GRANDFIELD RURAL SCHOOL HISTORY

DistrictNameLegalDateDate

Location Origin Closed

on map

A.226Brush Creek3S/14W/11SE/11SW19081947

5 mi N, 2 1/2 mi E: Per Kent Kinzer and Randy Clark. Enough property was given from Phillip Young's SW quarter and Harry Tate's SE quarter to build Brush Creek School. The school annexed to Grandfield Dist. #249,on 7-16-1947

B.227Rich Valley3S/14W/4SW19081949

6 mi N ofGrandfieldper History Tillman Co. History. A tornado blew the school away 6-24-1911. It was rebuilt. The school was annexed by Grandfield, Loveland and Chattanooga on 7-7-1949. Building was sold and moved away. A large concrete cellar still remains.

C.236Howard3 S/14W/29NE19081917

2 ½ mi. N of Grandfield per Tillman Co. History and Charles Witt, Jr.

Tornado demolished school 3-24-1909. It was rebuilt. The school was annexed by Grandfiled Dist. # 249in 1917 and the building was moved into town to be used by the Grandfield School for a classroom.

D.237Sims3S/14W/24SW19191945

3 mi E 3 mi N of Grandfield (Northeast corner of the intersection)per Marie Josefy Tinlin and Mary Ann Josefy. School is no longer there.

E.248Centerpoint4S/14W/1SW19081919

3mi E of Grandfield built on Indian land leased by John Brown. It was a one-room, one-teacher school and existed some 22 years as a public school. The building was eventually moved into Grandfield.

F.250Prairie Dale4S/15W/11NE19081917

2 1/4 mi W of Grandfield on the James J. Nichols homestead. The school closed in the spring of 1917 to become a part of Union Graded 1 on August 1, 1917

G.251Sunny Slope4S/15W/4SW19081917

5 mi W of Grandfield on indian land leased by R. A. Morton who lived in the Mayflower community. The school closed in 1917 and joined Prairie Dale #250 to form Union Graded 1 on August 1, 1917

H.Union Grade #14S/15W/10NW19171947

Formed from school 1/2 mi W of Grandfield. It was a two room school built on the farm of

districts 250 & 251 John Pollock. In the later years of the school it became a one room

school. When it was closed G.W. Parris bought the school and the land from Mr. Pollock and he moved the building into Grandfield and converted it into a home.

I.252Mayflower4S/16W12NW19081947

Eight miles West and one fourth mile south

Was built on Henry Lehman land Sometime after the school was closed the building was sold and moved away.

J.253Rita4S/16/20NE19081929

11 mi. West and 2 mi. South on George Bailey Homestead The school

was dissolved and annexed to consolidated district # 11 in 1929.

K.255Pleasant Valley4 S/16W/26NE19081947

8 mi. W, 3 ½ mi. S on Jess P. Pace place. In 1911 or 12 a tornado destroyed the building and it was reconstructed on the same site by Mr. Neely, a carpenter who lived in the area. It became a two-room,

two-teacher school at this time. The Pleasant Valley Baptist Church also held it's services in this school.

L.256Fort Augur4S/15W/29 SE19081950

5 mi. W and four mi. S of Grandfield The building was sold to farmers and eventually demolished.

M.257Spring Valley4S/15W/23SE19071947

2 mi. W and 3 mi. S.on Spellman brothers, bachelors land. It was 2

miles north of the permanent site of Spring Valley School. A Mar 1912

toronado destroyed the schoolhouse and a temporary building was

erected at the permanent site. By school year 1912-1913 a new

one-room school was built and another room was added in summer of

1921.

N.258Goehler4S/14W20SE19081917

3 mi. S of Grandfieldon George Goehler's homestead. The building was eventually moved onto Grandfield School property and used for classrooms.

O.259Blue Valley4S/14W/24SW19081913 3 miles E and 3 miles south of Grandfield on indian land leased by Jess Pulliam. It was annexed by Devol in 1913.

P.260Sage5S/15W/1NW19081959

5 miles S and 2 miles W of Grandfield. The building was kept for a community building and was sold to Calvary Baptist Church in Grandfield in 1966 for an educational facility of the church and moved to the new location.