Near Sites of Kokomo School
N 32° 16.919 W 098° 42.358
14S E 527688 N 3571730
Texas Historical Marker in the general area of where the various incarnations of the Kokomo school once stood, providing some history.
Waymark Code: WMYQT5
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 07/12/2018
Views: 3
This area was ravaged by wildfires in 2006, and the adjacent Kokomo Baptist Church was a casualty. Oddly, though, the building here is large enough to fit the bill for two rooms, but a 1938 cornerstone -- "Kokomo 4-H Clubs" and a National Youth Administration plaque, dated 1937-1938, create a mystery. Is this the old school, with stone walls added during a refurb in 1937-1938?
Marker Number: 2974
Marker Text:
First building erected in this once-thriving community was a one-room log schoolhouse, 1886. Only furnishings were a stove and split-log benches. In 1899 better equipment was acquired and a larger (30' x 60') frame building was erected. In 1907 it was enlarged to two rooms. This school was consolidated with the Carbon School in 1949. (1969)
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