Doniphan County, Kansas Historic School Districts Today (2007), Doniphan County has only five school districts--Wathena, Highland, Troy, Midway and Elwood--but in the "olden days", when there were two or more homesteads on every section, small rural schools dotted the countryside. Below is a list of known schools. Names changed throughout the years, and I have tried to include as many of the variant names as I could research.   #1 Wathena (Washington Twp.)   #2 Elwood (Washington Twp.)   #3 Brenner (Wayne Twp.)   #4 Herzig (Center Twp.)   #5 Palermo (Marion Twp.)   #6 Buffalo or Fanning (Iowa Twp)   #7 Syracuse (Wolf River Twp.)   #8 Prairie Grove or Bendena (Wolf River Twp.)   #9 Country, Maynard or Climax (Center Twp.) #10 Brick, Saxton or Pottawatomie (Center Twp.) #11 Randolph (Marion Twp.) #12 Geary (Wayne Twp.) #13 Doniphan (Wayne Twp.) #14 Bellevue (Iowa Twp) #15 Greenwich, Clem or Independence #16 Saint Benedicts (Union Twp.) #17 Severance (Wolf River Twp.) #18 Laverentz or Hartman (Wolf River Twp.) #19 Hartman (later Star joint district - Doniphan & Brown counties) #20 Zimmerman (Center Twp.) #21 Troy (Center Twp.) #22 Fairview #23 Aberle (Center Twp.) #24 Dolph's Grove, Overlander or Frog College (Iowa Twp) #25 Eureka or Wayne Twp. (Wayne Twp.) #26 Saunders or Rock (Wayne Twp.) #27 Union (Union Twp.) #28 Joint or South Fork ( joint - Doniphan & Brown counties) #29 Chapon or Cedar Creek (Iowa Twp) #30 La Grange #31 Arnold (Iowa Twp) #32 McClellan or Blair (Washington Twp.) #33 Waddell or Oak Grove (Wayne Twp.) #34 Brush Creek (Wayne Twp.) #35 Cordonier (Marion Twp.) #37 Kirkpatrick, Manual or Lehman (Burr Oak Twp.) #38 Burr Oak (Burr Oak Twp.) #39 Pleasant Grove #40 Neese or Cavanaugh #41 Iola (Iowa Twp) #42 Hickory Grove (Center Twp.) #43 White Cloud (Iowa Twp.) #44 Columbus (Burr Oak Twp.) #45 Leona (Wolf River Twp.) #46 Highland Station or Sparks (Iowa Twp) #47 Klippel or Klipple (Center Twp.) #48 East Norway or Moray (Wolf River Twp.) #49 Chappel or Chapple (Center Twp.) #50 Wheeler or Germany (joint - Doniphan & Atchison counties) #51 Hagaman or Oakland (Wayne Twp.)< #52 Wolf River (Wolf River Twp.) #53 Smithton (Burr Oak Twp.) #54 Spring Grove (Wayne Twp.) #55 Bellemont (Washington Twp.) #56 Martin (Iowa Twp) #57 Normanville or Normile (Union Twp.) #58 Iowa Point (Iowa Twp) #59 Eclipse #60 Walker or Old Sixty (Center Twp.) #61 Highland #62 Vanderslice or Jeffers (Iowa Twp) #63 Gladden's Bottom or Gladden (Burr Oak Twp.) #64 Willow Springs (Iowa Twp) #65 Pleasant Ridge (Wayne Twp.) #66 Abbey (Washington Twp.) #67 Mt. Vernon (Union Twp.) #68 Hooper's Ford (Wolf River Twp.) #69 Shulsky, Ridge Prairie or Denton (Union Twp.) #70 Winona #71 Vanhorn or Purcell (Union Twp.) #72 Mosquito Creek #73 Pry, Fryburger, Moser, Libel or Halling (Wolf River Twp.) #74 Larzelere or Mt. Airy

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