The Homestead Act caused a rapid population growth in Cheyenne County between 1890 and 1920. Many small communites were established in the county. One and two room country school houses dotted the landscape. Sometimes a school house was moved to a new location to accomodate changing demographics. The schools usually included grades 1 to 8. Many were named for the owner of the land they stood on. Eventually, the small schools were consolidated into larger schools. The following list of schools was taken primarily from the Cheyenne County History, 1979.

ADOBE SCHOOL - near Arena or First View. opened before 1911 closed 1938
ARAPAHOE - present day.
ARDREY (also called O'BRIEN) - southwest of Cheyenne Wells, closed about 1946.
ARENA - school opened about 1906 closed about 1938.
AROYA - 1.5 miles E of Lincoln county line; school opened before 1909, closed after 1957
ASCALON - about 1910

BABER - north of Araphaho
B.B. SCHOOL - known to be in existence in 1910
BAUER (also called BOWERS) - one mile south of S6T13R43
BELLAIR - 6 miles west of Cheyenne Wells
BIG TIMER - in existence in 1911
BLACKWELDER -
BOWERS - (see above, BAUER)
BROWN - 8 miles south of Wild Horse, opened by 1913, closed in 1930's, District 8
BUTTON - located in the NW part of county, District 9

CARRIGAN -
CENTRAL (also called LANGE) - in existence in 1935
CHEYENNE COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT - Cheyenne Wells schools
CHEYENNE COUNTY SCHOOL - See the Archives: class rosters
CLOSSEN - in existence in 1912
COLUMBINE - 1910, 3.5 miles south of Kit Carson

DAY - in existence in 1910, near Arena
DUDDY - north of Sorrento
DURBY - T12R46

ECHO RIDGE - 7 mi N of First View, opened before 1918, closed in 1929

FAIRVIEW - opened in 1910 - new, northeast of Cheyenne Wells
FETTIS - located in the old school district 6
FIRST VIEW - opened before 1911, consolidated with Cheyenne Wells schools in 1963
FULLER - southwest of First View

GEORGE (also called ROESNER) - in existence in 1923, south of Aroya, in old district 9.
GOLDEN VALLEY - before 1911
GRAND VIEW (PFOST) - opened in 1910, 4 miles south of Horse Mound
GREEN (also called OLD WELLS) - 8 miles north of Cheyenne Wells
GREEN VALLEY - in existence in 1911
GUMMERSON - in existence in 1909

HANSEN - S. of Kit Carson - near Arena
HATCHER - 4 miles north of Cheyenne Wells
HIMMELWRIGHT - before 1909. southeast of Cheyenne Wells near Horse Mound
HOGAN 1910 - schools of Kit Carson and Arena
HOLLENBAUGH - before 1905
HORSE CREEK - north of Wild Horse
HORSE MOUND - about 1905. SE of Cheyenne Wells in old District 7.(S1T16R43)
HUFFMAN - before 1910. In the Horse Mound area.

IOWA RIDGE - before 1912
IOWA VALLEY - before 1913

JACOBS
JOHNSON (also called PLEASANT VIEW) - 3 miles north of Cheyenne Wells. opened about 1890.

KANNENBERG - north of Wild Horse
KIBBEE - south of Smoky Creek.
KINGSLEY
KIT CARSON SCHOOL DISTRICT - Kit Carson town; link to school site, Also See ALUMNI
KUSEL (also called WHITROCK) - before 1909

LAKESIDE
LANGE (see CENTRAL)
LEACH - about 8 miles north of Cheyenne Wells
LEWIS - 5 miles northwest of Cheyenne Wells, in existence in 1935
LIBERTY RIDGE - in the Medilll area; in existence in 1910
LOST SPRINGS - north of Wild Horse
LUNNEN - about 14 miles north of Wild Horse

MAYFIELD - northwest of Arapahoe (T13 R43)
MCGLASSON - in existence in 1910, in Arena area
MEDILL - 12 miles south of First View
MILLER -
MOUNTAIN VIEW -
MOUNT PEARL - 12 miles north of Kit Carson
MOUNT PLEASANT -
MURPHY (also called WAGNER)

NORTH VIEW - in existence in 1910

O'BRIEN (see ARDREY)
OHRMUNDT -
OLD WELLS - (see GREEN)
OSWALD (also called SCHRAMMEL) -
OWENS -

PARKER -
PETERSON -
PFOST (see GRAND VIEW)
PIPER -
PLEASANT HILL -
PLEASANT VALLEY -
PLEASANT VIEW (see JOHNSON)
PLESSINGER -
PRAIRIE DELL -

RIVER VALLEY -
RIVER VIEW -
ROCK CREEK -
ROESNER (see GEORGE)
RULON -

SACRED HEART -
SANDERS -
SCHRAMMEL (see OSWALD)
SHAFFNER -
SHY -
SMOKY ANGLE (see PIPER)
SNYDER, SAM (also called THRASHER)
SORRENTO - 1908-1910, School, 6 miles West of Kit Carson
SOUTH SMOKY -
SOUTH STAR -
STALLSMITH (also Pleasant Valley) -
STAR VIEW -
STRANAHAN -
SUNNY RIDGE -
SUNNYSIDE -
SUNNY SLOPE
SUNRISE
SUNSHINE

THRASHER (also SAM SNYDER)

WAGNER (see MURPHY)
WALTMAN
WATERVILLE
WHITROCK
WILD HORSE - school district formed in 1907; closed in 1964. School house built in 1912 is now listed as a historic site. State Register 12/11/96, 5CH122

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