- According to the 1873 atlas for Rock County, there were seven
rural schools in Rock Township; according
- to the 1917 atlas for Rock County, there were nine rural
schools in Rock Township.
- There is an 1867
photo of the students of Afton
school online, courtesy of Peggy. This photo includes
- among the students David Samuel LORD. We are guessing that
the picture also includes Peggy's great grandfather James Henry
BOLTE, born in 1854, and his younger siblings, John Frederick
BOLTE and Mary BOLTE. If you have any further information about
this photograph, the students, or the school, please contact
the county coordinator
or the submitter, Peggy.
- The location and current status of these school buildings
is given below (using the modern road names).
- The numbers given to each school are mine and not district
numbers.
|
School
|
Location
|
Maps
|
Today
|
name
unknown #1 |
- Sect. 6 - Hwy. 11 - just east of Kessler
Rd.
|
1917 |
? |
- Hayner
|
- Sect. 9 - Hanover & Hayner Rds. - SW
corner of intersection
|
1873; 1917 |
? |
name
unknown #2 |
- Sect. 10 - S. River Rd. & W. State St.
(now in city of Janesville)
|
1873; 1917 |
? |
- River
Valley
|
- Sect. 11 - S. Willard & Kellogg Aves.
- NW corner of intersection;
- in Janesville city limits after 1954
|
----- |
private residence? |
name
unknown #3 |
- Sect. 14 - Avalon Rd. & Hwy. 51 - SW
corner of intersection
|
1873; 1917 |
? |
name
unknown #4 |
- Sect. 17 - Tripp & Murray Rds. - NE corner
of intersection
|
1873; 1917 |
? |
- Happy Hollow
|
- Sect. 25 - Hwy. 51 - at west side of intersection
with Sunny Lane
|
1873; 1917 |
? |
- Afton
|
- Sect. 21 - Eau Claire Rd. - just west of
County D
|
1873 |
? |
- Sect. 28 - County D (Afton Rd.) - just north
of 7th St., Afton
|
1917 |
? |
name
unknown #5 |
- Sect. 32 - W. Plymouth Church Rd. - just
wst of Baker Rd.
|
1873; 1917 |
? |
name
unknown #6 |
- Sect. 35 - B-R Townline Rd. (Beloit-Rock
Townline) - just east of
- Duggan Rd.
|
1917 |
? |