Settlement School - List of Appalachian Settlement Schools

List of Appalachian Settlement Schools

The following are examples of settlement schools and other institutions (most no longer in operation) that were first founded as settlement schools:

  • Alice Lloyd College, Pippa Passes, Kentucky
  • Annville Institute, Annville, Kentucky
  • Bethel Mennonite Center, Rowdy, Kentucky
  • Buckhorn Children’s Center, Buckhorn, Kentucky
  • John C. Campbell Folk School, Brasstown, North Carolina
  • Frontier Nursing Service, Hyden, Kentucky
  • Hazel Green Academy, Hazel Green, Kentucky
  • Henderson Settlement School, Frakes, Bell County, Kentucky. Founded in 1921.
  • Hindman Settlement School, Hindman, Kentucky
  • Hinton Rural Life Center, Hayesville, North Carolina
  • Jackson Area Ministries Resource and Training Center, Jackson, Ohio
  • Kingdom Come Settlement School, Linefork, Letcher County, Kentucky. Founded in 1924 by Methodists.
  • Lotts Creek Community School, Cordia, Knott County, Kentucky. Founded in 1933.
  • Oneida Baptist Institute, Oneida, Kentucky
  • Pi Beta Phi Settlement School (now Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts), Gatlinburg, Tennessee
  • Pine Mountain Settlement School, Harlan County, Kentucky
  • Pittman Community Center, Pittman Center, Tennessee
  • Red Bird Mission, Beverly, Bell County, Kentucky. Founded in 1925.
  • Riverside Christian Training School, Lost Creek, Breathitt County, Kentucky. Founded in 1905 by the Church of the Brethren.
  • Stuart Robinson School, Blackey, Kentucky. Founded in 1913 as a Presbyterian mission.
  • Sunset Gap Community Center, Newport, Tennessee. Started in 1920 by Presbyterians.
  • Vardy Community School, Vardy, Hancock County, Tennessee

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