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Macoupin County
Schools



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

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. *Addresses for schools located at the bottom of this page.
Check with his office for available records and times his 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.
1 Star 3
2 Ball 3
3 Prairie Dale 3
4 Virden 4
5 Pleasant Hill 4
6 Miller 3
7 Union 3
8 Girard 3
9 Lynchburg 3
10 Brighton 9
11 Liberty 3
12 Upper Grove 4
13 Sugar Creek 4
14 Greenland 7
15 American 4
16 Franklin 3
17 Buchanan 2
18 Washington 4
19 Chapman's Point 2
20 Oakland Grove/
Rinctum
3
21 Ruthland/ 
Frog Pond
2
22 Independence 2
23 East Union 2
24 Grimmett 2
25 Palmyra 2
26 Bethel 2
27 Modesto 2
28 Berean 2
29 Landreth 2
30 Mt. Moriah 2
31 Workman 2
32 Panther Creek 2
33 Center View 1
34 Hettick Point 2
35 Oak Hill 2
36 Scottville 2
37 Sunny Point 2
38 Boston Chapel 3
39 New Hope 3
40 Shiloh 1
41 Lake Fork 1
42 Cherry Grove 3
43 White City 5
43 Lind Grove 3
44 Nilwood 3
44 Greenridge 3
45 Prairie Chapel 1
46 Kasten 1
47 Hickory Point 1
48 Hazel Green 3
49 East Fairview 1
50 Nesbit 5
51 Burton 9
53 Douglas 2
54 Blooming Grove 2
55 Denby 1
56 Duncan 2
57 Hazel Greeen 2
58 Simpson Hill 2
59 Dresser Mill 2
60 Mt. Olive Rural 2
61 Goshen 2
62 Hettick 2
64 Mt. Ragan 6
65 Victory 2
66 Washington 2
67 Maxfield 2
69 Shaws Point 1
70 Standard City 1
71 Robley 7
72 Rural 1
73 Pleasant Point 1
74 Oakland 1
75 Prairie Glen/ 
Red Brick
1
76 Anderson 1
77 Sheridan/Gore 1
78 Apple Grove 1
79 Carlinville 1
81 East Woodlawn 1
82 Chisholm 1
83 Maple Grove 1
84 Long Point 1
85 Laurel Hill 1
86 West Fairview 1
87 West Woodlawn 1
88 Bear Rough
Picture 1904
1
89 Enos 1
90 Oak Grove 2
91 Rafferty 1
92 Eureka 1
93 Sulphur Springs 1
94 Mt. Vernon 2
95 Piney 2
96 Western Mound 2
School No. Name of School District No.
97 Keller 1
98 Atwater 1
99 Burton 1
100 Brown 7
102 Hickory Grove 7
103 Honey Point 7
104 New Era 1
105 Burke 1
106 Elmwood 7
107 Enterprise 1
108 Hornsby 7
109 Washington 7
110 Brushy Mound 1
111 Oak Hill 1
112 Spanish Needle 1
113 East Liberty 1
114 Oak Ridge 1
115 Whip-Poor-Will 2
116 Nation 2
117 Hazelwood 1
118 Hopewell 1
119 Dorman 1
120 Union 9
121 Albany 1
122 Chesterfield 1
123 Harmony 9
124 Summerville 9
125 Victory 9
126 Medora 9
127 Sunnyside 7
128 Eickmeyer 5
129 Spring Creek 7
130 Yoch 7
131 Williams/Henderson 7
132 Gillespie 7
133 Benld 7
134 Wilsonville 7
135 Dorchester 7
137 Grimes 7
138 Atkins 1
139 Red 7
140 Adams 7
141 Pleasant Grove 1
142 Corrington Chapel 1
143 Centerville 9
144 Snedeker Grove 1
145 Plainview 1
146 Locust Grove 9
147 Hood 8
148 Shipman 9
149 Hill Grove 9
150 Piasa CC 9
151 Prairie Dell 9
152 Maple Grove 5
153 Mt. Olive 5
154 Silver Creek 5
155 Staunton 6
156 Sawyerville 7
156 North Bend 7
157 Springdale 1
158 West Prairie 7
159 Pleasant Ridge 7
160 Luken 7
161 Ness 8
162 Smalleytown 8
163 Millville 8
164 Bunker Hill 8
165 Pleasant Hill 8
166 Liberty 8
167 Woodburn 8
168 Ingersoll 9
169 Sterling/
Eddington
9
170 Brueggemann 9
171 Jonesboro 9
172 Miles 9
173 Dehne 9
174 McKinley 9
175 Eagerville 5
177 Victory/
East Douglas
3
178 McVey 9
179 Laux 7
180 Gillespie CHS 7
181 Medora THS 9
182 Girard THS 3
183 Mt. Olive CHS 5
184 Benld THS 7
185 183 Carlinville
CHS 1
1
186 Scottville CHS 2
187 Chesterfield CHS 1
188 Shipman CHS 9
190 Modesto CHS 2
192 Brighton CHS 9
193 Staunton CHS 6
194 Hettick CHS 2
195 Palmyra CHS 2
196 Virden CHS
Picture of VHS circa 1908
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District Offices:

Russell Massinelli, 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
217-62702915

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 #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 #8
Meissner School
504 E. Warren
Bunker Hill, Il 62014
618-585-3116

Southwestern Community #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.


Bear Rough School and Students, 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
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
Gillespie School - 1920 Something donated for use by David Richard
Girard High School Class of 1905
Girard East Elementary School 1911-1912
Girard Elementary School 3rd Grade Class of 1946
Mount Olive Students 1912 (not the town Mount Olive) School District south of Palmyra
Mount Olive High School Graduates - 1895-1910
Nilwood Elementary School picture - built 1927
Virden High School circa 1908 Picture
Virden Bulldogs 1928 or 1929
Virden High School 1930 Graduating Class with Program
Proves Age By Book Won At Spelling Match
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.



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