Mills County, Iowa
School Map
Map of Early Rural Schools, by Township
Early country schools were usually located within a two-mile walking distance for students. Most early schools were on at least one acre of ground. Teacher certification was by examination, and was based on the subject scores. Teachers with first grade certificates received the highest scores, and often were paid a higher salary, than the second grade certificate teachers. These were followed by the third grade certificates.

Teaching tenure varied from a few months to many years. The earliest reference regarding the development of education in Mills County is from the Opinion Tribune, Glenwood, Iowa, October 24, 1946, p5.

Top Row

St. Mary's Eureka-1 Eureka-2

Oak Evernham Gowen-1 Gowen-2 Gowen-3 Letal Plumer/OakBluff-2 Sand Hollow Spetman/Oak Bluff-2 Vogler/Mineola West Liberty-1 West Liberty-2 West Liberty-3/West Oak

Ingraham Excelsior Ingraham Mt. Vernon Osborne Valley Pleasant Hill Prairie Creek Prairie Valley/Frog Pond Silver City Silver Creek

Anderson Anderson Benton Box Elder Fairview Farm Creek Henderson Oaks Pickerill Union Valley

Middle Row

Plattville Bethlehem Lincoln Pacific City Pacific Junction White Chapel

Glenwood Glenwood Goheen Plainview/ Donnell Williams

Center Barbee Hawthorne Hillsdale Little Brick Mt. Vernon Pleasant Grove Reasoner Silver

Silver Creek Center Line Malvern Pleasant Valley

Indian Creek Emerson Fairview Forester Golden Hill Hastings McClain Nisha Valley North Grove/Indian Creek Sandiland Wearin

Bottom Row

Lyons Burr Oak Egypt Elm Grove Walnut Grove Wright

Rawles Center Estes/Pleasant Hill Forest Grove Four Corners Goodfellow Maple Grove Pleasant Ridge Shady Grove West/Sunnyside

White Cloud Barrett East Sunbeam Foxworthy Spring Valley Sunrise Valley View West Sunbeam White Cloud

Deer Creek Center Fairview Glynn Keystone Preston South Grove Strahan Union Warner