloy Centennial Book
    Could possibly be No. 7 School, Benton Township
Clearfield School
Clearfield, Taylor County IA
 
 
Clipper School No. 3
Middle Fork Township
Concord School No. 2
Jefferson Township
Cornith School No. 8
Jefferson Township, near Diagonal
 
Corn Stalk School
No. 6, Athens Township
  formerly John Scott School of New Chicago
Cottonwood School No. 7
Jefferson Township
Cozy Corner School
No. 3, Tingley Township
Crown Point School
No. 3, Rice Township
Delphos High School
Delphos, Iowa
Diagonal Community Elementary School Diagonal Community High School
Dickson or Mount Vernon School No. 2
Union Township
District School No. 4
Liberty Township
District School No. 6
Liberty Township
Dryden School No. 6
Benton Township
Edgewood School No. 6
Washington Township
Eighme School No. 9
Tingley Township 
Eighth Grade Graduates
Ringgold County, 1945
Ellston School
Ellston, Iowa
Elwood School, early 1900's
township unknown
Empire School
Rice Township near Delphos
Empire or Palestine School
Middle Fork Township, 1894
Eureka School
No. 3, Liberty Township
Eureka School No. 8
Rice Township
Fairview School No. 6 (a.k.a. Miller School)
Clinton Township
Fairview (a.k.a. Campbell) School
Washington Township
Flowery Glen School
No. 9, Liberty Township
Foland School
Grand Valley Music/Band Room, Kellerton
presently Grand Valley Community School Museum
Forest Home School
Rice Township
 
 
Gill School,
also called Rose Hill School No. 2
Middle Fork Township
 
 
Grace School No. 7
(a.k.a. Lincoln School, a.k.a. Woodbine School, a.k.a. Taylor School), Jefferson Twp.
Grand Valley Community School, Kellerton, Iowa  
Grant Center School No. 5
Grant Township
Hackberry School
No. 2, Tingley Township
Hall School
rural Kellerton
Harmony School No. 6
Grant Township
Harmony School No. 4
Poe Township
 
Hazel Glen School
No. 8 (Key Stone School)
Washington Township 
Hiawatha School No. 6
Jefferson Township
Hickory Grove School No. 5, Middle Fork Twp.
Highland School No. 5
Athens Township 
 
 
Highland View School
near Maloy, 1880, Benton Twp. - still an independent school district in 1917
Hillside School No. 4
Grant Township
Jackson Corner
Amish School
Jackson Hill School No. 8
Monroe Township
Jagger School
Middle Fork Township, 1894
Jefferson Center School
Jefferson Township
Kalocoma School No. 2
Liberty Township
Kellerton Public School
Kellerton IA
Key Stone
(Hazel Glen School No. 8)
Washington Township
Knowlton School 
Knowlton, Iowa
Laird School
Athens Township
Lee School No. 4
Riley Township
Lesanville School No. 1
Poe Township
Liberty Center School No. 5
Liberty Township
Early Liberty Township
Rural School District
Lincoln School No. 4
 
Lincoln School No. 4
Washington Township
Lincoln Center School No. 5
Lincoln Township
 
Lincoln School No. 6 (a.k.a. White School)
Washington Township
Lincoln School No. 7
(a.k.a. Grace School, a.k.a. Woodbine School, a.k.a. Taylor School), Jefferson Twp.
Lonesome Hollow School
No. 2, Rice Township
 
Lone Star School No. 9
Benton Township
Madock or Modock School No. 5, Riley Twp.
Maloy High School
Maloy, Iowa
Mariner School No. 7
Tingley Township
Maudling School
1/2 mile south of Redding, 1870's
McGraw School No. 6
Union Township
Merritt School No. 3
Athens Township
 
Merritt, Peter School
(a.k.a. Podunk School), Athens Township
Middle Fork School No. 6
Middle Fork Township 
Middle Fork
Parochial School
Miller School No. 5
(a.k.a. Fairview School)
Clinton Township
Mogul School No. 3
Union Township
 
Mortimer School No. 3
Jefferson Township
Mount Ayr Community School, Mount Ayr, Iowa
Mount Vernon or Dickson School No. 2
Union Township
Mountain Brush School
No. 7, Liberty Township
Normal School
Mount Ayr, 1880
 
Nulph School
(a.k.a. Mortimer) No. 3
Jefferson Township
Oak Grove School No. 6
Liberty Township
 
 
Oak Ridge School No. 5
Lotts Creek Township
    Mrs. Evelyn James taught at Oak Ridge School for the year 1954-55.
Orchard Hill School
formerly called Badger School
Clinton Township
Ozier School
near Wirt [present-day Ellston], late 1880's
Paletine or Empire School
Middle Fork Township, 1894
Parker School
Poe Township
Patrick School No. 6
Riley Township
 
Peter MERRITT (a.k.a. Podunk) School
Athens Township
Platte River School
Benton Township
Platte Valley School No. 2
Grant Township
Pleasant Hill School No. 7
Poe Township
Pleasant Valley School
No. 9, Grant Township
Pleasant Valley School No. 3
Lotts Creek Township
Pleasant Valley School
No. 7. Monroe Township
Pleasant Valley School No. 8
Poe Township
Pleasant View School
No. 8, Tingley Township
Podunk (a.k.a. Peter MERRITT) School
Athens Township
 
Poe Center School,
Poe Township
    Miss Edna Wilson, 1902-21 teacher
Prairie Gem School No. 8, Liberty Twp.
    REDDING -- The following teachers will have charge of the various schools in Clinton township: . . .    Prairie Gem School, Inez Parker. Twice-A-Week News, Sept. 04, 1914

Pumptown School
Union Township
 
 
Red Brush School No. 1
Lotts Creek Township
Redding School
Middle Fork Township
Rice Center School, No. 5
    (a.k.a. "Delphos Old School")
Ridgeway Country School
     near Kellerton circa 1920's
Ringgold School No. 6
Lotts Creek Township
Ringgold Country Schools
8th Grade Graduates, 1952
Ringgold County School Superintendents
Sylvia Dolecheck Klejch and Vera F. Dickens
Rooster Bend (a.k.a. Forest Home) School
 
Rose Hill School No. 2
also called Gill Schoo;
Middle Fork Township
Royal Valley School
Middle Fork Township, 1894
 
Rural School
believed to be in Ringgold County, Iowa
Salem School No. 4
Athens Township
Saltzman School No. 6
Poe Township
Sand Creek School No. 1
Union Township
Sand Point School No. 1
Middle Fork Township
____ School No. 3
Lincoln Township
____ School No. 6
Rice Township
 
John Scott School (a.k.a. New Chicago School)
New Chicago, Athens Twp.
Shadle School No. 3
Liberty Township
 
 
 
Shady Grove School
No. 7, Lotts Creek Township
    Mrs. Roberta Garrett taught the 1954-55 year at Shady Grove School.
Shannon City High School
on border of Ringgold County & Union County, Iowa
Shay (a.k.a. Bozaris) School
Benton Township
Shiloh School
Benton Township
Side Hill School No. 4
Liberty Township
Siloam School No. 9
Washington Township
Silver Point School No. 1
Rice Township
South Creek School No. 1
Athens Township
South Central Iowa Academy, Mount Ayr
Spencer School No. 3
Washington Township
    located south of Diagonal, 1st Diagonal school
Stansberry School No. 4
Lotts Creek Township
 
Star Center School No. 5
Washington Township
 
 
Stony Point Country School No. 6
Monroe Township
circa 1922-23
Taylor School No. 7
(a.k.a. Grace School, a.k.a. Woodbine School, a.k.a. Lincoln School)
Jefferson Township
Sunny Side School No. 1
Liberty Township
    Sunnyside School (we believe)
Thompson School No. 1
Riley Township
Timber View Parochial School
one of three Amish Schools
Tingley Center School No. 5
Tingley Township
    see Tingley Independent School
Tingley Independent School
Tingley, Iowa
Tingley Township
Rural Schools
Turkey Grove School
near Ringgold City
Union School (a.k.a. Mortimer) No. 3
Jefferson Township
 
 
Unknown School
1911 - 1912
Kellerton Vicinity - could be Jackson School or John Scott (a.k.a. New Chicago School)
Urbana School No. 9
Poe Township
Walnut Valley School
No. 7, Washington Twp.
Watterson School, No. 5
Lotts Creek Township
West Point School No. 7
Grant Township 
White School
(a.k.a. Lincoln School No. 6)
Washington Township
Willow Grove School
No. 4, Jefferson Township
 
Willow Shade School No. 6
Tingley Township
Wolf Valley School No.3
Riley Township
Woodbine School No. 7
(a.k.a. Grace School, a.k.a. Lincoln School, a.k.a. Taylor School), Jefferson Township
Woodland School No. 9
Monroe Township
 
Zwick School No. 1 [or 3]
Monroe Township
 

 

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