Cottonwood School No. 7, Jefferson Twp.

ENGLAND, HAILEY, OWEN, AHBURN, SIMPSON

Posted By: Sharon R Becker (email)
Date: 4/20/2010 at 07:56:48

COTTONWOOD SCHOOL No. 7
Jefferson Township

Cottonwood School No. 7, Jefferson Township, was located approximately 5 miles east of Diagonal on the Diagonal-Tingley road and 1 mile south of the Larry ENGLAND corner. The school was named for a large cottonwood tree that stood just south of the schoolyard.

The school closed after the 1954-55 school year with students resuming their education at Diagonal.

Diagonal Progress
Diagonal, Ringgold County, Iowa
September 22, 1949

Five Rural Schoolhouses To Sell at Auction
The Jefferson Township School District will sell at public auction on Monday, September 26, [1949] five rural schoolhouses in the Diagonal area. The schools, names of which will be familiar to most readers of [The Mount Ayr] Reporter are Willow Grove, Mortimer, Hiawatha, Cottonwood and Cornith. Also to be sold are the schoolhouse sites, outbuildings, pumps, and any other equipment remaining after the schools were closed. The sale will be conducted by Mrs. Lola HAILEY, secretary, and Leland AHBURN, president, with Dennis OWEN of Tingley the auctioneer and Clark SIMPSON, clerk. An advertisment in this issue of The Reporter gives the time when each building will be sold, and other information of interest of prosepctive purchasers.

Cottonwood School was moved from its original site to East on Jackson Street in Mount Ayr where it is presently used as a home.

SOURCES:
Mount Ayr Record-News, Mount Ayr, Ringgold County, Iowa, February 10, 2007
Diagonal Progress, Diagonal, Ringgold County, Iowa, Sept. 24, 1981

AVITT, Mike. Pages and Pictures from the Past. . .Ringgold County, Iowa 1855-2005 p. 17. Paragon Publications, Inc. Mount Ayr. 2009.

Diagonal, Iowa: Centennial History p. 227. 1988.

Transcription by Sharon R. Becker, June of 2009; updated April of 2010

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