County Divided into School Districts - Quitman, TX
N 32° 47.731 W 095° 27.119
15S E 270390 N 3631279
A pair of Wood County Historical Commission historical markers stand on the grounds of the Wood County Courthouse at 100 S Main St, Quitman, TX. This one provides some history of establishment of the county's school districts.
Waymark Code: WMWWTR
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 10/24/2017
Views: 4
The marker reads:
It was not until 1884 that Wood County had public schools. From the date the first settler, Martin Varner, arrived in 1841, the County only had "pay" or "subscription" schools.
On April 24, 1871, the State of Texas approved "section five of an Act to organize and maintain a system of public free schools in the State of Texas". After that date property owners in Wood County were assessed a school tax in accordance with section "five". During a special session of the 18th Legislature on January 8, 1884, it was ordered that Wood County be divided into the following school districts.
Quitman, Lone Star, Myrtle Springs, Forest Hill, Cartwright, Caney, Rock Hill, Forest Home, Winnsboro, Chalybeate Springs, Spring Hill, Smyrna, Cold Springs, Shady Grove, Center Point, Pleasant Grove, Floyd's Common Ridge, Mount Pisgah, Liberty, Sand Springs, Fletcher, Pleasant Divide, Friendship, Lone Point, "Albie", Salem, Webster, Persimmon Grove, Cottonwood, Macedonia, Concord, New Hope, Dyess, Mt. Enterprise. Negro schools were Quitman Cedar Tree, Robinson's Chapel, Muddy Creek, Mount Zion, Tranquil, Center, Hawkins and District 48 which was all the district west of Lake Fork and Shiloh.
Wood County Historical Commission
Group that erected the marker: Wood County Historical Commission
URL of a web site with more information about the history mentioned on the sign: [Web Link]
Address of where the marker is located. Approximate if necessary:
100 S Main St
Quitman, TX USA
75783
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