OK School - Washburn, MO
Posted by: Groundspeak Regular Member MountainWoods
N 36° 35.066 W 094° 00.440
15S E 409884 N 4049245
OK School on OK Ridge in Barry County, Missouri
Waymark Code: WMG497
Location: Missouri, United States
Date Posted: 01/10/2013
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member silverquill
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I have not been able to determine when this school was started. A centenarian from our church (d. 2012) attended OK School back in the 19-teens. The school began to consolidate with the Southwest RV district, with Washburn and Seligman, in Washburn during 1954. The last class was held in 1956, the year before this author was born.

Some of the last few years of classes can be found in this rootsweb page.

There are many people around the area that attended the school. It is kept in good repair. Until the mid 2000s it was the official polling place for us residences of Ash Township in Barry County, before the polling place was moved across Farm Road 2242 to the Mission Baptist Church. The building is still used on rare occasions.

The Barry County Museum has an ongoing project to document the history of the old county rural schools and churches. When that is available, more information can be added to this Waymark.

Address:
FR2242
Washburn, MO USA
65772


Web Site: Not listed

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