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American Schools in Carroll County, KY Start Year : 1879 End
Year : 1961 When R. W. Bevarly was completing his master's
thesis in 1936, articles about the colored schools of Carroll
County in 1879 were located in the Carrollton Democrat
newspaper; the colored school at Liberty Station was attended by
children in the day and by adults at night; in Carrollton,
Maggie Woods was the teacher [source: History of Education in
Carroll County by R. W. Bevarly, p.66]. There were three schools
in 1880. In 1881 there were 226 students in the four colored
schools [source: Bevarly, p.50]. In 1882 there were 268 students
in the schools located in Carrollton, Ghent, Above Ghent, and
Liberty Station [source: Bevarly, p.51]. There were five colored
school districts in 1885: No.1 Carrollton, No.2. Ghent, No.3
Lynan Craigs, No.4 Sanders, and No.5 Worthville [source:
Bevarly, p.30]. All of the schools were under the county school
board with the largest colored school in Ca