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Early rural schools were usually situated within no
more than a two-mile walking distance for students. Most schools were
on at least an 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, p. 5.
Townships show left to right on map.
Row #1:
St. Mary's
Township
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1. Eureka #1
2. Eureka #2
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Oak Township
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1. Evernham
2. Gowen #1
3. Gowen #2
4. Gowen #3
5. Letal
6. Plumer/OakBluff #2
7. Sand Hollow
8. Spetman/Oak Bluff #1
9. Vogler/Mineola
10. West Liberty #1
11. West Liberty #2
12. West Liberty #3/West Oak
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Ingraham Township
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1. Excelsior
2. Ingraham Center
3. Mt. Vernon
4. Osborne Valley
5. Pleasant Hill
6. Prairie Creek
7. Prairie Valley/Frog Pond
8. Silver City
9. Silver Creek
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- Anderson Township
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1. Anderson
2. Benton
3. Box Elder
4. Fairview
5. Farm Creek
6. Henderson
7. Oaks
8. Pickerill
9. Union Valley |
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Row #2:
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Plattville
Twp
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1. Bethlehem
2. Lincoln
3. Pacific City
4. Pacific Junction
5. White Chapel
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Glenwood Twp
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1. Glenwood
2. Goheen
3. Plainview/ Donnell
4. Williams
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Center Twp
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1. Barbee
2. Hawthorne
3. Hillsdale
4. Little Brick
5. Mt. Vernon
6. Pleasant Grove
7. Reasoner
8. Silver
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Silver Creek
Twp
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1. Center Line
2. Malvern
3. Pleasant Valley
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Indian Creek
Twp
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1. Emerson
2. Fairview
3. Forester
4. Golden Hill
5. Hastings
6. McClain
7. Nisha Valley
8. North Grove/Indian Creek
9.Sandiland
10. Wearin
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Row #3:
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Lyons Township
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1. Burr Oak
2. Egypt
3. Elm Grove
4. Walnut Grove
5. Wright
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Rawles Township
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1. Center
2. Estes/Pleasant Hill
3. Forest Grove
4. Four Corners
5. Goodfellow
6. Maple Grove
7. Pleasant Ridge
8. Shady Grove
9. West/Sunnyside
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White Cloud Township
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White
Cloud
Sunrise
East
Sunbeam
West
Sunbeam
Foxworthy |
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Deer Creek
Township
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1. Center
2. Fairview
3. Glynn
4. Keystone
5. Preston
6. South Grove
7. Strahan
8. Union
9. Warner
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~source: History of Mills County, 1985
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