Rural Schools in Clinton County
The following is a list of schools taken from courthouse records as of July 1, 1936. It should be noted that this is NOT a list of ALL schools, only the rural schools in Clinton County.
It is my understanding that the list on the left are, basically, the one-room schools. The numbers, #1, #2, #3, etc, seem to correspond to some of the plat maps I've seen that show the school districts and where the schools are located. The list on the right is what they were later consolidated into (I think). I don't know very much about this subject yet, but as I post more info, hopefully, we will both learn more along the way.
In 1920 there was a series of articles about the consolidated schools published in the Clinton Advertiser. I have linked to those articles.
Rural (One-Room) School Name |
Consolidated School Name |
|
| Bloomfield Township | ||
| Delmar Consolidated | ||
| Brookfield Township | ||
| German Valley | Elwood Consolidated | |
| Pleasant Valley | ||
| Oak Valley | ||
| Camanche Township | ||
| Sodus | #1 | Camanche Consolidated |
| Huntoon | #2 | |
| Talman | #4 | |
| Willet | #5 | |
| Rainbow | #6 | |
| Beckwith | #7 | |
| Center Township | ||
| Sunshine | #1 | Elvira Consolidated |
| Sunshine | #2 | |
| Thiessen | #3 | |
| Plugtown | #4 | (The CCHS has several Plugtown newsletters) |
| Deep Creek Township | ||
| Prairie | #1 | Gooselake Consolidated |
| Valley | #3 | |
| Valley | #4 | |
| Valley | #5 | |
| South Prairie | #6 | |
| Bryant | #7 | |
| DeWitt Township | ||
| Unity Independent | DeWitt Independent | |
| Sunnyside | #2 | |
| Ames | #3 | |
| Rural Home | #4 | |
| Turner | #5 | |
| Goff | #6 | |
| Gore | #7 | |
| Carlin | #8 | |
| Hynes | #9 | |
| Lincoln | #10 | |
| Burke | #11 | |
| Flannery | #12 | |
| Eden Township | ||
| Baldface | #1 | Low Moor Independent |
| Baldface | #2 | |
| Union | #3 | |
| Liberty | #4 | |
| Malone | #5 | |
| Freeman | #6 | |
| Maple Grove | #7 | |
| Maple Grove | #8 | |
| Centennial | #9 | |
| Elk River Township | ||
| Modock | #1 | |
| Shady Dell | #2 | |
| Teeds Grove | #3 | |
| Teeds Grove | #4 | |
| Darling | #5 | |
| Andover | #6 | |
| Hauntown | #7 | |
| Almont | #8 | |
| South Almont | #9 | |
| South Andover | #10 | |
| Attwood | #11 | |
| Grant Township | ||
| Cornell | #1 | Calamus Consolidated |
| Elwood | #2 | |
| Pleasant Valley | #3 | |
| Murray | #4 | |
| Bliedhorn | #6 | |
| Campbell | #7 | |
| Hampshire Township | ||
| Northeast | #1 | |
| North Prairie | #2 | |
| North West | #3 | |
| Burr Oak | #4 | |
| Sherman | #5 | |
| Millcreek | #6 | |
| Washington | #7 | |
| Liberty Township | ||
| Sand Dell | #1 | Toronto Independent |
| Maple Grove | #2 | |
| Sand Ridge | #3 | |
| Clover Hill | #4 | |
| Endorf | #5 | |
| Hart | #6 | |
| Muhl | #7 | |
| Lincoln Township | ||
| Meade | #1 | Camanche Community |
| Seymor | #2 | |
| Center | #3 | |
| Center | #4 | |
| Hess | #5 | |
| Olive Township | ||
| Porth | Calamus Consolidated | |
| Buena Vista | #8 | |
| Griebel | #10 | |
| Green | #10 | |
| Malmanger | #12 | |
| Orange Township | ||
| #1 | Grand Mound Independent | |
| Buman | #2 | |
| Meint | #3 | |
| Langbehn | #5 | |
| White | #5 | |
| Rost | #6 | |
| Stemple | #7 | |
| Burr Oak | #8 | |
| Unity Independent | ||
| Sharon Township | ||
| Washington | #1 | Lost Nation Independent |
| Troy | #2 | |
| Troy | #3 | |
| Excelsior | #4 | |
| Mount Ida | #5 | |
| Rost | #6 | |
| Rost | #7 | |
| Burr Oak | #8 | |
| Liberty Township | ||
| Red Oak | #1 | Wheatland Independent |
| Miller | #2 | |
| Davisson | #3 | |
| Lizard Creek | #4 | |
| Dickel | #5 | |
| Strackbein | #6 | |
| Spring Valley Township | ||
| Stockwell Lane | #1 | Lyons Independent |
| Heighton Hill | #2 | Part of Clinton Ind. |
| DeWitt Orange Township | ||
| Virginia | #1 | DeWitt Independent |
| Buman | #2 | |
| Hahn | #3 | |
| Rural Home | #4 | |
| Lang Behn | #5 | |
| Goff | #6 | |
| Stemple | #7 | |
| Stemple | #8 | |
| Stemple | #9 | |
| Lincoln | #10 | |
| White | #6 | |
| Sunnyside | #2 | |
| Washington Township | ||
| Cranny | #1 | Welton Township |
| Quinn | #2 | Charlotte Independent |
| Hansman | #3 | |
| County Farm | #4 | |
| Burke | #5 | |
| White | #6 | |
| White | #7 | |
| Spellisy | #8 | |
| Waterford Township | ||
| St. Joseph | #1 | Charlotte Independent |
| Falleson | #2 | |
| Winey | #3 | |
| Petersville | #4 | |
| Riggs | #5 | |
| Welton Township | ||
| Hopp | #6 | Welton Consolidated |
| Rach | #8 | |
| Beaver Island also had a rural school. | ||