Kiowa County Early Schools

As Kiowa County came about in 1902, many small rural schools sprang up across the prairie, to educate the pioneer's children. These little one room schools dotted the prairie around the county. Around many, communities did not develop, in the sense of towns, although for the farm families in the areas, these schools were the center of many social activities. Some did not exist long, as they were absorbed into other schools. Some lasted into the '30's and '40's before being disbanded. This is a list of the early schools. There were 112 Districts in the county at the beginning. Today, 2003, there are only 5 school districts in the county, Mountain View/Gotebo (combined schools) Hobart, Lone Wolf, Roosevelt and Snyder. Some of the buildings still stand as empty shells, others show only parts of the foundations, while others show no signs of existence, buried in the past, under the farms and ranches of Kiowa County. They are the ghostly reminders of times gone by, the faint voices in the classrooms, laughter on the playground, and community gatherings of friends and family at special times.

Some of the schools below are linked to known information on them.

Hobart had a Junior College for a total of 18 years, 1923-25 and 1933-49. It began as the Hobart Junior College and when re-opened in 1933, it was renamed Kiowa County Junior College


Dist. # School Name Legal Location Date Origin Date Closed
001 Hobart

T7N, R18W,S33SE &

T7N, R18W,S34SW

1901 Still In Use
002 Lone Wolf T6N, R18W 1901

Still In Use

003 Gotebo (Originally Harrison) T7N, R16W 1902 Combined W/ Mountain View
004 Mountain Park (later Snyder #51) T3N, R17W, S25W 1902? 1903?
005 Cold Springs (See Wildman #108) T4N, R17W, S29W unk 1951
006 Mountain Park (changed from Dist.4 in 1929 T3N, R17W, S25W 1902 Destroyed by fire 1953
007 Roosevelt T4N, R17W 1903 Still in Use
008

 

Lone Star (later Consolidated #8)

T3N, R18W, S33 NW 1912?

1929?

1957

009 Sedan (Originally Fairview; later Consolidated #9 T6N, R15W, S23 NW 1911 1966
010 Cooperton Valley (Cooperton; later Consolidated #10 T5N, R16W, S34NE 1901 1972
011 Green Valley T5N, R14W, S16NE 1904 late 1940s
012 Saddle Mountain (West Saddle Mountain, Licked Skillet, Slick Skillet) T5N, R15W, S26SE 1903 1940
013 Mount Moriah T5N, R15W, S30NE ? by 1936
014 Rock Island T6N, R19W, S6SE ? No Info found
015 Fairview (Cuckle Burr) T7N, R18W, S2SW ? 1936
016 Pleasant Ridge T7N, R18W, S7NE 1902 by 1949
017 Big Elk T7N, R19W, S10SE, 1901 1948
018 Valley View T7N, R19W, S7E ? 1942
019 Union (Mitchell) T7N, R20W, S15NE ? 1942
020 Northwest (Simpler or Sempler) T7N, R20W, S7NE 1902 Rebuilt 1925
021 Bethel (Bethal) t7N, R20W, S26SW ? No dates
022 Russell   ? 1944, destroyed
023 Sunnyside T7N, R19W, S29SW ? 1929
024 Martin (Prairie Valley)   ? 1942, no info
025 Lawn Dale (Law) T6N, R19W, S15NW ? by 1949, no info
026 Elk View T6N, R20W, S26SW ? ?
027 McIlwain T6N, R20W, S26SW 1908 ?
028 Cresent Valley (Bennett or Bennet)   ? No info
029 Spring Valley (Spring Creek) T6N, R14W, S15SE 1910s by 1949
030 Mount Zion T7N, R18W, S31NE ? 1907
031 Plainview (Hobart Scenery or Cracker Box) T6N, R18W, S14N ? by 1938
032 Lewis   ? No info
033 Soldier Springs moved 1916 1902 1939
034 Hill T6N, R16W, S8NE, or SE, SE, SE 1903 1939?
035 Stone T6N, R17W, S11SE early 1900s 1948
036 Pioneer   ? No Info
037 Pleasant View (Prough) T6N, R16W, S30SE ? by 1928
038 Lugert T5N, R20W, S24SW ? by 1948
039 Mountain View   ? consolidated w/Gotebo
040 Prospect View ? ? No info
041 Baptist (Independence) T3N, R16W, S8S 1902 No info
042 Babbs (Christian or Babbs Switch) T6N, R18W, S25SW 1902 1943?
043 Prairie Dell T6N, R17W, S3NW ? by 1948
044 Queen Esther T6N, R16W, S2SE 1901 by 1925
045 Pleasant Hill (Cracker Box)   ? ?
046 Richland T3N, R16W, S14NW ? No Info
047 Glenn View (Thorp)   ? No Info
048 Fairview T3N, R16W, S32N ? No Info
049 Odetta T2N, R16W, S12SW 1903 by 1927
050 Gold Hill   by 1907 ?
051 Snyder (Changed to #4) T2N, R17W 1902? Still in Use
052 Bryan T7N, R20W, S29NW ? No Info
053 Kiowa Flat T7N, R15W, S9SW 1902 1946
054 Grandview T5N, R17W, S8SE 1902 1929
055 Union Dale T5N, R16W, S12SW 1907? 1920s
056 Glendale   ? No Info
057 Rainy Mountain (Rainey Mountain) T5N, R17W,S2NE 1904 1949
058 Withrow (Rusler)   1902 by 1926
059 Union T5N, R18W, S14NW 1902 ?
060 Pleasant Valley (Frog Pond) T5N, R18W, S26SW ? ?, No Info
061 Singing Valley (Hiawatha) T5N, R17W, S26SW 1900s 1940s?, No Info
062 Kinney T2N, R16W, S29SE by 1908 1930s?
063       No Info
064       No Info
065 Star Valley T4N, R17W, S31SE 1902 1940s?
066 Wichita Valley T4N, T16W, S11SW ? by 1925
067 Fairview T4N, R16W, S17NW 1903 by 1948
068 Gladson T4N, R18W, S11SW ? ?
069 Frisco T7N, R18W, S26NW 1902 ?
070 Olive Branch   ? 1942
071 Hilltop   ? ?
072       No Info
073       No Info
074 Spring Hill   ? ?
075 Mount Tepee T5N, R19W, S32NE ? in 1940s
076       No Info
077       No Info
078       No Info
079 Rockdale (Lick Skillet) T3N, R17W, S17NW 1900s

1930s?, No Info

080 Mullins (Pleasant Hill and as Union Graded #10) T3N, R18W, S22NE 1902 dismantled 1929
081 Shiloh   ? by 1928
082 West Park (West View)   1902 new building 1925
083 Tripp T2N, R18W, S12SW 1903 1930s?
084 North Otter   ? by 1908, No Info
085 Star Valley (see #65; Mondamin)   1902

?

 

086 Center View   ? No Info
087     ? No Info
088 Prairie View (Jordan)   ? No Info
089 Mountain Valley T3N, R19W, S28NE ? No Info
090 Pleasant Valley     No Info
091       No Info
092       No Info
093 Yale T6N, T19W, S28NE ? ?
094       No Info
095 Pleasant Valley   ? No Info
096 Lawrence T7N, R17W, S7NE ? 1945
097 Gentry   1902 by 1948
098 Mountain Valley T5N, R16W, S30SE ? by 1925
099 Pecan T6N, R14W, S28SW ? by 1948
100 Dixie   1903 by 1948
101 Saddle Mountain T5N, R14W, S29SW 1910s? 1948?
102 Star Center   ? by 1911
103 Rainey Valley (Rainey Mountain) T6N, R16W, S33NE ? by 1948
104 Mackey   1901 by 1911
105 Surprise (Dick) T7N, R16W, S29SE ? 1941
106 Victor     No Info
107 Minor     No Info
108 Cold Springs (changed to #5) T4N, R17W, T29N ? ?
109 Koon-Ka-Zachey   by 1907 by 1961
110 Rocky Hill T6N, R15W, S30SW 1910 1929
111 Harvey     No Info
112 Samone   ? No Info

 

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