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SCHOOL HILL,
TEXASErath County,
North Central Texas
Farm Road 2303
16 miles NW of Stephenville
Population:
22 (1990)
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School Hill
School Today
Photo courtesy of Carl Jones
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History
in a Pecan Shell
The Handbook of Texas, which mentions School Hill in the past tense,
has seven lines of information which have been condensed into the
following paragraph:
“Probably established in the late nineteenth century, the oldest graves
in the cemetery date back to 1884. About 1900 a school was erected
on a hill above the community and in 1935 the school had one teacher
and twenty pupils.” In 1940 the community had a school, a church,
a cemetery, and scattered dwellings. The school was consolidated with
the Lingleville school in the 1940s.” |
Charlie Turnbo
of Salado, Texas, whose family comes from the School Hill region has
sent a wonderful history of the community - and the church that was
the town’s anchor. We’re pleased to be able to reprint Mr. Trunbo’s
history which is a close look - not only of School Hill - but a representational
view of the entire region. The details and anecdotes with the photographs
provided paint a vivid picture of the community's past. See The
Chuches of School Hill
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