Hickory Point School, 1951

Hickory Point School, 1951

one-room schoolhouses

Rural schools

Forsyth (Ill.)

Macon County (Ill.)

Hickory Point (Macon County, Ill. : Township)

Back row (left to right): Judy Roney, Eugene Sloan, Richard Fansler, Lucille Parks, Billie Davis, Lorraine Cohea, Gene Lowe.

Middle row: Larry Hinkle, Lynn Dunn, Rhondalee Garfoot, Larry Eubanks, Linda Smith, Rae Ann Garfoot, Kay Burgener, Hank Hockaday.

Seated: Marcia Hinkle, Rita Sue Garfoot, Nancy Fansler, Karen Fox, Carol Pope.

The Hickory Point School was formerly located on the southwest corner of US 51 North and Hickory Point Road in Forsyth, Illinois, and named for the hickory grove in which it stood. The first school building was constructed about 1858. A newer building was built in 1916, which taught grades 1-8. The school was part of the Mound-Hickory Point District #49.

During school district consolidations in 1948, Mound School was annexed into the Decatur School District, while Hickory Point became part of the Maroa School District. Hickory Point School closed after the 1952-1953 school year.

The building and land were purchased in 1954 and remodeled into a private residence. However, during the I-72 cloverleaf expansion in 1973, the school building was demolished.

Hickory Point Township Schools [binder]. Local history collection. Forsyth Public Library, Forsyth, Illinois

1951

Rural schools of Macon County. (1978). (F. S. White, Ed.). Macon County Historical Society (165).

Allen, L. M. (n.d.). The Last Recitation Bench. (C. C. McCartney, Ed.).

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