Schools, Macoupin County IL

Schools - Macoupin County IL

Schools
Macoupin County IL

Pictures and/or Data of Schools and Classes	Rural School Location Maps 1915 to 1932
Check for Available Records Addresses	Proves age by book won at Spelling Match

This Rural School Table Includes: 1. Boxes layed out like the townships in the county 2. A link for each US Geological Survey map showing the rural schools. 3. A list of rural schools in each township included on 1915 to 1932 US Geological Surveys
Scottville Twp Rural School Map T12N-R9W Hettick Point, Mt. Moriah, Nation, Panther Creek, Sunny Point, Oak Hill, Workman	North Palmyra Twp Rural School Map T12N-R8W Berean, Bethel, Chapman Point, East Union, Grimmett, Horton, Landreth, Ruthland, Whippoorwill.	North Otter Twp Rural School Map T12N-R7W American, Buchanan, Franklin, Greenland, Sugar Creek, Washington.	Virden Twp Rural School Map Coultas, Miller, Star. --- T12N-R6W --- Girard Twp Rural School Map Ball, Lynchburg, Pleasant Hill, Prairiedale.
Barr Twp Rural School Map T11N-R9W Goshen, Maxfield, Mt Ragan, Victory, Washington.	South Palmyra Twp Rural School Map T11N-R8W Denby, Dresser Mill, Duncan, Hazel Green, Mt. Olive, Simpson Hill.	South Otter Twp Rural School Map T11N-R7W Blooming Grove, Douglas, East Fariview, Hazel Green, Hickory Point, Kasten, Pleasant Hill, Prairie Chapel, Victory.	Nilwood Twp Rural School Map T11N-R6W Boston Chapel, Cherry Grove, Lake Fork, Lynn Grove, New Hope, Shiloh. South Standard City
Western Mound Twp Rural School Map T10N-R9W Eureka, Ireland, Keller, Mt. Vernon, Piney, Sulphur Springs.	Bird Twp Rural School Map T10N-R8W Bear Rough, Laurel Hill, Maple Grove, Oak Grove, West Fairview, West Woodlawn.	Carlinville Twp Rural School Map T10N-R7W Anderson, Brick, Burton, Chisholm, East Woodlawn, Gore, Oakland.	Shaws Point Twp Rural School Map T10N-R6W Centerview, Pleasant Point, Robley, Rural, Shaw Point.
Chesterfield Twp Rural School Map T9N-R9W Albany, Harmony, Harmony, (two Harmony schools) Victory.	Polk Twp Rural School Map T9N-R8W East Liberty Hazelwood ?Dorman Long Point Union Raffurty	Brushy Mound Twp Rural School Map T9N-R7W Brushy Mound, Oak Hill, Spanish Needle, Washington.	Honey Point Twp Rural School Map T9N-R6W Brown, Enterprise, Hickory Grove, Honey Point, New Era, West Point.
Shipman Twp Rural School Map T8N-R9W Prairie Dell, Maple Grove, Reno.	Hilyard Twp Rural School Map T8N-R8W Centerville, Corrington Chapel, Hood, Hopewell, Locust Grove, Pleasant Grove, Snedekers Grove.	Gillespie Twp Rural School Map T8N-R7W Adams, Elmwood, Grimes, Red.	Cahokia Twp Rural School Map T8N-R6W Elmwood, Mt. Olive, Silver Creek, Sunnyside, Yoch.
Brighton Twp Rural School Map T7N-R9W Bruggman, Dehne, Ingersoll, Jonesboro, Loux, Sterling.	Bunker Hill Twp Rural School Map T7N-R8W Benner, Burton, Hickory Grove, Smalleytown.	Dorchester Twp Rural School Map T7N-R7W Isaac, Lower West Prairie, Lurken, Nest, Pleasant Ridge, Springdale.	Mount Olive Twp Rural School Map North Bend --- T7N-R6W --- Staunton Twp Rural School Map Eichmeyer

Rural School Districts in Macoupin County

contributed by Carolyn Jones Bettis

Larry Pfeiffer, Regional Superintendent, Macoupin County Schools, that his office has files of rural schools after 1915 and prior to that date, the records were kept in the individual schools and would probably be located in one of the nine school districts currently in place today in Macoupin County.
"District No." leads to an address below this table for each District.

Check with the Regional Superintendent's office for available records and times the office is open. (or closed for some unknown reason). 217/854-4016. 8:30 am to 4:30 pm.

His office and the nine school disricts welcomes persons looking for information of these past schools, teachers, students, researchers, etc, who are interested in such data. They welcome personal visits or requests by mail and will make every attempt to comply with all requests in a timely manner.

Specific dates of operation for individual rural schools are not available. Requests will have to be made and the respective office will conduct a search and forward a reply of their findings.

School No.	Name of School	District No.	School No.	Name of School	District No.
1	Star	3	97	Keller	1
2	Ball	3	98	Atwater	1
3	Prairie Dale	3	99	Burton	1
4	Virden	4	100	Brown	7
5	Pleasant Hill	4	102	Hickory Grove	7
6	Miller	3	103	Honey Point	7
7	Union	3	104	New Era	1
8	Girard	3	105	Burke	1
9	Lynchburg	3	106	Elmwood	7
10	Brighton	9	107	Enterprise	1
11	Liberty	3	108	Hornsby	7
12	Upper Grove	4	109	Washington	7
13	Sugar Creek	4	110	Brushy Mound	1
14	Greenland	7	111	Oak Hill	1
15	American	4	112	Spanish Needle	1
16	Franklin	3	113	East Liberty	1
17	Buchanan	2	114	Oak Ridge	1
18	Washington	4	115	Whip-Poor-Will	2
19	Chapman's Point	2	116	Nation	2
20	Oakland Grove/ Rinctum	3	117	Hazelwood	1
21	Ruthland/ Frog Pond	2	118	Hopewell	1
22	Independence	2	119	Dorman	1
23	East Union	2	120	Union	9
24	Grimmett	2	121	Albany	1
25	Palmyra	2	122	Chesterfield	1
26	Bethel	2	123	Harmony	9
27	Modesto	2	124	Summerville	9
28	Berean	2	125	Victory	9
29	Landreth	2	126	Medora	9
30	Mt. Moriah	2	127	Sunnyside	7
31	Workman	2	128	Eickmeyer	5
32	Panther Creek	2	129	Spring Creek	7
33	Center View	1	130	Yoch	7
34	Hettick Point	2	131	Williams/Henderson	7
35	Oak Hill	2	132	Gillespie	7
36	Scottville	2	133	Benld	7
37	Sunny Point	2	134	Wilsonville	7
38	Boston Chapel	3	135	Dorchester	7
39	New Hope	3	137	Grimes	7
40	Shiloh	1	138	Atkins	1
41	Lake Fork	1	139	Red	7
42	Cherry Grove	3	140	Adams	7
43	White City	5	141	Pleasant Grove	1
43	Lind Grove	3	142	Corrington Chapel	1
44	Nilwood	3	143	Centerville	9
44	Greenridge	3	144	Snedeker Grove	1
45	Prairie Chapel	1	145	Plainview	1
46	Kasten	1	146	Locust Grove	9
47	Hickory Point	1	147	Hood	8
48	Hazel Green	3	148	Shipman	9
49	East Fairview	1	149	Hill Grove	9
50	Nesbit	5	150	Piasa CC	9
51	Burton	9	151	Prairie Dell	9
53	Douglas	2	152	Maple Grove	5
54	Blooming Grove	2	153	Mt. Olive	5
55	Denby	1	154	Silver Creek	5
56	Duncan	2	155	Staunton	6
57	Hazel Greeen	2	156	Sawyerville	7
58	Simpson Hill	2	156	North Bend	7
59	Dresser Mill	2	157	Springdale	1
60	Mt. Olive Rural	2	158	West Prairie	7
61	Goshen	2	159	Pleasant Ridge	7
62	Hettick	2	160	Luken	7
64	Mt. Ragan	6	161	Ness	8
65	Victory	2	162	Smalleytown	8
66	Washington	2	163	Millville	8
67	Maxfield	2	164	Bunker Hill	8
69	Shaws Point	1	165	Pleasant Hill	8
70	Standard City	1	166	Liberty	8
71	Robley	7	167	Woodburn	8
72	Rural	1	168	Ingersoll	9
73	Pleasant Point	1	169	Sterling / Eddington	9
74	Oakland	1	170	Brueggemann	9
75	Prairie Glen/ Red Brick	1	171	Jonesboro	9
76	Anderson	1	172	Miles	9
77	Sheridan/Gore	1	173	Dehne	9
78	Apple Grove	1	174	McKinley	9
79	Carlinville	1	175	Eagerville	5
81	East Woodlawn	1	177	Victory / East Douglas	3
82	Chisholm	1	178	McVey	?probably #3 or #1
83	Maple Grove	1	179	Laux	7
84	Long Point	1	180	Gillespie CHS	7
85	Laurel Hill	1	181	Medora THS	9
86	West Fairview	1	182	Girard THS	3
87	West Woodlawn	1	183	Mt. Olive CHS	5
88	Bear Rough Picture 1904	1	184	Benld THS	7
89	Enos	1	185	183 Carlinville CHS 1	1
90	Oak Grove	2	186	Scottville CHS	2
91	Raffurty	1	187	Chesterfield CHS	1
92	Eureka	1	188	Shipman CHS	9
93	Sulphur Springs	1	190	Modesto CHS	2
94	Mt. Vernon	2	192	Brighton CHS	9
95	Piney	2	193	Staunton CHS	6
96	Western Mound	2	194	Hettick CHS	2
			195	Palmyra CHS	2
			196	Virden CHS	4

District Offices

Superintendent
Macoupin County Schools
220 N. Broad
Carlinville, IL 62626
217-854-4016 Community Unit
District #1
812 W. Main
Carlinville, Il 62626
217-854-9823
Northwestern Community Unit
Dist. #2
RR1, Box 8
Palmuyra, Il 62674
217-436-2011 Community
District #3
525 N. Third
Girard, IL 62640
217-627-2915 Community Unit
District #4
231 W. Fortune
Virden, Il 62690
217-965-4226

School
District #5
804 W. Main
Mt. Olive, IL 62069
217-999-7831 Community Unit
District #6
701-80l N. Deneen
Staunton, IL 62088
618-635-3838 Community Unit
District #7
510 W. Elm
Gillespie, Il 62033
617-839-2464 Community Unit
District #8
Meissner School
504 E. Warren
Bunker Hill, Il 62014
618-585-3116 Southwestern Community
District #9
PO Box 100
Piasa, Il 62079
618-729-3221

State Register Special Service about 1936 - from Karen Greeling
Proves Age By Book Won At Spelling Match
State Register Special Service
Carlinville, Ill., March 13. -- Green Adcock, 79, of North Otter township appeared before the old age pension board Thursday and made application for a pension and in order to establish his age he produced a child story book, which he won in 1867. The inscription in the book read, "Presented to Master Green Adcock for his excellency in spelling, July 11, 1867, by his teacher Nannie Stewart." Miss Stewart was the teacher of district 17, then in North Otter township. Mr Adcock further related how the seats in the school were made; they being made of slabs taken from logs and were put together with pegs. The book he produced was 69 years of age and was in excellent condition. In the book was a paper ten cent piece of money issued in 1854. Each day Mr. Mansfield states, someone brings various objects to the office to assist in establishing their age.

Can you pass an 1895 8th grade final examination?
A copy is located at the Smoky Valley Genealogical Society and Library in Salina, KS, site? In 1914, Macoupin County 8th graders went to the courthouse to take the 8th grade examination which I would think was similar to this exam.

Bear Rough School and Students, Bird Township, 1904 Picture
Benld School - 1920 - 3rd Grade donated for use by David Richard
Benld School - 1920 - 6th Grade donated for use by David Richard
Benld School - 1930 - 3rd Grade donated for use by David Richard
Boston Chapel - Nilwood Township
(Bott School-1927 - believed to be across the border from Brighton Twp in Madison County)
Carlinville City School No. 3 Catalogue In the Winter Session of 1858-9
Carlinville High School - Early picture
Carlinville School - probably a first grade class about 1913 - most students are unidentified
Carlinville School 1914 to 1916? probably 2nd or 3rd grade - most students are unidentified
Carlinville School 1919-1920 - probably Seventh Grade - most students are unidentified
Carlinville School - 1920-1921 probably 8th Grade - most students are unidentified
Carlinville Sunnyside School 5th Grade 1922 - most students are unidentified
Carlinville School 1918-1919 - First Grade - most students are unidentified
Carlinville School - 1919-1920? probably second grade - most students are unidentified
Carlinville School 1920-1921? or 1921-1922 probably 3rd or 4th grade - most students are unidentified
Carlinville - Stoddard Hall Blackburn College
Franklin School - North Otter Township
Gillespie School - Probably 1922 donated for use by David Richard
   "It is probably 1922 as I think I recognize my father Andrew Menzie (born 1907) 3rd from left in the front row in the photo.
He graduated in 1926 from Gillespie High. He looks much younger than the photos in his 1925 year book." Margaret Menzie Teague
Girard High School Class of 1905
Girard East Elementary School 1911-1912
Girard Elementary School 3rd Grade Class of 1946
Hazel Green - South Otter Township
Ireland - Western Mound Township
Medora High School 1934 Yearbook
Mount Olive Students 1912 (not the town Mount Olive) School District south of Palmyra
Mount Olive High School Graduates - 1895-1910
Mount Olive Public School Room #4 -1909
Nilwood Elementary School picture - built 1927
Nilwood High School - Nilwood Township
Old Cherry Grove - Nilwood Township
    New Cherry Grove - Nilwood Township
Palmyra High School - 1906 Commencement program Macoupin County IL
Plainview Elementary, Hilyard Township - Oct 1921
Pleasant Hill - South Otter Township
Pleasant Hill - South Otter Township
Pleasant Hill - South Otter Township Class - Teacher Ora Edith Lemarr Fullington - another picture same class
Prairie Chapel - South Otter Township
Raffurty Schoolhouse, Polk Township
Shipman 7th and 8th - 1927
Smalleytown School, Section 3 Bunker Hill Twp Pic 1 - Pic 2 - Pic 3 - Pic 4 - School on Andrew Smalley land, Andrew came from NJ. Andrew's daughter Frances was first teacher. Miles Station Rd off Rt 159, north side of rd abt a mile from Rt 159.
   (and David Smalley Ancestral Home Smalleytown NJ Pic 1 and Pic 2 and gravestone)
South Standard City - Nilwood Township
Staunton - 8th Grade - about 1916
Virden High School circa 1908 Picture
Virden Bulldogs 1928 or 1929
Virden High School 1930 Graduating Class with Program

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Superintendent Macoupin County Schools 220 N. Broad Carlinville, IL 62626 217-854-4016	Community Unit District #1 812 W. Main Carlinville, Il 62626 217-854-9823	Northwestern Community Unit Dist. #2 RR1, Box 8 Palmuyra, Il 62674 217-436-2011	Community District #3 525 N. Third Girard, IL 62640 217-627-2915	Community Unit District #4 231 W. Fortune Virden, Il 62690 217-965-4226
School District #5 804 W. Main Mt. Olive, IL 62069 217-999-7831	Community Unit District #6 701-80l N. Deneen Staunton, IL 62088 618-635-3838	Community Unit District #7 510 W. Elm Gillespie, Il 62033 617-839-2464	Community Unit District #8 Meissner School 504 E. Warren Bunker Hill, Il 62014 618-585-3116	Southwestern Community District #9 PO Box 100 Piasa, Il 62079 618-729-3221