Early Schools in Live Oak County

Until the 1870s, Live Oak County had private schools taught by clergymen and ranch employees in cabins, brush arbors, dugouts. County Judge G.W. Jones initiated (1876) community schools with tuition set at 7 1/2 cents a day per student. In time there were 43 of these small schools. Oakville in 1881 erected the county's first building for a free school and in 1899 had the first independent district. By 1917 George West and Three Rivers also had independent districts. Consolidations began in 1940, when the county had 9,799 people. By 1970, two consolidated schools served the entire county. (1975) [See school district names on back] Schools absorbed by Three Rivers: Arkansaw, Atasocsa, Benham, Central, Elwell, Fant City, Kitty, Mapes (White Creek), Midway, Mountain View, Nell, North, Oakwood, Ray Point, Salt Creek, Simmons, Toms, Whitsett

Early Schools in Live Oak County is a historical marker in Three Rivers, Live Oak County, dedicated in 1975. It is one of 19 historical markers documented in Live Oak County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 24 historic sites cataloged across the county.

The site sits at 28.4624, -98.1806 near Three Rivers. The nearest cataloged historic site is First State Bank Building (historical marker), about 0.2 miles away. Others within a short drive include Three Rivers, Felix Longoria, and Three Rivers Glass Factory, Site of.

This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #5000023440. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.