The following is a data base that Dianne Kline and I (Mary Williams) have made to help locate the schools in Defiance County. It really is a work in progress for which we need a lot of help on many of the townships. When we began this project, in our ignorance, we though there would be only nine schools in each township logically and chronologically numbered, since there had been a law that said schools should be no further than two miles apart. As it turned out, some townships have had at least 14 schools and not at all logically numbered! In order to help locate the schools in Defiance County, we relied especially on two maps-- 1876 and 1890. After that, we added schools as other knowledgeable persons identified and located them for us. From our initial research of the schools, we discovered that in many cases the names of the same schools changed from one generation to another. Also, apparently as an older school fell into disrepair, a new school might be built across the road or on an opposite corner so that a school's section number might have changed even though it retained the same district name/number. We also have discovered that the district number of the school may have changed throughout the years.

If you have any information or memorabilia/pictures we might copy, please contact either of us at the e-mail addresses below. In addition to the data base, we also have placed folders of individual schools at the Defiance Public Library with copies of information such as memory booklets, or pictures that people have let us copy. -Dianne Kline and Mary Williams, Jan. 2002

Dianne Kline, jck4@bright.net

Mary Williams, marywil@bright.net

TOWNSHIP	SCHOOL NAME	SCHOOL NUMBER	SECTION	LOCATION
Adams		1	12	NW corner at Nagel and Walnut Grove Rds.
Adams	Maddock	2	4	SE corner at Nagel and Harper Rds.
Adams		3	7	SE corner at Nagle and Domerville Rds.
Adams		4	19	NE corner at Mekus and Domerville Rds.
Adams		5	22	SE at theSW intersetion of Mekus and Adams Ridge Rds.
Adams		6	14	SE corner of Mekus and Egler Rds.
Adams		7	26	SE corner of Banner  and Egler Rds
Adams	Arbor Dale	8	33	On Banner Rd.and 1/4 mi. east of Mosier Rd.
Adams	Lehman	9	31	NE corner at Banner and Domerville Rds.
Delaware	Shellenbarger	1	11	NE corner of Buckskin and Flickinger Rds.
Delaware	Mock	2	4	SW corner of Buckskin and Bend Rds.
Delaware	Mason	3	5	1/4 mi. south of Buckskin Rd. on Rt. 18
Delaware	Bok	4	26	On Rt. 24 1/4 west of Whetstone Rd.
Delaware	?	5	?
Delaware	Central High	6	15	NW corner at Rt. 18 and Bend Rds.
Delaware	Oak Grove	4	24	SW corner at Rt. 18 and Whetstone/Flickinger Rds.
Delaware	Gloor/Boff	8	33	On Rt. 24 1/4 mi. east of Gier Rd.
Delaware	Shoestring	9?	17	NW corner of Rt. 18 and Lockwood Rd.
Delaware	Banner	9?		NW
Delaware	Coffin	10?	30	SE corner of Rt. 18 and Jericho Rd.
Delaware	Moats		4	At the NW intersection of Mud Creek and Bend Rds.
Delaware	Collins		19	NE corner of Rt. 18 and Rt. 127
Delaware	Sherwood H. S.		19	On Rt. 127 in Sherwood
Defiance		1
Defiance	Crumley	2	8	On Rt. 111 just before Singer Rd.
Defiance	Garman	3	10	NE corner at Walnut Grove and Watson Rds
Defiance		4
Defiance		5
Defiance	Foster	6		NE corner at Rt. 66 and Carter Rds.
Defiance	Sherry	7		W of Krouse Rd. middle of section
Farmer	Ensign	1	1	SW corner of Openlander and Scott Rds.
Farmer	Volmer	2	3	On Scott Rd. 1/3 mi. west of  Farmer-Mark Rds.
Farmer	Bigelow	3	5	SW corner of Scott and Ridenour Rds.
Farmer	Cellar/Scranton	4?	19	NE corner of Rt. 249 and Breininger Rds.
Farmer	Brindle	5?	17	W side of  Wonderly Rd. 1/4mi north of Rt. 249
Farmer	Farmer Center	5?	16	On Rt. 249 1/4 mi. west of Farmer-Mark Rd.
Farmer	Upper Chicasaw	6	13	SW corner of Openlander and Rt. 249
Farmer	Case/Glendale	7	35	NE corner of Blosser and Openlander Rds.
Farmer	?	?	35	NW corner of Blosser and Wms. Center-Cecil Rds.
Farmer	Oliver/Mudsock	8	28	SE corner of Blosser and Farmer-Mark Rds.
Farmer	Lost Creek	4/9?	30	SE corner of Blosser and Breininger Rds.
Hicksville	Six Corners	1	1	SW corner of Buckskin and Cicero Rds. in 1876
Hicksville	Six Corners	1	14	NE corner of Buckskin and Cicero Rds. in 1890
Hicksville		2	?
Hicksville	Hart	3	7	Corner of Casebeer-Miller & Buckskin Rds.
Hicksville	Dutch Street	4	14	SW corner of Rt. 18 and Lake Rds.
Hicksville	Rodocker	5	18	SE corner of Rt. 18 and Casebeer-Miller Rds.
Hicksville	Hook/ Hickory Grove	6	30	On Rt. 2 1/4 mi. west of Casebeer-Miller Rd.
Hicksville	Elm	7	27	SW corner of Jericho and Tim Betts Rds.
Hicksville	Jericho	8	25	SW corner of Cicero and Tim Betts Rds.
Hicksville	?	9	23	SW corner of Fountain and Lake Rds.
Hicksville	Hicksville H. S.		21	On ______ St. in Hicksville
Highland	?	1	?
Highland	Holtzel	2	19	On Rt. 15 in middle of section 19
Highland	Roth/ Ivy Wild	3	23	NE corner of Blanchard and Kinner Rds.
Highland	Skiver Wiler/Mix?	4	17	On Dohoney Rd. 1/4 mi. south of Bowman Rd.
Highland	Fullmer	5	5	On Watson Rd. 1/4 mi. east of Dohoney Rd.
Highland	Highland Center	6	21	NE corner of Blanchard and Highland Center Rds.
Highland	Kopp/Maplewood	7	11	NE corner of Watson and Steinmyer Rds.
Highland	Mansfield	8	29	SW corner of Mansfield and Schubert Rds.
Highland	Hall	9	28	1/4 mi. north of Mansfield Rd. and in middle of section w-e
Highland	Skunktown/Fairview	10	35	NE corner of Mansfield and Kinner Rds.
Highland	?	?	17	NW corner of Watson and Fullmer Rds.
Highland	?	?	15	On Bowman Rd. 1/4 mi. east of Hill Rd.
Highland	?	?	1	Intersection of Kinner nad New Bavaria Rds.
Highland	?	?	11	SE corner of Kinner and Bowman Rds.
Highland	?	?	32	On Rt. 15  1/4 mi. s of Mansfield Rd.
Mark	John/ John's Rural	1	12	SE corner of Buckskin and Openlander Rds.
Mark	Dunson	2	4	NW corner of Buckskin and Farmer-Mark Rds.
Mark	Wonderly	3	6	NW corner of Breininger and Buckskin Rds.
Mark	Breininger	4?	20	NE corner of Rt. 18 and Wonderly Rds.
Mark	Mark Center	5	16	NW corner of Rt. 18 and Farmer-Mark Rds.
Mark	Dickey	6	24	SE corner of Rt. 18 and Openlander Rds.
Mark	Platter Creek	7	35/36	SE corner of Openlander and Jericho Rds.
Mark	Porter	8	33	NE corner of Jericho and Farmer-Mark Rds.
Mark	Spindler	9	30	NW corner of Jericho and Breininger Rds.
Mark	Shady Corners	special	22	SE corner of Fountain and Wms. Center-Cecil Rds.
Milford	Tammarack	1	1	SW corner of Cicero and Scott Rds.
Milford	Chapman	2
Milford	Clarksville	3	5	NE corner of Def.-Wms. Ct. Line and Hicksville-Edg. Rds.
Milford	?	4?	14	SE corner of RT. 249 and Cicero Rds.
Milford	Van Immons	5/6?	19	NE corner of Rt. 249 and Casebeer-Miller Rds.
Milford	Milford Center	7	21	NE corner of Rt. 249 and Rt. 49
Milford	Crary	8	?
Milford	Logan	9	34	NW corner of Arrowsmith and Rt. 49 Rds.
Milford	Thompson	10	10	On Kramer Rd. 1/4 mi. east of Rt. 49
Milford	?	11?	25	SW corner of Arrowsmith and Cicero Rds.
Milford	?	12?	29	SW corner of Arrowsmith and Casebeer-Miller Rds.
Milford	Hesse Castle
Milford	Cicero		35	On Cicero Rd. and cnter of section w-e
Noble	Kelly	1	12	On. Rt. 66 i/4 mi. south of Jewell Rd.
Noble	Webb	2	9	On Stever Rd. NW corner
Noble	?	3	8	NE corner of Evansport and Buckskin Rds.
Noble	Black Sea/Roehrig?	4	18	On Roehrig Rd. 1/4 mi. west of Dowe Rd.
Noble	Burg	5	15	On Haller Rd. middle of section
Noble	?	6	20	On Switzer Rd. 1/4 mi. west of Aspacher Rd.
Noble	?	?	1	NE corner of Rt. 66 and Steinberger Rds.
Noble	?	?	14	NE corner of  Rt. 66 and Elliot Rds.
Noble	Langdon
Richland	Lone Maple	1	12	NW corner of Egler and Jewell Rds.
Richland	Jewell	2	10	On Jewell Rd. in Jewell
Richland	?	3	5	SW corner on corner of Jewell and Domersville Rds.
Richland	?	4	13	SW corner of Krouse and Egler Rds.
Richland	?	5?	16	SE corner of Krouse and Independence Rds.
Richland		6?	17-18	On Domersville Rd. midway between Clevenger and Elliot
Richland	Dietsch	6/7?	26	On Snyder Rd. midway betweenRt. 281 and Stanley
Richland	Hahn	8	28	On Fruit Ridge Rd. midway between Rt. 281 and Stanley
Richland	Baker	9	32	NW corner of Stanley and Dohoney Rds.
Richland	Cheney		19	On Domersville 1/4 mi. north of Rt. 281
Richland	Wirth	7?	27	SE - corner of Stanley and Harris Rds.
Richland	Gackael
Richland	Hohenberger	7	26	On Stanley Rd. 1/4mi. east of Harris Rd.
Tiffin	Hockman	1	11	SW - Corner of Rt. 66 and Nagel Rd.
Tiffin	Evansport/Garber	10/2	10	Corner of Rethmel Rd. & Evansport Rd.
Tiffin	Moved to  Rt. 66 and Nagel Rd	1	3	SE - Corner of Nagel and Christy Rds.
Tiffin	Spangler	3	8	SE - Corner of Scott and Trinity Rds.
Tiffin	Oak Grove/Figley	4	19	NE - On Trinity Rd. just south of Russell Rd.
Tiffin	Craine	5	15	NE - Corner of Stever and Schultz Rds.
Tiffin	Kellermeier	6	23	SW - Corner of Christy Rd. and Rt. 66
Tiffin	Banner	7	25	NE - Corner of Rt. 66 and Banner Rds.
Tiffin	Gurwell was on Banner School Rd between Stever and Christy	8	27	NE - Corner of Banner and Stever Rds.
Tiffin	Kibble	9	32	SE - Corner of Blosser and Trinity Rds.
Tiffin	Evansport - two story building	2	3	Main Street in Evansport
Tiffin	?		20	SE - corner of Kammeyer and Evansport Rds.
Tiffin	? - Possibly No. 8 moved in 1880		34 to 27	On Banner School- midway between Christy and Stever
Washington	Pollywog	1	2	SE- corner of Scott and Flickinger Rds.
Washington	Rider or Ryder	2	4	SE - corner of Scott and Bend Rds.
Washington	?	3	6	SE - corner of Scott and Struble Rds.
Washington	Chicasaw	4	18	SE - corner of Rt. 249 and Struble Rds.
Washington	?	5	21	Corner of Rt. 15 and Rt. 249
Washington	Chicasaw	6	14	SE - corner of Bostater and Flickinger Rds.
Washington	Ball	7	35	NE - corner of Flickinger and Blosser Rds.
Washington	Maple Grove/Row	8	27	SW - corner of Blosser and Bend Rds.
Washington	Pleasant View/Point	9	29	SW - corner of Blosser and Rt. 127
Washington	Ney H. S./Sandhill/ Georgetown		22	NW - corner of Rt. 15 and Bend Rds.