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.
![Map showing location of schools. Mills Co. School Location Map](http://iagenweb.org/mills/atlas/images/schmap1.gif)
Top Row
St. Mary's
- Eureka-1
- Eureka-2
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Oak
- Evernham
- Gowen-1
- Gowen-2
- Gowen-3
- Letal
-
Plumer/OakBluff-2
- Sand Hollow
- Spetman/Oak Bluff-2
- Vogler/Mineola
- West Liberty-1
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West Liberty-2
- West Liberty-3/West Oak
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Ingraham
- Excelsior
- Ingraham
- Mt. Vernon
- Osborne Valley
-
Pleasant Hill
- Prairie Creek
- Prairie Valley/Frog Pond
- Silver City
-
Silver Creek
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Anderson
- Anderson
- Benton
- Box Elder
-
Fairview
- Farm Creek
- Henderson
- Oaks
- Pickerill
- Union Valley
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Middle Row
Plattville
- Bethlehem
- Lincoln
- Pacific City
- Pacific Junction
- White Chapel
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Glenwood
- Glenwood
- Goheen
- Plainview/ Donnell
- Williams
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Center
- Barbee
- Hawthorne
- Hillsdale
- Little Brick
- Mt. Vernon
- Pleasant Grove
- Reasoner
- Silver
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Silver Creek
- Center Line
- Malvern
- Pleasant Valley
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Indian Creek
- Emerson
- Fairview
- Forester
- Golden Hill
- Hastings
- McClain
- Nisha Valley
- North Grove/Indian Creek
- Sandiland
- Wearin
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Bottom Row
Lyons
- Burr Oak
- Egypt
- Elm Grove
- Walnut Grove
- Wright
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Rawles
- Center
- Estes/Pleasant Hill
- Forest Grove
- Four Corners
- Goodfellow
- Maple Grove
- Pleasant Ridge
- Shady Grove
- West/Sunnyside
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White Cloud
- Barrett
- East Sunbeam
- Foxworthy
- Spring Valley
- Sunrise
- Valley View
- West Sunbeam
-
White Cloud
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Deer Creek
- Center
- Fairview
- Glynn
- Keystone
- Preston
- South Grove
- Strahan
- Union
- Warner
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