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Rural Schools

Lima Township, Rock County, Wisconsin

According to the 1873 atlas and 1917 atlas for Rock County, there were eleven rural schools in Lima
Township.
The location and current status of these school buildings is given below (using the modern road names).
The numbers given to each school are mine and not district numbers. Thanks to Georgia Roe for the names of the schools.

School

Location

Maps

Today

Alexander
Sect. 15 - E. Bowers Lake Rd. - west of Lima Center Rd.
1873; 1917 private building
Bullock
Sect. 32 - County KK & Hwy. 59 - SW corner of intersection
1873; 1917 gone
Burr Oak
Sect. 7 - Vickerman & Godfrey Rds. - NE corner of intersection
1873; 1917 private residence
Crandall (No. 9)
Sect. 26 - Berg Rd., east of Lima Center Rd.
----- 1842-Abt. 1860
Green
Sect. 13 - Hwy. 59 & County Line Rd. - SW corner of intersection
(near Rock Co./Walworth Co. border)
1873; 1917 private residence
Lima Center (No. 9)
Sect. 22 - Lima Center Rd., in Lima Center - between Gould &
Pioneer Rds.
1873; 1917 apartments
Morgan
Sect. 9 - County N - just east of County KK
1873; 1917 gone
Palmer
Sect. 33 - County KK & L-J Townline Rd. (on Lima Twp. &
Johnstown Twp. border)
1873; 1917 private residence
Spring Brook
Sect. 25 - County Line Rd. - just north of Pioneer Rd. (near Rock
Co./Walworth Co. border); it was moved to the southwest corner of Sturtevant & Pioneer Rds.
1873; 1917 private residence
Stoddard
Sect. 11 - County N & McMillan Rd. - south side of intersection
1873; 1917 gone
Sturtevant
Sect. 35 - Sturtevant & L-J Townline Rds. - NE corner of
intersection (on Lima Twp. & Johnstown Twp. border)
1873; 1917 private residence
Vickerman
Sect. 31 - Hwy. 59 & Vickerman Rd. - SE corner of intersection
1873; 1917 private residence
name unknown #1
Sect. 6 - Vickerman & E. County Line Rd. - SE corner of
intersection (on Rock Co. & Jefferson Co. border)
1873; 1917 private residence

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