Sumner County School Index was created from various sources, books: The Great Leap Westward by Walter Durham, Old Sumner by Walter Durham, Rebellion Revisited by Walter Durham, Historic Sumner County by Jay Cisco, Generations by Velma Brinkley and Mary Huddleston Malone and Sesquicentennial Portland, Tennessee. Additional research material was derived from Dr. James Thomas Photograph Collection, Allen Haynes Photograph Collection, Sumner County 1930’s Health Department map, 1878 Sumner County map and newspaper articles.
Sumner County Schools | Location | Year |
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Anderson | Dobbin Pike in Sulfura | |
Anglea | Buck Perry Rd.? | |
Austin | New Deal Potts Rd. | |
Avondale | African American school | |
Barr's school | District 10 1878 map | |
Beech High School | Long Hollow Pike | |
Beech Hill Academy | District 5 1878 map | |
Beech School | Long Hollow Pike | |
Bethel | Robertson County/Bethel Road | |
Bethpage High School | Bethpage | |
Bethpage School | Bethpage | |
Big Springs Church & School | District 16 1878 map | |
Bledsoe | African American school | |
Bledsoe Academy | Castalian Springs | |
Bledsoe Academy /Female | near Rural Academy | 1840 |
Bledsoe Lick | Castalian Springs | 1787 |
Bledsoe School | Castalian Springs | |
Blythe Street | African American school | |
Bon Air | Hwy. 174 , Brackentown Rd. | |
Boyers School | ||
Brackentown | Highland Rd./Hwy. 259 | |
Brooks School | Fowler Ford Rd./Opossum Rd. | |
Broomsage/Oak Grove | African American school | |
Brown School | ||
Buck Lodge | Old Gallatin Rd.,Buck Lodge | |
Buckley Chapel | ||
Buffalo | Westmoreland | |
Bush's Chapel | ||
C.H. School? Central High School? | ||
Cairo Academy | Cairo | |
Cairo | African American school | |
Cedar Grove | District 3 from 1878 map | |
Center Point | Center Point Rd? | 1891 |
Central Academy | Gallatin | |
Central High School | Gallatin | |
Chestnut Grove | Hwy. 76, Jackson Rd. | |
Chestnut Hill | Dobbins Pike | |
Chipman | ||
Clearview | Clearview Rd. | |
Cold Springs | built by Thomas Baskerville | 1854/1857 |
Cooper | Rabe Coats Rd. | |
Corinth | Old Hwy. 52 | |
Corum Hill | Corum Hill Rd. | |
Cottontown | Cottontown, Hwy. 25 | |
Cottontown | African American school | |
Crossroads | Rapids Rd./Hwy. 259 | |
Dorris | Parkers Chapel Rd./Ranch Rd. | |
Douglas Chapel/Ocana | Station Camp Creek on Long Hollow Pike | |
Dry Fork | Dry Fork Creek | |
Durham Chapel | African American school | |
Edmondson Seminary | ||
Fairfield | Nubia Rd./Fairfield Rd. | |
Fairmont | became Oakmont | closed 1953 |
First School Bus, Durham, Miles | ||
Fountain Head | Fountain Head | |
Gallatin Sunday School | Possibly at Gallatin Presbyterian Church | 1830 |
Gallatin Female Academy 1828 | Became Sumner Female Academy 1838 | 1836 |
Gallatin High School | Gallatin | |
Gallatin Male Seminary | Gallatin | |
Gallatin Private Institute | Gallatin | 1920 |
Gallatin School/Gallatin Common School | Gallatin | 1839 |
Garrett Creek | Garrett Creek Rd. | |
Goodlettsville Elementary | Davidson County | |
Goodlettsville High School | Davidson County | |
Gravel Hill | African American school | |
Halls Chapel | African American school/Rock House Hollow | |
Hall Town | New Deal | |
Hart's Hill | African American school | |
Hartsville Female Institute | near Hartsville | 1836/1838 |
Hartsville Male Academy | near Hartsville | 1837 |
Hawkins Preparatory | Gallatin | |
Haynes Seminary for Young Ladies | August 3 1878 | |
Hendersonville Elementary | Hendersonville | |
Hendersonville High School | Hendersonville | |
Hickory Grove | African American school | |
Hickory Hill | Carter Rd./Corinth Rd. | |
Highland Academy | Seventh Day Adventist School 1946 | 1908 |
Highland | ||
Hinton, Allen, Bus Driver | ||
Hollis Chapel | Hollis Chapel | |
Home Bound | African American school | |
Hopewell | African American school 13th district | |
Howard 8th Grade | Gallatin | |
Howard Elementary | Gallatin | |
Howard Female College | Main Street, Gallatin | 1856 |
Howard School Bus | Gallatin | |
Hunter's School | ||
Independence School | ||
Isaac Franklin Institute | Fairvue | 1847 |
John Paul II | Hendersonville | 2000 |
Kansas | African American school, Hwy 31, Kansas Rd. | |
Liberty High School | ||
Liberty School | 1838 | |
Lickton | Davidson County | |
Link's School | ||
Little Brown School House | first school Oak Grove | |
Little Oak | Cross Roads & Sengtown/Ray Rd./Hwy. 259 | |
Littleton Academy | ||
Lodabar Academy | ||
Look Sharp | ||
Love's Chapel | ||
Macedonia | African American school/Belote's Bend | |
Madison Academy | ||
Madison Creek | ||
Main Street | Gallatin | |
Main Street High School | Main St. Gallatin | |
Martin Chapel | Martin Chapel Rd. | |
Masonic Male High School of Gallatin | Gallatin | |
McElwrath School | ||
McKendree Academy | Fountain Head | 1874 |
Merrol Hyde Magnet School | New Shackle Island Rd. | 2003 |
Millersville | ||
Miss Banks School | Main St. Gallatin | 1837/1838? |
Mitchellville | Mitchellville | |
Mitchellville | African American school | |
Mrs. Garrett's Female Seminary | Gallatin | 1835 |
Mt. Olive | ||
Mt. Olivet | African American school | |
Mt. Vernon | 1818 | |
Mt. Zion Academy | ||
Neophogen Male and Female College | Cross Plains /Gallatin | 1873/1874 |
New Hope Baptist Sch/Honeycutt's School | Tyree Springs Rd. | 1922 |
New Salem School | ||
Nolan | Portland/located on Shun Pike latter moved | 1846 |
North Sumner | Minor Ln./Fairfield Rd. | |
Number One | W. of Gallatin, Pilot Knob area | |
Oak Grove | Hwy. 52 | |
Oakland | New Deal | closed 1953 |
Oakmont/Fairmont & Oakland | New Deal | 1953 |
Ocana | Douglas Chapel near Elmore Douglas home | |
Odham's Bend | African American school | |
Palmer's Chapel | Closed in 1952/1953 | |
Parker's Chapel/ Rosenwald School | African American school 13th district | |
Patton Branch | ||
Peach Valley | African American school | |
Pee Dee | ||
Perdue | White Rd./Wolf Hill Rd. | |
Pericles Academy | ||
Persimmon Valley | ||
Pine Ford Academy | ||
Pilot Knob | African American school | |
Pleasant Grove School | Hwy 231 | |
Pond Ridge | ||
Portland HS | Portland | |
Portland Elementary | Gibson St., Portland | 1956 |
Portland Seminary | Portland | 1874 |
Progress | ||
Providence/North Sumner | Clark Hollow Rd./Dutch Creek | |
Pythian University | Gallatin | 1890's |
Rock Bridge School | Rock Bridge Rd. | 1850 |
Rockland | Rockland Road/African American | |
Rosemary Academy | Cairo Rd. | |
Rural Academy | E. Greenfield Lane/Castalian Springs/moved to Sideview | 1812/1829? |
Rural Academy | Castalian Springs E. of Greenfield Lane | |
Saint Frances | Shackle Island community | |
Saint John | African American school | |
Saint John Vianney Catholic School | Gallatin | 1949-1965 |
Salem | ||
Sarver Town | African American school | |
Saundersville | Hendersonville | |
Scattersville | Hwy. 52 | |
Shackle Island | Shackle Island | |
Shackle Island School | 1839 | |
Shallow Ford Academy | ||
Shorts | Old/Jernigan Rd./Hwy 52 near Hwy 31W | |
Sideview | ||
Slaters Chapel | ||
Simpson Seminary | ||
South Gallatin/Union | African American School/Winchester St. | |
Stark's Knob | African American school, Hendersonville | |
Station Camp Academy | ||
Station Camp Creek High School | Gallatin | 2002 |
Station Camp Creek Valley | 1838 | |
Stewards School | African American school | |
Still Water | ||
Sulphur Spring | ||
Sulfura | Dobbins Pike | |
Sugar Grove | Hwy 174 | |
Sumner Academy | Station Camp Creek, near Elmore Douglas home | 1801/1805 |
Sumner County High School | Portland | |
Sumner Female Academy | Howard Female College | 1837 |
Sumner Female Institute | ||
Sumner High School | Portland | 1915 |
Sumner Training School | African American school/Union High | |
Sumner-Robertson Normal | ||
Sunnyside | Long Hollow Pike/at St. Blaise | |
Sylvan Academy | 3 miles east Gallatin, half mile north of Hartsville Pike | 1839 |
Teachers of Sumner County | ||
Tennessee High School | ||
Transmontania Academy | Gallatin 1812 | 1832/1806? |
Trout's Academy | ||
Tullatuskee Normal College | Bethpage | 1899 |
Turners Station | Old Hwy. 31 | |
Union Chapel | ||
Union Elementary | African American school | |
Union High School | Gallatin | closed 1970 |
Union Hill | burned around 1940/1941 | |
Union University | ||
Van Buren School | ||
Village Green | African American school | |
Volunteer State Community College | Nashville Pike | 1971 |
Walker' School | ended 1908, students to Union Hill | |
Walnut Flat | ||
Walnut Grove | ||
Westmoreland | ||
Westmoreland High School | Westmoreland | |
White Hill | ||
White House High School | Tyree Springs Rd. | |
White Oak | Hwy. 259/Briley Lane, Mitchellville | |
Witham | Rogues Fork Rd, | |
Wirt College-Enon College | Hwy 231/Hwy 25 | 1844/1851 |
Wirt Seminary | Hwy 231/Hwy 25 | 1838 |
Wolf's Hill | ||
Woodland | ||
African American Schools | ||
Hickory Grove | District 1 ca 1868 | 1868 |
Macedonia | District 1/ Belote's Bend | |
Cairo | District 2 Rosenwald school built 1923 | |
Odham Bend | District 3 | |
Peach Valley | District 4 | |
Stark's Knob | District 5 | |
Avondale | District 5 | |
Mount Olive | District 8 | |
Cottontown | District 8 | |
Village Green | District 9 | |
Blythe Street | District 9 | |
Hall's Chapel | District 9 | 1874 |
Durham Chapel | District 10 Rosenwald school "little red school house" | |
Kansas | District 10 | |
Hart's Hill | District 10 | |
Stewards Chapel | District 11 | |
Bledsoe | District 11 | |
Sarver Town | District 13 | |
Broomsage/Oak Grove | District 15 | |
Parker's Chapel | District 16 | |
Mitchellville | District 16 | |
Union High School | District 16/1888 | |
Scattersville | District 16 | |
Rockland | District 16 | |
Union Elementary | ||
Sumner Training School | Union High School | |
South Gallatin | Boys Academy 1888 (white) became Rosenwald sch | |
Rockland | 1867 first African American school | 1867 |
Gravel Hill | ||
Home Bound | ||
Pilot Knob | ||
St. John | ||
Hopewell | District 16 |