Most of the information about the 99 rural schools in Union County was researched by Debbie Bradley. Thanks, Deb!
About 1900 a standard numbering system was established for all rural schools in the state. Each township was comprised of nine school districts. The numbering started in the upper right hand corner of each township and followed an ‘S’ pattern as shown below.
3 2 1 ↓←← start
4 5 6 →→↓
9 8 7 ←←←
Click below for the rural schools in each township.
