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Durham County African-American Schools 1902-1930

School Township 1902 1905 1910 1915 1920 1925 1930
Bahama Mangum Township X X X X X X X
Barbee’s Chapel Patterson Township X X X X X X X
Belvin X
Bragtown  Durham Township X X X X X X
Brookstown Durham Township X X X X
Cemetery   Durham Township X
Cemetery (Lyon's Park) Durham Township X
Chandler Carr Township X* X**
Chandler Patterson Township X
East Durham Durham Township X X X X X X
Hampton Mangum Township X X X X X X X
Hebron (Bragtown) Durham Township X
Hickstown Durham Township X X
Lillian Carr Township X X X
Lillian Carr/Oak Grove Township X
Lyon's Park Durham Township X
Markham’s Chapel Patterson Township X X X X X X X
Mill Grove Durham Township X
Page Cedar Fork Township X X X X X X X
Peaksville Durham Township X X
Peaksville Oak Grove Township X X X X X
Pearsontown Patterson Township X
Reservoir  Durham Township X X X X X
Rocky Knoll Carr/Oak Grove Township X
Rocky Knoll Oak Grove Township X X X X X X
Rougemont Mangum Township X X X X X X X
Russell Lebanon Township X X X
South Lowell Lebanon Township X X X X X X X
Stagville Mangum Township X X X X X X X
Sylvan Lebanon Township X X X X X X X
Union Patterson Township X X X X X X X
Walltown Durham Township X X
Woods Mangum Township X X X X

*(unclear whether school operated)

**(no teacher, no funds)

Sources: Annual Report of the Public Schools of Durham County for the year July 1, 1902 to June 30, 1903. Durham School Board Minutes July 4, 1905; July 6, 1910; July 6, 1915; July 5, 1920; July 1, 1925; November 21, 1930




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