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School District Maps- 1911
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In this era, the rural school landscape was vastly different from today. In the state of Missouri alone, there were upwards of 9,000 one room schoolhouses in 1917. That number would decrease significantly as the years passed leaving 1,028 one room schoolhouses in 1959. For Nodaway County, at its peak, there were upwards of 180 different school districts each housing its own school house. The map to the left shows the location of the various school districts.
Photo courtesy of Nodaway County Historical Society
School District Maps-Current
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Today, the landscape for school districts is significantly different than the early years of education within Nodaway County. Today, there are only nine different school districts, far less than the 180 in the late 1800s. The map to the left shows those nine school districts that are functioning today.
Photo from FCS Financial
Hickory Grove Schoolhouse
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Hickory Grove was a functioning schoolhouse sixteen miles west of Maryville, Missouri. The school has a historied past as it first functioned as a school house for the children within the district (add number later), but then later moved from its original location. With help and guidance from the Nodaway County Historical Society, the school was moved onto the premises of Northwest Missouri State University campus in 1968. The school remained on the campus until 1996 where it was moved to its present location at the Nodaway Historical Society Museum. Here it serves the role as an educational tool, showing visitors what early schoolhouses looked like as well as how they functioned.
Photo courtesy of Nodaway County Historical Society