Contributed by Dodie (Smith) Browning
Recently I was perusing the website of the West Virginia State Archives & History and ran across a list of schools that were active in Logan County in 1927. It was really a surprise because I had no idea there were that many schools, especially African American schools in Logan County. In 1927 Logan County was no different than any other county in the United States; the schools were segregated. I found three of the schools on this list that I attended in the 1940s and 1950s: Coal Branch, Logan Central Grade School and Logan Senior High. Wonder where students from Logan went to Junior High School in 1927? In fact, I don’t see any Junior high schools (nor what is today called middle schools) on the list. I see at least eleven (11) schools on Harts Creek in 1927!
Local History and Topography of Logan County. Teachers’ surveys on local history, 1927 (West Virginia State Archives & History)
Schools: Stone Branch (African-American), Chapmanville, Kitchen, Big Creek, Daisy, Ed Stone, Thomas, Lane, Barker, Godby Branch, Hugh Thompson, Rocky, Caney, Striker, Tim’s Fork, Three Fork, Conley, White Oak, Brown Run, Hugh Dingess, Dave Dingess, George Mullins, Buck Fork, Dalton, Bulwark, Hoover, Lower Trace, Ivy Branch, Piney, Bud Dingess, Lee Dingess, Manor, Workman, Bryant, Blair, Monclo, Lake, Trace Fork, Logan Central Grade, Crooked Creek, Rum Junction, Omar, Monaville, Mud Fork, Isom, Chambers, Peck’s, Oilville, Avis, Stollings, Justice, Henlawson, Clothier, Long Fork, Sunbeam, Thompson, West Logan, Peach Creek, Stirrat, Holden Central, Copperas, Whitman Junction, J. B. Ellis, Curry, George’s Creek, Slagle, Yuma, Ethel, Sanders, Sovereign, Robinette, Yolyn, Aracoma, Hughey, Browning, Switzer, Barnabus, Lyburn, Nibert, Coal Branch, Sharples, Mifflin, Gar’s Fork, Chauncey, Cherry Tree, Whitman, Upper Whitman, Logan Senior High, Micco, McConnell, Davie’s Branch, Dehue, Ardrossan, Rossmore, McBeth, Hatfield, Crystal Block, Logan-Chilton, Piney, Pine Creek, Laurel City, Holden, Aracoma (African-American), Ethel (African-American), Slagle (African-American), Omar (African-American), Whitman (African-American), Copperas (African-American), Micco (African-American), Yolyn (African-American), Stirrat (African- American), Sharples (African-American), Dehue (African-American), Wilkinson (African- American), MacBeth (African-American), Peach Creek (African-American), Cora (African- American), Clothier (African-American), Madison, Christian, Wilbur, Earling, Taplin, Man Public, Amherst, Mallory, Landville, Sand Lick, King Fuel, Kistler, Accoville, Braeholm, Claypool, Willowwood, Lundale, Lorado, Perry, Tony Fork, Three Forks, Stafford, Rock House, South Man, Vance, Earling, Taplin (African-American), Mallory (African-American), Proctor (African-American), King Fuel (African-American), Kistler (African-American), Accoville (African-American), Braeholm (African-American), Lundale (African-American), Lorado (African-American)
