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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

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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 No. 4
Benton Township
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. Corinth) School
No. 8, Jefferson Township
Brush College School No. 4
Clinton Township

Buffalo Ridge School No. 8
Athens Township
Bunker Hill School,
Middle Fork Township
 
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
Monroe 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. 5
Middle Fork Township
Chicago School (a.k.a. John Scott School)
New Chicago, Athens Twp.
Claton School near Benton
Could possibly be No. 7 School, Benton Township
Clearfield School
Clearfield, Taylor County IA

Clipper School No. 4
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
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
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 No. 7
Athens Township
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 No. 2
Benton Township
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
Kalorama 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. 1
Benton Township
Lone Star School No. 4
Monroe Township
Lone Star School No. 9
Lincoln Township
Modoc School No. 5
Riley Township
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
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 Township

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 School
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
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. 2
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. 3
Monroe Township

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