Country schools

some of the
​country schools in
​richardson county,nebraska 
that were still standing in 2017

Maps with the locations of the original 105 school districts in Richardson and where their schools stood is at the foot of this page.

Please share your photographs of Richardson County country schools.  Email them to T[email protected].  We will share them with the Quad County Historical Society and post them on this page where they can be found with a google search. 

If you know that a school district's country school no longer exist, please let us know that, too.

northwest star country school
also known as the cooper school
district 10, richardson county
franklin precinct

Yes, it was concrete.    Here it is in July 2017.  To get there from Table Rock, go east on Highway 4, then turn north at the four mile corner, onto Highway 105.  Turn right on the fourth road and the school is a mile or so east of the 105. 

pine ridge country school
district 11, richardson county
franklin precinct

This school has been repurposed as the club house for the Lakeview Golf Course at Kirkman's Cove.  It is barely recognizable, as the windows have been covered and porches/decks added.  Only the original rectangular frame building seems to remain.

union star country school
district 39, richardson county
humboldt precinct

Photo by Sharla Sitzman, June 29, 2017

Located on 711 Road at the intersection of 631 Avenue.

kenter country school
district 40, richardson county
humboldt precinct

Located on 711 Road at the intersection of 105 Highway (south of Humboldt).

Photo 6973b, taken by Kim Vrtiska

Photo 6973, shared by Geraldine Staley

School year 1950-1951, shared by John Cander.

gladstone brick country school
​richardson county, ne district 48

This school is located on Highway 73 one mile north of Falls City. It has been re-purposed for business offices.  It was in use until 1979.  The district was organized in 1869.  This building was constructed in the early 1900s.

Google image, 2017

where country schools once stood
and may still be standing

reference: the 105 original school districts of richardson county

Following is a list of the original school districts of Richardson County.  This list includes all school districts, which included those in towns, such as Falls City,  Dawson, Humboldt, and so on, as well as those in the countryside.  Most of the country school districts had one-room  buildings that have been lost to us since consolidations eliminated their function.

​There is no formal inventory of country schools in Richardson County that are still standing.  Sandy Stalder, president of the Quad County Historical Society, got with her husband to review old maps showing the location of school buildings and compare the locations with today's plat maps.  The result follow s below.  The next step is to meld this on to a highway map, but for now this is the best available resource. 

plat maps with historical locations
​of country school houses annotated

reference: the precincts of the west part of richardson county

The nine precincts of the west part of Richardson County are highlighted below.  They follow a column format from west to east, beginning with Franklin, Humboldt, and Spieser.

franklin precinct

humboldt precinct

spieser precinct

porter precinct

grant precinct

nemaha precinct

east & west muddy precinct

liberty precinct

salem precinct

references: the precincts of the east part of richardson county

 the east part of barada precinct 

the west part of barada precinct

ohio PRECINCT

falls city​ PRECINCT

arago​ PRECINCT

jefferson​ PRECINCT

rulo precinct