Further information for many of the schools listed below is available in Rural and Small Town Schools in Livingston County, compiled by Leo Hopper for a project for the Grand River Historical Society, July 1986.

Livingston County Schools, from Magazine Supplement to The Chillicothe Constitution, June 24, 1916

Blue Mound Township

Barry School. R24 T56 S20 (2.5 miles southeast of Dawn)

Baxter School.  R24 T56 S14 (8 miles south of Chillicothe)

Blue Mound School.  R24 T56 S36 (in Blue Mound)

Bowman School.  R24 T56 S4 (2 miles northeast of Dawn)

in Bowman School History is Told by Mrs. Boone, Chillicothe Constitution Tribune

in History of Caldwell and Livingston Counties, 1886

Burner School (northwest of Blue Mound)

Johnson School.  R5 T56 S24 (3 miles south & 1 mile west of Dawn)

in First School of Johnson District Was Log Building, Chillicothe Constitution Tribune

Kincaid School.  R? T56 S24  (8 miles south of Chillicothe)

Stone School.  R24 T56 S30, District 7 (2 miles south of Dawn)

in Stone School Got Its Name from the Rock It Was Made Of, Chillicothe Constitution Tribune

Swain School.  R T south (6 miles south of Chillicothe)

Dawn

Dawn Schools (in Dawn)

Chillicothe Township

Bliss School.  R24 T57 S11 (1 mile south of Chillicothe)

Butler School.  R23 T57 S9 (4 miles southeast of Chillicothe), formerly Wolfskill School

in History of Butler Rural School, Chillicothe Constitution Tribune

Colored School (4 miles southeast of Bedford)

Field School (1 mile west of Minor School)

Jacksnipe (Waye) School.  R23 T57 S13 (5 miles east & 1 mile south of Chillicothe)

in History of Jacknife School Once Was "Waye", Chillicothe Constitution Tribune

Linville School.  R24 T58 S12, District 32 (3.5 miles north of Chillicothe)

in History of Linville District, Chillicothe Constitution Tribune

Macedonia School (6 miles north of Chillicothe)

Minor School.  R24 T58 S25 (north of Chillicothe)

in Minor School, Chillicothe Constitution Tribune

Oak Grove School.  R23 T57 S7 (1 mile southeast of Chillicothe)

in Oak Grove School History Is Told by Mrs. Boone, Chillicothe Constitution Tribune

Progressive School.  R23 T57 S23 (5 miles east & 3 miles south of Chillicothe)

Willard School.  R24 T57 S3 ()

Wolfskill School (mentioned in Butler School article)

Woodland School.  R24 T58 S22, District 1 (2.5 miles northwest of Chillicothe)

in Woodland Has Been a Substantial County School Many Years, Chillicothe Constitution Tribune

Chillicothe

Chillicothe Schools

•  (in old courthouse, 1841)
• Chillicothe Public Schools from Magazine Supplement to The Chillicothe Constitution, June 24, 1916
• Photographs

Jackson University of Business

• The Jackson University of Business from Magazine Supplement to The Chillicothe Constitution, June 24, 1916

Chillicothe Business College

• in Past and Present of Livingston County by A. J. Roof, 1913.

• Chillicothe Business College from Magazine Supplement to The Chillicothe Constitution, June 24, 1916
• in History of Livingston County edited by Grace Boehner, 1937
• Photographs

Cream Ridge Township

Black Hills School.  R24 T59 S36 (6 miles north & .75 miles west of Chillicothe)

in History of Black Hills School Near Chillicothe Opened in 1881, Chillicothe Constitution Tribune

in History of Caldwell and Livingston Counties, 1886

Center School.  R23 T59 S20 (2 miles west of Chula)

in Three Schools Close Down as New Building Opens is R-III District, Chillicothe Constitution Tribune

in Wallace Hooker Tells History of the Center District, Chillicothe Constitution Tribune

Hazel Hurst School.  R24 T59 S3 (2.5 miles west & .5 miles south of Farmersville)

Maple Grove School.  R23 T59 S33 (2 miles south of Chula)

in Three Schools Close Down as New Building Opens is R-III District, Chillicothe Constitution Tribune

Smith School.  R23 T59 S10 (2 miles north of Chula)

in Smith School, Chillicothe Constitution Tribune

Ward School.  R23 T59 S5 (4 miles northwest of Chula)

in Ward School Near Chula Had Long, Colorful History, Chillicothe Constitution Tribune

White School.  R23 T58 S29 (1 mile north & 1 mile west of Sturges)

Farmersville

Farmersville School T59 S23, District 5 (on U.S. Hwy 65)

in Farmersville Town and School Sites Deeded in 1869, Chillicothe Constitution Tribune

 

Fairview Township

Asper School.  R23 T56 S27 (2 miles west & 2 miles south of Avalon)

Blackoak (Kapp) School.  R25 T56 S23 (2 miles south of Avalon)

in Tells the Story of Blackoak (Kapp) School Near Avalon, Chillicothe Constitution Tribune

Center School.  R23 T56 S22 (2 miles west of Avalon)

Condron School.  R23 T56 S30 (w miles east of Blue Mound)

Cor-Campbell School.  R23 T57 S33 (2 miles west & 3 miles north of Avalon)

Crow Point School (3 miles northwest of Avalon)

Green School.  R23 T56 S3, District 2 (2 miles west & 2 miles north of Avalon)

in Green School, Near Avalon Has Long and Rich History, Chillicothe Constitution Tribune

Lowland School.  R23 T56 S11 (2 miles north of Avalon)

Smith-Campbell School.  R23 T56 S6 (8 miles southeast of Chillicothe)

Vaughn School.  R23 T56 S18, District 89 (4 miles west of Avalon)

in Vaughn School, Four Miles from Avalon Was Begun in 1870, Chillicothe Constitution Tribune

in History of Caldwell and Livingston Counties, 1886

Avalon

Avalon School (in Avalon)

Grand River Township

Center School.  R22 T56 S16 (2.5 miles south of Bedford)

Fairland School.  R22 T56 S8 (1.5 miles southwest of Bedford)

in Fairland School History Goes Back to at Least 1846, Chillicothe Constitution Tribune

in History of Caldwell and Livingston Counties

Hazel Green School.  R14 T56 S22 (3 miles north of Hale)

Independence School.  R22 T56 S5 (2 miles west of Bedford)

in The Independence School Flourished for 72 Years, Chillicothe Constitution Tribune

Leaton School.  R21 T56 S20, District 74 (5 miles northeast of Hale)

in Old Leaton School, Chillicothe Constitution Tribune

McCleary School.  R23 T57 S29 (2 miles southeast of Jimtown Bridge)

Morgan School.  R22 T56 S28 (1 mile west & 1 mile north of Hale)

Shannondale School.  R22 T56 S30 (2 miles east & 1.25 miles south of Avalon)

Toestring School.  R22 T56 S25 (1 mile east & 2 miles north of Hale)

Bedford

Colored School

Bedford Schools (in Bedford)

Bedford High School (in Bedford)

Grandville

Grandville School 

Greene Township

Maple Grove School.  R25 T57 S25 (3 miles southwest of Utica)

Munson School

Utica

Utica Schools (in Utica)

Jackson Township

Black School.  R25 T59 S14 (3 miles northwest of Springhill)

in Black School Was Started 112 Years Ago, Ended in 1910, Chillicothe Constitution Tribune

in History of Caldwell and Livingston Counties, 1886

Blackburn School.  R25 T59 S8 (2 miles east & 1.5 miles south of the northwest corner of Livingston County)

in Blackburn School Started 109 Years Ago, Now Is Closed, Chillicothe Constitution Tribune

Gibbs School.  R24 T58 S18 (6.5 miles northwest of Chillicothe)

in Rural Gibbs School To Operate In County, Chillicothe Constitution Tribune

Girdner School.  R24 T58 S9 (2 miles southeast of Springhill)

Happy Hollow (Brassfield or Hog Skin Hollow) School T59 S24 R28, District 13 (11 miles northwest of Chillicothe)

in History of Happy Hollow, Chillicothe Constitution Tribune

Harper School (about 4 miles west of Springhill)

Hicks School.  R25 T59 S34, District 5 (5 miles northwest of Springhill)

in History of Hicks School, Chillicothe Constitution Tribune

in The Last of Livingston County's Independently Operating Rural Schools, Chillicothe Constitution Tribune

Hosman School.  R24 T59 S8 (18 miles northwest of Chillicothe)

Kirk (Harper) School.  R25 T58 S4, District 26 (3 miles southwest of Springhill)

in History of Kirk School, Chillicothe Constitution Tribune

Pinkley School.  R25 T59 S4, District 12 (2.5 miles north of Springhill)

in Pinkley District is One of the Oldest, Chillicothe Constitution Tribune

in The Last of Livingston County's Independently Operating Rural Schools, Chillicothe Constitution Tribune

Potter School.  R24 T59 S33 (2 miles northeast of Springhill) 

in The Last of Livingston County's Independently Operating Rural Schools, Chillicothe Constitution Tribune

Prothero School.  R25 T59 S11 (2 miles northeast of Lilly Grove Church)

Ware School T59 R25 S29 (4 miles southwest of Lilly Grove Church)

Springhill

Springhill School.  R24 T58 S6 (in Springhill)

in The Last of Livingston County's Independently Operating Rural Schools, Chillicothe Constitution Tribune

Medicine Township

Banner School.  R22 T59 S9 (2.5 miles northwest of Eversonville)

Gordonville School.  R22 T59 S30 (1 mile south & 2.5 miles west of Eversonville)

in Gordonville School History is Traced Back Many Years, Chillicothe Constitution Tribune

in History of Caldwell and Livingston Counties, 1886

Manning School.  R22 T59 S19 (2.5 miles east of Chula)

in History of Manning School, Chillicothe Constitution Tribune

Phillips School.  R22 T59 S11 (4 miles northeast of Chula)

White Cloud School.  R22 T59 S33 (1 mile south & .75 miles west of Eversonville)

Monroe Township

Austin School (1.5 miles north of Ludlow)

Bryanville School.  R25 T56 S4 (2 miles north & 1 mile west of Ludlow)

Hosier School.  R25 T56 S32 (2 miles south & 1.25 miles west of Ludlow)

Johnson School.  R25 T56 S25 District 99 (orig. #5)

in First School of Johnson District Was Log Building, Chillicothe Constitution Tribune

in History of Caldwell and Livingston Counties, 1886

McCoskrie School.  R25 T56 S5

Risley School.  T Rsouth (2 miles north & 2 miles east of Ludlow)

Warner (Yahns) School.  R25 T56 S17 (2 miles west & .25 miles north of Ludlow)

in Warner School Was in Operation from 1881 Until 1942, Chillicothe Constitution Tribune

Ludlow

Ludlow Schools (in Ludlow)

Treat School (in Ludlow)

Mooresville Township

Brush College School.  R25 T57 S23 (2.25 miles east of Mooresville)

in Brush College School History, Chillicothe Constitution Tribune

in History of Caldwell and Livingston Counties, 1886

Clay Hill School.  R25 T57 S9 (2 miles north of Mooresville)

Oak Ridge (Matson) School.  R25 T57 S6 (2.5 miles northwest of Mooresville)

in Oak Ridge School History Goes Back Beyond Civil War Ridge School, Chillicothe Constitution Tribune

Prairie Ridge (Hudgins) School.  R25 T57 S19 (1.25 miles west of Mooresville)

Tonerville School.  R25 T57 S31, District 62 (orig #6)

in First Tonerville School Was a Log Building Constructed in 1880's, Chillicothe Constitution Tribune

Mooresville

Colored School

Mooresville Schools (in Mooresville)

Rich Hill Township

Adams School.  R23 T58 S21 D41 (4 miles northeast of Chillicothe)

American Bottoms Schoolwest of Chula.  R24 T59 S23 (4 miles west of Chula) 

in American Bottoms School , Chillicothe Constitution Tribune

in History of Caldwell and Livingston Counties, 1886

Bradford School.  R23 T58 S34 (4 miles east of Chillicothe)

Bradford School.  R23 T58 S34 (4 miles east of Chillicothe)

in Bradford School Records Complete from Start in 1877, Chillicothe Constitution Tribune

Cottonwood Grove School (1.5 miles south of Chula)

Grant School (2 miles south of Sturges)

Green Grove School.  R23 T58 S7, District 33(orig.#4) (2.5 miles southwest of Sturges)

in Green Grove School, Chillicothe Constitution Tribune

Jones School.  R23 T58 S32, District 53 (1.5 miles east of Chillicothe)

in History of Jones School, Chillicothe Constitution Tribune

Manning (Raney) School.   R22 T59 S12, District 17 (east of Chula)

in History of Manning School, Chillicothe Constitution Tribune

McCormick School.  R23 T58 S9 (1 mile east & 1.5 miles south of Sturges)

Minor School.  R23 T58 S25 (1 mile north of Chillicothe)

in Minor School, Chillicothe Constitution Tribune

Oakdale School (northwest of Jones cemetery)

Pond School T Rsouth (5 miles northeast of Chillicothe)

Slagle School.  R23 T58 S14 (5 miles southeast of Sturges)

in Slagle School Was Used 44 Years, Chillicothe Constitution Tribune

Smith School.  R23 T59 S10 District 3 (north of Chula)

in Smith School, Chillicothe Constitution Tribune

Ward School.  R23 T59south , District 4 (northwest of Chula)

in Ward School Near Chula Had Long, Colorful History, Chillicothe Constitution Tribune

Chula

Chula Schools (in Chula)

in Three Schools Close Down as New Building Opens is R-III District, Chillicothe Constitution Tribune

Sturges

Sturges School (lot 7 block 3 in Sturges)

Sampsel Township

Boucher School.  R25 T58 S21 (1 mile north of Sampsel)

in Boucher School Operated From the 1860s to 1921, Chillicothe Constitution Tribune

in History of Caldwell and Livingston Counties, 1886

Brookshire School.  R25 T58 S7 (3 miles east of Lock Springs)

Brown School. R Tsouth (3 miles northeast of Sampsel)

Moody School.  R25 T58 S3 (2.5 miles southwest of Sampsel)

Raulie School.  R25 T59 S12, District 25 (2.25 miles southwest of Springhill)

in Raulie School, Chillicothe Constitution Tribune

Sneed School.  R25 T58 S26, District 45 (2 miles southeast of Sampsel)

in Even Grown Folks Attended Rural Sneed School, Chillicothe Constitution Tribune

Walker School (east of Sampsel)

Sampsel

Sampsel Schools.  R25 T58 S28, District 46 (in Sampsel)

in Tells Half-Century of Sampsel School, Chillicothe Constitution Tribune

in The Last of Livingston County's Independently Operating Rural Schools, Chillicothe Constitution Tribune

Sampsel High School (in Sampsel)

Wheeling Township

Gish (North Wheeling) School.  R22 T58 S29 (2 miles north of Wheeling)

in Gish School, Chillicothe Constitution Tribune

in History of Caldwell and Livingston Counties, 1886

Gordon School (1 mile west of Slagle's Mill)

Gordonville School  R22 T59 S30 (north of Wheeling)

Gould (South Wheeling)School.  R 22 T59 S9 (1.5 miles south of Wheeling)

in History of Gould School Dates to '74, Chillicothe Constitution Tribune

Leopolis School.  Parochial school near cemetery

New York School.  R22 T58 S8 No. 2 (4.5 miles north of Wheeling)

in New York School, First was Log Building in 1869, Chillicothe Constitution Tribune

Prairie Valley School.  R22 T58 S7, District 5 (5 miles northwest of Wheeling) (no CT article)

South Wheeling.  R22 T57 S9, No. 2 (no CT article) 

Wheeling

Wheeling Schools (in Wheeling)

Unknown Location

Freels School.  built by Robert Dockery of land from John Freels, 1854

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