Holt County Historical Society

Early Holt County Schools

White (Mann) and Walker School	Haigler / Hinkle
Elm Grove School	Cherry Dale School
Eigth Grade Grads	Cowan School
Minnesota Valley Ball Club	Blair School
Fortescue School District

SCHOOLS THAT WERE KNOWN TO BE IN HOLT COUNTY MISSOURI, SINCE THE BEGINNING OF THE COUNTY

This information was gathered, in 1981, by the late Erma Smith Hinkle (1909-1994), a retired school teacher. The hand written record was found, in her files, after her death). Additional information, on many of these Holt County schools is now filed, at the Holt County Historical Society's Methodist Church, 115 Ada St., Fortescue MO. The Society would welcome any additional information. The Church is open for research, every Wednesday, 9 am until 3 PM, and on the first Saturday of each month, 10 am until 3 PM. The phone number is 660-442-5949.

1	EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN	ST. JOHN’S LUTHERAN CHURCH; CORNING
2	STAR	THREE MILES EAST OF CORNING
3	CORNING	FIRST SCHOOL BUILT IN 1870; ANOTHER 1910-1916;NEW ONE IN 1916
4	ANGEL	WAS IN EXISTANCE IN 1904
5	BRUSH COLLEGE	#2 NORTH OF CRAIG
6	MT. HOPE	NE OF CRAIG 5 MILES; LAWENCE SETTLEMENT
7	LONESOME	1874; 1891 NEW ONE BUILT; LOCATED NE OF CRAIG
8	DALE CENTER	APPROXIMATELY 1869;NORTH OF HAROLD BROWNINGS; 1867-1897;FIRE?
9	MINNESOTA VALLEY	NORTH OF MOUND CITY
10	HARMONY	NW OF MAITLAND
11	KING GROVE	NW OF MAITLAND 1877
12	EUREKA	1877; NORTH OF MAITLAND
13	HOGREFE	4 MILES WEST OF CRAIG
14	YELLOW MANSION	NEAR STUMBO MILL; NW OF CRAIG EXISTED IN 1892
15	CHERRY DALE	3 MILES EAST OF CRAIG; BURNED 1897;BUILT 1887 TO 1947
16	NEW LIBERTY	NW OF MOUND CITY; 1872
17	BELLEVUE	NORTH OF MOUND CITY, ON ROUTE C
18	ROSS GROVE	1888;NE OF MOUND CITY
19	SQUAW CREEK	NE OF MOUND CITY; WEST OF MAITLAND
20	PINE HILL	WEST OF MAITLAND
21	MAITLAND	1918;DONATED BY J.F. BARNARD
22	CRAIG	FIRST ONE BUILT IN 1878
23	SHARP GROVE	NORTH OF CRAIG
24	MARIETTA	3 ½ MILES SW OF CRAIG; THERE WAS ALSO A MARIETTA GERMAN SCHOOL
25	NORTH CENTER	ALSO CALLED CENTRAL; 2 ½ MILES SW OF CRAIG; 1875-1936
26	WILD ROSE	SOUTH OF CRAIG
27	SUMMITT	NW OF MOUND CITY;IN 1875 WAS CALLED SECRIST SCHOOL
28	PLEASANT HILL	NORTH OF MOUND CITY
29	SOUTH CENTER	ALSO CALLED CENTRAL; NORTH OF MOUND CITY
30	FRANKLIN	SW OF MAITLAND
31	RISING SUN	SOUTH OF MAITLAND
32	KELSO	1892 OR 1893; 4 ½ MILES SOUTH OF CRAIG
33	MOUND CITY	1874
34	MINERAL SPRINGS	#40 DISTRICT; EAST OF MOUND CITY; DERBIN FLEMING FARM
35	GORDON	1876; 6 MILES EAST OF MOUND CITY
36	RICHLAND	SOUTH OF MAITLAND
37	CROSEN	SOMETIMES CROSSAN; WAS CALLED, ALSO, MONKEY WRENCH AND NEEDMORE; 6 MILES EAST OF MOUND CITY
38	GLENDALE	1895 BURNED; 1896 REBUILT;6 ½ MILES SOUTH OF CRAIG
39	COTTONWOOD	1841 DESTROYED BY FIRE; 2 ½ MILES WEST OF BIGELOW
40	LAKESHORE #1	BETWEEN CRAIG AND CORNING
41	LAKESHORE #2	NEAR BIG LAKE; BURNED 1895
42	GRESHAM	LATE 1860; ALONG ROUTE P SW OF BIGELOW
43	BIGELOW	DISTRICT #2; FIRST BUILDING 1890-1914; NEW ONE BUILT IN 1915
44	BAGBY	1877-1955;3 ½ MILES SW OF MOUND CITY;SOUTH OF BOYD CEMETERY
45	BLAIR	SOUTH OF MOUND CITY
46	SHILOH	NORTH OF OREGON; ALSO ONE IN ELM GROVE COMMUNITY; 1870 DISTRICT;1889 SCHOOLHOUSE
47	TRIUMPH	1877 SCHOOL ORGANIZED TO 1945;EAST OF MOUND CITY
48	FAIRVIEW	NORTH OF NEW POINT
49	ELM GROVE	1867; LOCATED TO THE NORTH OF THE TARKIO CHAPEL CEMETERY AND CHURCH; ABOUT 1903 WAS MOVED TO THE NORTH EDGE OF THE LEROY HINKLE FARM;LATER MOVED TO FORTESCUE (SITS ACROSS THE STREET FROM THE METHODIST CHURCH SOUTHEAST)
50	WALKER	1916 WAS IN EXISTANCE; WEST SIDE OF BIG LAKE
51	BENTON	WAS LOCATED BY JOE DERR HOME AND BENTON CEMETERY AND CHURCH
52	NEW POINT	FIRST SCHOOL WAS ACROSS THE ROAD NORTH OF COWAN CEMETERY
53	LINCOLN	NORTH OF OREGON; 1886 BURNED-1904;1914 FIRE;1891 BUILT
54	HAIGLER	IN EXISTANCE IN 1877; S.F. DAVIDSON, TEACHER; HE WAS THE FIRST TEACHER AT IDLEWILDE
55	OLD FORTESCUE	BUILT 1906-1915; NORTH EDGE OF FORTESCUE
56	FORTESCUE	BUILT 1916; ON SAME GROUNDS AS OLD BUILDING; NORTH OF FORTESCUE
57	BANKS	OPEN IN 1884
58	WALNUT GROVE	1892;BUILT BY STIEGMEIER; WEST OF NAPIER
59	MONTICELLO	NORTH OF SCHUYLKILL
60	IDLEWILD	1872; SOMETIMES CALLED MINTON; SOUTH OF FORTESCUE
61	EXODUS	NW OF FOREST CITY; DISTRICT FORMED 1912
62	KIMSEY	NW OF FOREST CITY
63	UNION	NORTH OF OREGON
64	NICKELLS GROVE	3 MILES SOUTH OF NEW POINT; 1886 CLOSED
65	MARION	1850-1961;8 MILES NE OF OREGON
66	BURR OAK	5 MILES SOUTH OF FORTESCUE
67	BRUSH COLLEGE #1	NEAR FOREST CITY
68	OAKLAND	1888 BIDS OUT ON BUILDING; NW OF OREGON
69	DIVIDE	EAST OF OREGON; LAST ONE ROOM SCHOOL BUILT IN HOLT COUNTY
70	WOODS	EAST OF OREGON; AS MUCH AS WE CAN TELL WOODVILLE AND WOODS ARE THE SAME SCHOOL
71	RICHVILLE	DISTRICT #7; ORGANIZED FALL 1867; SCHOOLHOUSE BUILT 1868
72	LAKEVIEW	UNKNOWN
73	FOREST CITY	1858 STOOD NEAR BURLINGTON RR STATION; 1904 TORN DOWN; 1868 BUILT ON HILL
74	COLORED SCHOOL #2	FOREST CITY
75	MICHALS GROVE	UNKNOWN
76	OREGON	1843 LOG; 1857 TWO DISTRICTS UNITED; 1869 SCHOOL DISTRICT FORMED
77	MILLCREEK	SOUTHEAST OF OREGON
78	COLORED SCHOOL #1	OREGON; CALLED WHEATLEY
79	MAYFLOWER	1899 VOTED TO BUILD SCHOOL; EAST OF OREGON
80	SCHAEFFER	SOUTH OF FOREST CITY
81	BLUFF CITY	SOUTHEAST OF FOREST CITY
82	CULP	SOUTH OF OREGON
83	CHAMBERS	SOUTHEAST OF FOREST CITY; WAS IN EXISTANCE IN 1882
84	PIERCE	SOUTH OF OREGON
85	HIGHLAND	SOUTHEAST OF OREGON; WAS POYNTER’S SCHOOL 1879
86	BAKER	SOUTHWEST OF FORBES
87	FORBES	1909;STRUCK BY LIGHTING; BUILT NEW ONE 1928;1878 DISTRICT FORMED
88	FANSCHER	ALSO CALLED BLACKBERRY; LATER BECAME OAK GROVE DISTRICT; SCHOOL MOVED
89	OAK GROVE	SOUTHEAST PART OF COUNTY
90	WILSON	NEAR FORBES; SOUTHEAST PART OF COUNTY;1868 DISTRICT; 1894 SCHOOLHOUSE BUILT
91	COWAN	1846; RIGHT EDGE OF CEMETERY
92	WHITE	EAST OF OREGON; THERE WERE TWO WHITE SCHOOLS; 1894
93	MONARCH	NEW ONE BUILT 1930 IN CANNON HOLLOW; 9 MILES SE OREGON
94	QUICK	1878;FORBES AREA; CHARLES COURSEN, TEACHER
95	CENTER	1878;T.N. CLAIRBORNE, TEACHER
96	GRIFFIN	5 MILES WEST OF BIGELOW;MISS JENNIE A. TWIST,TEACHER
97	NORMAL SCHOOL	1876;FORERUNNER OF NWMSU
98	COTTIER	UNKNOWN
99	FITZMAURICE	1875
100	CAULL	1883; EFFIE BUZAN, TEACHER
101	HELWIG	1896
102	RICHVILLE	1867 DISTRICT; 1868 SCHOOLHOUSE
103	FOREST CITY SELECT	A SCHOOL FOR AFTER GRADUATING FROM HIGH SCHOOL 1870
104	RICHVILLE COLLEGE	UNKNOWN
105	PLEASANT VIEW	1896
106	SECRIST	MID TO EARLY 1800’S
107	POYNTER’S	1875;F.M. JOSLYN TEACHER
108	ALKIRE	1881;D.S. ALKIRE, TEACHER; LOCATED IN THE BOTTOMS
109	SCHOLTZAUER	UNKNOWN
110	MINTON	NEAR FORTESCUE; WAS LATER IDLEWILD; T.J. WILLIAMSON, TEACHER
111	YOKUM	1875-1876;H.R. STUART, TEACHER
112	ADAMS	1875;SAM DAVIDSON, TEACHER
113	HINKLE	1859;SOMETIMES CALLED HAIGLER; LOCATED JOHN C. HINKLE LAND; EDMUND ANIBAL,TEACHER; 50 PUPILS
114	PROSPECT	ABOUT 1885;W.J. SCHALY, TEACHER; 40 ATTENDED
115	RICHARDSON	1884;MR. HATFIELD, TEACHER
116	WRIGHT	1887;WITHDREW FROM CRAIG DISTRICT; LIZZIE ROGERS, TEACHER
117	MANN	WEST SIDE OF BIG LAKE; ALSO WALKER AND WHITE
118	BROWNLEE	1877;J.P.JONES, TEACHER
119	CATRON	NORTH OF ELM GROVE DISTRICT
120	LOWER WHIG VALLEY	WEST OF MAITLAND
121	WHIG VALLEY	1846-1876; WEST OF MAITLAND
122	MILLER	UNKNOWN
123	HOUSTON	WARREN STRICKLER FARM
124	TAYLOR	NEAR CORNING; BURNED 1880
125	EAST RULO	SOUTH OF BOSWELL; TEACHER, J.A. MAY
126	WHITE #2	LOCATED NEAR FORTESCUE
127	STUMBO	SOMETIMES CALLED YELLOW MANSION