Documents researched and graciously provided by Mary Whitcomb. August - 2007

  Pike Township School opened it's doors in the Fall of 1938 and closed in 1987 because of declining enrollment. Prior to 1938 there were six one-room schools, (previously 7 but one burned). They closed in 1938 sending the students to Pike Center, aka Pike Township School. The first one-room school in Pike Township was near Winameg and established in 1835.

The current status of the school is that a private individual purchased the school with the intention of converting the facility to apartments. However, the State of Ohio refused to issue a sewage permit and the property has no current development activity, and is falling into disrepair.

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In The Beginning by Mary Whitcomb  pdf    4.8Meg

The One Room School by Ida Belle Salsbury pdf  30K

Pike Township School History by Frank Reighard pdf   45k

Our Early Country Schools by Hazel Fetterman pdf    55k

Fulton County Schools Daily Program 1936-1937 pdf   33k