Marshall County Schools
In 1907 when Oklahoma became a state, school districts were established in each county. Some of the following is a repeat of what was in the previous chapter.
There were 46 school districts originally designated for Marshall County. Districts 36 and 45 never had a school and consolidated with adjacent districts. The Yellow Hills district had school for only a year or two before it was split between the neighboring districts to the north and south. The Powell School district was split and consolidated with Kingston and Madill on June 30, 1962. The present road going south from Powell to the lakes was the dividing line with those on the east side going to Kingston. The Shay School district was annexed to Kingston on July 16, 1958. The Lark School district was annexed to Kingston on July 3, 1967.
There were also at least two schools for the African-Americans. One was in Madill and it was called Dunbar School. The other was east of Woodville. If you go south from Alberta Creek Road on Texoma Hill Road it will lead to the site of the old school. The school was inside the triangle formed where Texoma Hill Road ends at Catfish Drive, with Stripper Lane connecting the two. It was on the side of the hill facing west. The old cemetery is about 100 yards north of Catfish Drive on Sand Bass Lane.
There may have been a school called Bug Tussel. (Not to be confused with the school that Carl Albert attended near McAlister). I think it was about ΒΌ of a mile north of the railroad crossing on Hwy 70A.
The following is an alphabetical listing of the school districts.
Marshall County School Districts: