School Hill, Texas. (original) (raw)

	School Hill School Today Photo courtesy of Carl Jones

History in a Pecan Shell

The Handbook of Texas, which mentions School Hill in the past tense, has seven lines of information which have been condensed into the following paragraph:

�Probably established in the late nineteenth century, the oldest graves in the cemetery date back to 1884. About 1900 a school was erected on a hill above the community and in 1935 the school had one teacher and twenty pupils.� In 1940 the community had a school, a church, a cemetery, and scattered dwellings. The school was consolidated with the Lingleville school in the 1940s.�

The Churches of School Hill

Charlie Turnbo of Salado, Texas, whose family comes from the School Hill region has sent a wonderful history of the community - and the church that was the town�s anchor. We�re pleased to be able to reprint Mr. Trunbo�s history which is a close look - not only of School Hill - but a representational view of the entire region. The details and anecdotes with the photographs provided paint a vivid picture of the community's past.
See The Churches of School Hill ›

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