​Site of
​North Prairie School

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Marker Text: ​On June 8, 1896, the citizens of North Prairie petitioned the Falls county commissioners court for a community school district and North Prairie school district No. 65 was created in 1910 a 2-room school housed two teachers and about about 30 students with three teachers providing instruction in nine grades world war II called away many of North Prairie's young people the community declined in population as did many community schools of the era, and in 1946 the North Prairie school district was consolidated with nearby Chilton schools. The North Prairie schoolhouse was razed within a few years, but remains a significant part of local history. (1999)

Marker No: 118873

Aluminum 18 x 28 Subject Marker

Geographic: 31.336416, -97.084900

Location: US 77, 6 miles north of Chilton