Kankakee Township
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Rolling Prairie – 1835 – log school, burned and
replaced with a frame building - located in front of the old section Rolling
Prairie Cemetery
later the frame building was moved further down on
Michigan St. Later a brick school building was built near where the present
school is located…that too burned in 1967.
There was also a high
school built, it was discontinued in 1969 when the Rolling Prairie and New
Carlisle High School were consolidated into New Prairie High School .
1918to 1920
Bald Hill – closed in 1905. located in Section 33 –
250 East and Division Rd.
Bald Hill School Alumni
Fail – location on Fail Rd and 300 North in Section 19. Built 1870
Hunt – located 2 miles west of Rolling Prairie on the old
Michigan Road, north side. –
discontinued in 1925. Section 9, 200 East
and Michigan Rd. Hwy 20.
Byron – Closed in 1919 located in section 15?
William’s located on section 4 (1892) 600 North and 300 E.
Decker – Stood in front of Miller Griffin cemetery section
29
Bell – frame one room school. Located on section 23 – 200 North and 450 East - Bell property.
Perry’s Corner School – one room frame building location unknown
Kankakeee School Located in section 28 Pumping Station Road
(250E) On Scholl property (1921)
Sabbath School – Rolling Prairie – Christian – 1866 Rolling Prairie – M. E. – 1866
Wills Township
Puddletown built in 1868 located in section 9,
Hwy. 2 and 850 East, moved to 350N and 700 East section 18 (1921) 
Oak Grove - Section 36. Located on the southwest
corner of 600E and 50N Closed in 1948
Sauktown - located on Section 28, 150 North and
County line road. ( Independence ) on Ingrahm land (1874-1921)
Baptist Church & School - Section 13, 300
North and 600 East (1862–1874) 
Bootjack – 1846 located in section 5 on Shaw
land (1862-1874) 
Brown - located on section 19 (1874) on the SE
corner – 200 North and 700 East on Brown property.
Center -Closed in 1948 On the corner of 350 North
and 700 East, Section 18 (1921) 
Le Mans - a boarding school operated by the Brothers of the Holy Cross with teaching headquarters at Notre Dame University in South Bend. Erected in 1932-33, Section 1 (pic)
Dr. E. A. Rumely’s Interlaken , Section 1,
founded in 1907 and closed in 1918
Sabbath School – Independence – Sauktown, denomination – Union Bootjack – M. E. Baptist Church - 1836