Liberty, Illinois School History
Liberty Township had nine (9) schools at the height of the "country "schoolhouse period. They were:
- Chaplin (No. 201 - Sec. 15)
- Franklin (No. 202 - Sec. 17)
- California (No. 203 - Sec. 31)
- Liberty (No. 204 - Sec. 21)
- Pleasant View (No. 205 - Sec. 26)
- Lost Prairie (No. 206 - Sec. 2)
- Seigel (No. 207 - Sec. 19)
- East Union (No. 208 - Sec. 13)
- Hickory grove (No. 209 - Sec. 27)
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