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Educators

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Town Schools

Harpers Ferry

Lansing

New Albin

Postville

Rossville - see below in Jefferson twp. school records
Volney - see below in Franklin twp. school records
Waterville - see below in Paint Creek twp. school records

Waukon

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Country Schools
Note: locations given may be approximate

Sources used for the locations: 1886 Warner & Foote plat, 1903 Waukon Standard plat, 1917 Waukon Standard plat & the 1917 Anderson Publishing Co. plat; and various other sources as credited on the individual pages.

Miscellaneous country school records & photos - Be sure to check these files as they usually have info. from more than one school!

Center township
Fairview township
  • Ion school - Section 24, village of Ion, across from the public square (1886 Warner-Foote Plat) - misc. school notes
  • Fairview No. 1 - location needed
  • Fairview No. 2 - Section 15, SW corner (1886 Warner-Foote Plat)
  • Fairview No. 3 - Section 33, along Yellow River, abt 1 mi. S of school in Section 18 (1903 Waukon Standard Plat, 1917 Anderson Plat)
  • Fairview No. 4 - Section 15, SW of village of Johnsons Port (1903 Waukon Standard Plat)
  • Fairview No. 5, Section 18, east side on bountry with Section 17 (1886 Warner-Foote Plat & 1917 Anderson Plat)
  • Fairview No. ?, Section 28, along Yellow River, abt 1 mi. N of school #3 (1903 Waukon Standard Plat)
  • Fairview No. 7 - location needed
  • Fairview No. 8 Irish Ridge school, Section 25 not far south of Ion and just north of boundry with Sect. 36 (1886 Warner-Foote Plat, 1903 Waukon Standard Plat & 1917 Anderson Plat). The school was 9 mi. east of Monona, Clayton co. - misc. school notes
Franklin township

Important note! The locations & school number of Franklin twp. country schools should be independently verified as not all of the plat maps ID the school by number.

French Creek township
Hanover township
  • Hanover No. 1, Section 9 (1886 plat map) and Section 10 (1903 plat map) - misc. info.
  • Hanover No. 2, Section 29 - Photos & misc. data
  • Hanover No. 3, Section 23 (1886 & 1903 plat maps) and Section 14 (1917 plat map) - photo/info. needed
  • Hanover No. 4, Section 26 - Photo of school children ca1930/1931
  • Iowa River School, Section 5 (not on 1886 plat map, appears on 1903 & 1917 plat maps) - photo/info. needed
  • Vosse Vagen School - Section 6 (1886 plat map) - photo/info. needed

Iowa township
Jefferson township
  • County Superintendent's School Notes - 1872 - includes Rossville school notes
  • Jefferson twp. No. 1, Section 12 (1886 Warner & Foote plat)
  • Jefferson twp. No. 2, east side of Section 8 (1886 Warner & Foote plat, 1917 Anderson plat)
  • Jefferson twp. No. 3, Section 18 (1886 Warner & Foote plat, 1917 Anderson plat) - Constructed c1880's, undated photo
  • Jefferson twp. No. 4, at the 4-corner intersection of Sections 15, 16, 21 & 22 (1886 Warner & Foote plat, no number assigned to this school on the 1917 Anderson plat)
    Jefferson twp. No. 4, Section 23 (1886 Warner & Foote plat - 2 schools noted to be No. 4 on the 1886 plat; noted to be #4 on the 1917 Anderson plat)
  • Rossville school, Jefferson twp. No. 7, west side Section 26 (1886 Warner & Foote plat; 1917 Anderson plat) - 1935 schoolchildren photo & school house photos
  • Jefferson twp. No. 8, east side Section 29 (1886 Warner & Foote plat, 1917 Anderson plat)
LaFayette township
Lansing township
  • Lansing twp. No. 2 - Shown on the 1875 Andreas Atlas and 1886 Warner-Foote plat in Section 20
  • Calhoun school, Lansing twp. No. 3 / Church (Churchtown) school - 1875 Andreas Atlas in Section 30 & 1886 Warner-Foote plat in Section 32 - 1905 report card * Photo of schoolmates, ca 1915
  • Lansing twp. No. 4 - Shown on the 1875 Andreas Atlas and 1886 Warner-Foote plat in Section 26
  • Lansing twp. No. 5 - Shown on the 1886 Warner-Foote plat & 1903 Waukon Standard map in Section 15
  • Van Coulee / Van Cooley school Lansing twp. Section 12 - Photo & Carrie Reed 1891 report card
  • Lansing twp. No. 7 - Section 28 on the 1903 Waukon Standard map

Linton township
  • County Superintendent's School Notes - 1872 - includes several Linton twp. schools
  • Egan school, Linton twp. No. 1 - in the south of Section 2 (1886 plat map) - photo/info. needed
  • Big Foot school, Linton twp. No. 2 - NE corner Section 7 (1886 plat & 1917 Anderson Publishing Plat)
  • Figgie school, Linton twp. No. 3 - SE corner Section 29 -1886 plat & 1917 Anderson Publishing Plat - pupil photo (ca 1932-1935)
  • Sixteen school, Linton twp. No. 4 - Section 16; Photos * Teachers 1906-1958 * Students 1930-1958 * misc. items
  • Suttle Creek school, Linton twp. No 5 - Section 19 along Suttle Creek (1886 plat & 1917 Anderson Publishing Plat) - photo/info. needed
  • Linton twp. No. 6 - Section 26 (1886 plat map), Section 27 (1917 Anderson Publishing Plat) - misc. info.
  • Linton twp. No. 7 - Section 13 (1917 Anderson Publishing Plat)
  • Linton twp. No. 8 - Section 25, on the southern border with Section 26 (1886 plat map) - photo/info. needed

Ludlow township
  • Ludlow No. 1, SW corner of Section 1 (1886 & 1917 plat maps) - misc. info.
  • Ludlow No. 2, SE corner of Section 4 (1886 & 1917 plat maps) - misc. info.
  • Ludlow No. 3, Krumme school, Section 6 - photo & misc. info.
  • Ludlow No. 4, SE corner of Section 18 (1886 & 1917 plat maps) - misc info.
  • Ludlow No. 5, NE corner of Section 21 (1886 & 1917 plat maps) - misc. info.
  • Ludlow No. 6, NE corner of Section 23 (1886 & 1917 plat maps) - misc. info.
  • Ludlow No. 7, SE corner of Section 26 (1886 & 1917 plat maps) - misc. info.
  • Ludlow No. 8, SW corner of Section 27 (1886 & 1917 plat maps) - misc. info.
  • Ludlow No. 9, NE part of Section 31 (1886 & 1917 plat maps)
  • German Presbyterian Parochial School, north central Section 9 (1886 plat map) - photo/info. needed

Makee township
  • Elk school, SW corner of Section 27, at the intersection of Sections 27, 28, 33 & 34
  • Fan school, SE corner of Section 26, at the intersection of Sections 25, 26, 35 & 36 - photos & history
  • Hanson school #4, Section 22, north central area - photos & misc. data
  • Howard school, Section 8, center of the section
  • Lycurgus school, Section 2, northwestern part, on the Church road - history & photos of school / school children
  • Makee school, Section 18, not far north of the section 19 boundry
  • Paulk school, intersection of Sections 20, 21, 28 & 29 on Village Creek

Paint Creek township
  • Cherry Mound school, Section 33 (1886 Warner & Foote plat map, 1917 Anderson plat)
  • Cross Roads school, Section 29 (1886 Warner & Foote plat map, 1917 Anderson plat) - may be aka Big Foot school
  • Dahl school, Section 13 (1886 Warner & Foote plat map, 1917 Anderson plat)
  • Grimsgaard school, Section 15 (1886 Warner & Foote plat map, not on 1917 Anderson plat)
  • Ness school, Section 9 (1886 Warner & Foote plat map, 1917 Anderson plat)
  • Northwest school, Section 6 (1886 Warner & Foote plat map, 1917 Anderson plat)
  • Paint Creek school, Section 25 boundry with Section 36 (1886 Warner & Foote plat map, 1917 Anderson plat)
  • School, Section 18 (1917 Anderson plat), no other identification given for this school
  • Storla school, Section 11 (1886 Warner & Foote plat map, 1917 Anderson plat)
  • Waterville school:
    Waterville High School 1923-1960 - history, graduates, teachers, superintendents, principals, board, janitors, cooks Waterville HS Class of 1956 - roster & photos of the class
    Waterville undergraduates: kindergarten - junior class, 1960
    Waterville school records & photos - misc. years

Post township
Taylor township
  • Climax school, center of Section 17 (1886 & 1917 plat maps) * Picnic at Climax school, 1910 * Records, misc. yrs.
  • Excelsior school, SW corner, Section 5 (1882 & 1917 plat maps)
  • Mound school, SE corner, Section 3 (1886 & 1917 plat maps)
  • Paint Rock / Paint Creek school, NW corner Section 32 (1886 & 1917 plat maps); two miles west of Harpers Ferry
  • Spring Brook school, aka Oil Spring school, Section 7 (1917 plat map) - photos, students & misc. other data
  • St. Joseph school, SE corner Section 21 (1886 & 1917 plat maps)
  • Waukon Junction school, southern tier Section 3 in the village of Waukon Junction (1886 plat map, shown on the inset of Waukon Junction); about 4 miles south of Harpers Ferry
Union City township
Union Prairie township
  • Stone School, Union Prairie No. 2, aka Rock School - SW corner Section 10, where Sections 9, 10, 15 & 16 intersect (1886 Plat & 1964 Title Atlas Co. Plat where it is called the Rock School) - Photos & brief history
  • Eells School - NE section 27, approx. ¼ mile west of Mt. Olivet cemetery (1886 Plat map) - Photos & brief history
  • Emmett School - SW section 21, where Sections 20, 21, 28 & 29 intersect (1886 Plat map & 1964 Title Atlas Co. Plat) - photo of the school
  • Helming School - Section 34, north-central just south of the border with section 27 (1886 Plat map & 1964 Title Atlas Co. Plat) - photo & misc. items
  • Pleasant Ridge School, aka P-ridge/Pea Ridge/Patterson Creek school or Jones schoolhouse - Located west bountry of Section 12 - Daily Registers 1901-1905, photo of the school & photos of school children; and misc. other from various years
    Updated! Feb 8, 2024 - 1930 news article
  • Southwest School, aka Southwestern Bell school - SW corner of Section 29 at intersection of sections 29, 30, 31 & 32 (1886 Plat map & 1964 Title Atlas Co. Plat) - photo & misc. items
  • Union Prairie No. 5 - NW corner Section 17, where Sections 7, 8, 17 & 18 intersect (1886 Plat map)
    Union Prairie No. 6 - Section 8 (1917 Plat map)
    No. 5 & No. 6 are the same school. Photos & misc. history
  • Union Prairie No. 8 - NW corner of Section 5, on the border of Section 6 (1886 Plat map)

Waterloo township

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School Tid-bits

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