Morrow County's old Schools disapeared

Having discovered an old topographical map of Mt. Gilead and surrounding Morrow County, it shows the location of schools that once populated this rural community. Why were there so many schools? Speculating about the possibilities:

• Children had to be able to get to and from schools that were walking distance from their homes.
• If they could not walk, they had to be ported by horse-drawn wagon, and both the condition of the road and distance were also factors.
• School buildings were small and accommodated multiple grade levels.

My Grandmother, Marguerite Showalter George taught the first eight grades at the BlueJay School, for instance. That was before she raised her two boys and two girls.

Another website reports pictures of some of the old schools that have been demolished. It is just a shame that we didn't have the foresight to preserve them.

Just look at all of these old schools.

Bailey School    Mount Gilead
Baldwin School    Ashley
Beech Grove School    Denmark
Bethel School    Denmark
Bethel School    Chesterville
Blackbird School    Marengo
Blackhawk School    Marengo
Bluejay School    Mount Gilead
Boundary School    Mount Gilead
Center School    Ashley
Center School    Blooming Grove
Chester School    Chesterville
Chestnut Grove School    Marengo
Chestnut Ridge School    Blooming Grove
Cohan School    Caledonia
Craley School    Blooming Grove
Davis School    Mount Gilead
Dudley School    Marengo
East Miller School    Shauck
Fairfield School    Chesterville
Fairview School    Chesterville
Fairview School    Mount Gilead
Flowers School    Galion
Frozen Hill School    Mount Gilead
Gardner School    Chesterville
Goose Heaven School    Marengo
Gordon School    Chesterville
Greenwood School    Ashley
Guiding Star School    Mount Gilead
Half Acre School    Blooming Grove
Harbison School    Blooming Grove
Hardscrabble School    Denmark
Hawkins School    Olive Green
Hunters School    Galion
Jackson School    Centerburg
Jackson School    Chesterville
Jugs School    Blooming Grove
Krott School    Ashley
Liberty School    Mount Gilead
Lone Star School    Mount Gilead
Long School    Denmark
Maple Grove School    Mount Gilead
Miller School    Shauck
Miracle School    Shauck
Morehouse School    Ashley
Mount Pleasant School    Shauck
Nelson School    Galion
North Canaan School    Caledonia
Oaklawn School    Marengo
Oliveroot School    Marengo
Peoples School    Shauck
Phillips School    Marengo
Pleasant Hill School    Blooming Grove
Pleasant Valley School    Blooming Grove
Pompey School    Ashley
Railroad School    Marengo
Red Hill School    Chesterville
Salem School    Denmark
School Number 1    Shauck
School Number 1    Ashley
School Number 2    Ashley
School Number 4    Shauck
School Number 5    Mount Gilead
School Number 6    Mount Gilead
School Number 6    Ashley
School Number 7    Ashley
Schorr School    Waldo
Seifs School    Galion
South Miller School    Shauck
Stackhouse School    Shauck
Stilers Corner School    Marengo
Sunfish School    Mount Gilead
Turney Center School    Marengo
Vail School    Chesterville
Walters School    Blooming Grove

Morrow County Historical Schools

Let's take a Google Maps tour to see where BlueJay School was once located.

Here is a link to some old pictures.

http://www.oldohioschools.com/morrow_county.htm

Marguerite Showalter George taught the first 8 grades at BlueJay School.

The location was on Russell Road in Harmony Township, Morrow County.

The topography is shown here.

Google Earth shows the lane to the demolished school location.