JOHNSTON SCHOOL SITE
Johnston School Site - 1986
Johnson School is probably the only school
in the Monroe County that could not be reached by a public road. As described
in the centennial publication prepared by the Monroe County Chapter of the
Retired Teachers Association, “At a point one and one half miles south of
Miltonsburg on County Road 100 stood the residence of Sebastian Burkhart. No
road went from here to the schoolhouse. A path was mostly used and if you were
compelled to drive to it, you would drive across the fields of Otto Kaiser who
(in 1976 was) the owner of the land on which the schoolhouse stood. The school
was closed in the spring of 1938 and the last teacher was Vernon
Hamilton.” Source: The One Room Schools of
Monroe County: 1808-1957 (Woodsfield: Monroe County
Retired Teachers Association, 1976) p. 11.
Former
students at Miltonsburg School recall going to Johnson School to “compete in
ball games.”
The
Johnston School was moved in the late 1930s or early 1940s to a neighboring farm
but it was struck by lightening and burned. However, this is the site where it stood within Center Township
near the borders of Center, Malaga and Summit Townships. Note:
The name of the school is sometimes spelled Johnson -- Johnston is
believed to be the correct spelling, however.
Click here for a sketch of the Johnston
School or for a map of where the school
stood. Click here for a map showing the
location of this school in the years 1898 and 1980.
Photograph
provided by Paul E. Young, Jr. -- e-mail: [email protected]