Fremont County, Iowa    
Early Schools

History of One-Room Schools
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Township
School
Location and Notes
Benton Township
Blanchard School  
East Side School  
Eastport School  
Eureka School  
Keyser School  
Percival School class photos from 1929, 1932
Platt School  
Prairie School  
Ricketts School photos from 1912, 1924, 1927
Sheldon School  
Treat School 911 Hartford St.
Fisher Township
Centennial School  
Fisher Center School  
Manti School some history of Manti school w/ photo
Maple Grove School  
Nishna Valley School  
Pease School  
Prairie Glen School  
Summitt School  
Green Township
College Hill School  
Dalton School  
Dawsonburg School  
Fairfield School class of 1899
Hill School  
Lone Willow School  
Rhode School  
Ross School  
Seminary Ridge School  
Hunter SchoolTabor
Tabor Public School301 Elm Street, Tabor, photo from 1908
Tabor High SchoolPhotos of classes in 1904, 1922, 1928, 1929.
Tabor College, 1800s Tabor; photo 1881. Glee club 1898.
Tabor College, 1900s Tabor; photos from 1900s.
Wildwood School 105 East Street
Locust Grove Township
Alma Mater School Teacher: Gladys Swanson, 1924
Cottonwood School  
Fairview School  
High Creek School  
Hillsdale School photos from 1894 & 1917
Locust Grove School school photo
Lone Willow School  
Madison Township
Columbia School 1918 Halloween photo
Eagle School  
Hendricks (Henry Cowles)  
Highland School  
Liberty School  
Madison Sunday School photo of 1912 class
Sedgwick School (Round Top)  
Monroe Township
Centennial School  
Farmer City School (White Lily)  
Honey Creek School  
Imogene  
Monroe Center School  
Morning Star School  
Rice School photos from 1890
Shady Dell School  
Spring Valley School  
Sunny Slope School  
Prairie Township
Center School  
Hampton School  
Maple Valley School  
Mayflower School  
Mount Hope School  
Riverside School  
Spring Valley School  
Sunnyside School school houses photos, c1930s
Sycamore School  
Riverside Township
Bellevue School  
Fremont School  
Green Castle School  
Harvard School  
Hazel Glen School  
Randolph First Randolph Schoolhouse
Rolling Stone School  
Riverton Township
District #5 School  
High Grove School photos from 1916
Ledgewood School  
Mill Creek School 
Riverton  
Slough Grass School  
Scott Township
Dutch Hollow  
Bartlett School   
Elm Grove School  
Fairview School (Baldwin School)  
King School Thurman
Mann School  
McPaul McPaul
Pleasant Valley School  
Pomeroy School McPaul; One-room school
Thurman SchoolThurman
Western Star School (West Star) 1002 Illinois St. ; High School
Sidney Township

Historical School Notes

Anderson Schools  
Bright Side School  
Center School  
College Hill School  
Evening Star School Knox
Grandview School  
Green Bush School  
Hazel Dell School  
Hiatt School  
Hutchinson School  
Idle Slope School  
Lacy Grove School  
Lone Tree School  
Morning Star School  
North Star School  
Pleasant Grove School  
Possum Valley School  
Shady Glen School  
Sidney Public Schools  
Sidney High School  
Spring Valley School  
Wade Out School  
Walnut Grove School  
West Grove School Hwy 275 NW corner Hwy 275 and Hwy J18
Walnut Township
Fairview School  
McIntyre School
Morning Star School (Bright School)  
Mt. Etna School  
Prospect Hill School  
Rising Sun School  
Stony Point School  
Washington Township
(previously Franklin)
Bee Hive School  
Belcher School  
Farragut Elementary School  
Austin SchoolHistoric School in Franklin Township
Hamburg High SchoolPhoto of class of 1917
Hamburg Grammar SchoolHamburg  
Hillside School  
John Payne School  
Militia Hollow School  
Mount Washington School (Hardscrabble)  
North Liberty School  
Sunnyside School  
Valley Farm School  
Young School  

In 1894, Iowa had 13,433 school houses. Most of these schools, at the time, were considered their own public school district. Currently (2017), there are only 338 districts. Many of these old school buildings have long been forgotten.

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