ACKNOWLEDGEMENT: A special thanks to the Colfax County Superintendent's office for supplying the following information.It is not recorded as to when a number of school districts were organized. Because of the sequence of numbers, it is believed they were organized in the early 1870’s.
District #1 Organized prior to July 1, 1874.
Sections 1, 2, 3, 4, 9, 10, 11, 12 & 16 in Township 17, Range 4; and Section 33 in Township 18, Range 4. Sections 11, 12 and 16 to the south bank of the Platte River.
Dissolved 3/6/64. Portions merged with #43 and #56.District #2 Organized prior to July 1, 1874.
Sections 10, 11, 13, 14, and 15 in Township 17, Range 3; and Sections 17 & 18 in Township 17, Range 4.District #3 (Riverside) Organized prior to July 1, 1874.
S 1/2 of Sections 16, 17 & 18; and all of Sections 19, 20, 21, 28, 29, 30, 31, and 32 in Township 17, Range 3.
Dissolved 8/24/71 and merged with District #1, Richland.District #4 Date of organization unknown. Following information as recorded on January 1, 1892:
S 1/2 of Section 15, SW 1/4 of Section 14, W 1/2 of NW 1/4 and W 1/2 of SW 1/4 of Section 25, all of Sections 22, 23, 26, 27, 34, and 35 in Township 17, Range 2; and Sections 1, 2 and 3, north of the Platte River, in Township 16, Range 3.
Dissolved 7/1/67 and merged with District #1, Richland.District #5 Date of organization unknown. Following information as recorded on January 1, 1892:
Sections 19, 21, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33 (north of Platte River), and W 1/2 of 20, Township 17, Range 2.
Dissolved 7/1/67 and merged with District #1, Richland.District #6 Date of organization unknown. Some changes were made in the district on February 3, 1877, so it was organized prior to that. Following information as recorded on January 1, 1892:
Sections 13, 14, 15, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 34, 35, and N 1/2 of 36, Township 28, Range 2.
Dissolved 7/1/67 and merged with District #1, Richland.District #7 (Dublin) Date of organization unknown. Following information as recorded on January 1, 1892:
Sections l, 2, 3, 4, 9, 10, 11, E 1/2 of 5, N 1/2 and SW l/4 of 12, NW 1/4 of 14, N 1/2 of 15, and S 1/2 of NE 1/4 and NW 1/4 of SE 1/4 of 16, Township 18, Range 4.
Dissolved 5/5/64 and attached to District #11 R.District #8 Date of organization unknown. Following information as recorded on January 1, 1892:
Sections 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 28, 29, 30, and S 1/2 and NE 1/4 and E 1/2 of NW 1/4 of 16, Township 18, Range 2.
Dissolved 11/3/67 and merged with District #1, Richland.District #9 Date of organization unknown. Some changes were made to the district on September 12, 1885, so it was organized prior to that. Following information as recorded on January 1, 1892:
SE 1/4 of Section 13, and E 1/2 of Section 24 in Township 18, Range 3; and W 1/2 and N 1/2 of NE 1/4, NE 1/4 and S 1/2 of SE 1/4 in Section 16, Section 17, S 1/2 and E 1/2 of NE 1/4 of Section 18, Sections 19, 20, 21, 28, 29, and 30 in Township 18, Range 4.
Dissolved 6/1/67 and attached to District #24.District #10 Date of organization unknown. Following information as recorded on January 1, 1892:
Sections 2, 3, 10 and 11, Township 18, Range 3.
District dissolved September 4, 1896.District #11 Date of organization unknown. Following information as recorded on January 1, 1892:
E 1/2 of Section 20, Sections 21, 22, 27, 28, 29, 32, 33 and 34 in Township 19, Range 4.
Dissolved 5/5/64 and attached to District #11 R.District #12 (Richland) Date of organization unknown. Following information as recorded on January 1, 1892:
S 1/2 of Sections 7, 8 and 9; Sections 16, 17, 18, and 21, and E 1/2 of Section 20, Township 17, Range 2.
Dissolved 7/1/67 and merged into District #1, Richland.
District #13 Date of organization unknown. Changes were made to the district on May 1, 1880, so district was organized prior to that date. Following information as recorded on January 1, 1892:
Sections 4 and 9, N 1/2 of Section 16, E 1/2 NW 1/4 and NE 1/4 of Section 17, E 1/2 and E 1/2 NW 1/4 and E 1/2 SW 1/4 of Sections 5 and 8, all in Township 17, Range 3; and E 1/2 and E 1/2 NW 1/4 and E 1/2 SW 1/4 of Section 32, Township 18, Range 3.
Dissolved 8/14/59 and attached to District #2.District #14 Date of organization unknown. Following information as recorded on January 1, 1892:
S 1/2 of Sections 25, 26 and 27; Sections 34, 35 and 36 in Township 20, Range 3; and Sections 1, 2 and 3 in Township 19, Range 3.
Dissolved 8/8/67 and merged into District #1 R.District #15 (Pleasant Hill) Date of organization unknown. Following information as recorded on January 1, 1892:
Section 36 in Township 19, Range 3; Section 31 and W 1/2 of 32 in Township 19, Range 4; Sections 1, 12, and NE 1/4 of 13 in Township 18, Range 3; W 1/2 Section 5, Sections 6, 7 and 8, and E 1/2 NE 1/4 and NW 1/4 of Section 18, in Township 18, Range 4.
Dissolved 6/1/67 and attached to District #24.District #16 Date of organization unknown, but some changes were made to the district on February 3, 1877, so the district was formed prior to that. The district as changed on May 1, 1880:
Sections 2, 3, 10, 11, 12, 13, E 1/2 of 4, N 1/2 of 5, N 1/2 and SE l/4 of 14, N 1/2 and SW l/4 of 15, and NE 1/4 of 9 in Township 17, Range 2; and E 1/2 of 33, S 1/2 of 34 and S 1/2 of 36 in Township 18, Range 2.
Dissolved 7/1/67 and merged into District #1, Richland.District #17 (Praha Rural) Date of organization unknown. Following information as recorded on January 1, 1892:
Sections 18, 19, 30, W 1/2 of Sections 17, 20, and 29 in Township 19, Range 4; and Sections 24, and 25 and E 1/2 of Sections 23 and 26 in Township 19, Range 3.
Dissolved 8/8/67 and merged into District #1 R.District #18 Date of organization unknown. Following information as recorded on January 1, 1892:
S 1/2 & NW 1/4 of Section 13, E 1/2 & SW 1/2 of Section 14, S 1/2 of Section 15, Sections 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, N 1/2 & SE 1/4 of Section 34, all of Section 35 except SE 1/4, and W 1/2 & NE 1/4 of Section 36, in Township 18, Range 4.
Dissolved 9/5/67 and merged into District #43.District #19 Date of organization unknown. Following information as recorded on January 1, 1892:
Sections 25, 26, 27, 28, 33, 34, 35 in Township 18, Range 3; and Sections 2 & 3 in Township 17, Range 3.
Dissolved 8/14/59 and attached to District #2.District #20 (Wilson) Date of organization unknown. Following information as recorded on January 1, 1892:
Sections 16, 17, 18, 19, & 20, W 1/2 & NE 1/4 of 21, in Township 19, Range 2. Dissolved 6/23/70 and merged into District #5R.District #21 Date of organization unknown. Following information as recorded on January 1, 1892:
Sections 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 28, 29, 30, 31, and 32, in Township 19, Range 3.
Dissolved 6/23/70 and portions attached to Districts #1 R, 28, 30, 34, 58, & 59.District #22 Date of organization unknown, but changes were made on October 29, 1881, so district was formed prior to that. Information recorded at that time:
Sections 1, 2, 3, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14 & 15, Township 19, Range 4.
Dissolved 5/62 and attached to reorganized District #32.District #23 Date of organization unknown. Following information as recorded on January 1, 1892:
Sections 31 & 32 and W 1/2 of 33, Township 18, Range 2; and Sections 5 & 6, W 1/2 of 4, NW 1/4 of 9, N 1/2 of 7 & 8, in Township 17, Range 2.
Dissolved 7/1/67 and merged into District #1, Richland.District #24 (Fisher) Organized prior to 1874. Following information as recorded on January 1, 1892:
W 1/2 of Section 13, Sections 14, 15, 16, 21, 22, 23, & W 1/2 of 24, in Township 18, Range 3.District #25 Date of organization unknown, but changes were made on June 3, 1880, so district was formed prior to that time. Information recorded at that time:
Sections 4, 5, 8, 9, and SE 1/4 of 6, in Township 18, Range 3.
Dissolved 6/1/67 and attached to District #24.District #26 Date of organization unknown, but changes were made on June 3, 1880, so district was formed prior to that time. Information recorded at that time:
Sections 1, 2, 7, 11, 12 and N 1/2 & SW 1/4 of 6, in Township 18, Range 3.
Dissolved 6/29/62 and portions attached to Districts #28 and #10R.District #27 Date of organization unknown. Following information as recorded on January 1, 1892:
Sections 17, 18, 19, 20, 29 & 30 in Township 18, Range 3.
Dissolved 7/11/61 and merged with District #24.District #28 Date of organization unknown. Following information as recorded on January 1,1892:
Sections 22, 27, 34, 35, N 1/2 & SW 1/4 of 33, W 1/2 of 26, and W 1/2 of 23, in Township 19, Range 3.
Dissolved 8/2/82 and portions attached to Districts #1 R and #24.District #29 District formed on October 29, 1881.
Sections 23, 24, 25, 26, 35, & 36, in Township 20, Range 4.
Dissolved 7/24/59 and portions attached to District #59 and Dodge #46.District #30 Date of organization unknown. Following information as recorded on January 1, 1892:
Sections 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, & 9, in Township 19, Range 3, and Sections 31, 32 & 33 in Township 20, Range 3.
Dissolved 7/1/96 and portions attached to Districts #1 R, #2, #5R, #39, #58, and #59.District #31 Date of organization unknown. Following information as recorded on January 1, 1892:
Sections 1, 2, 3, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14 and 15, in Township 19, Range 2; Sections 35 & 36, and S 1/2 and NE 1/4 of 34, in Township 20, Range 2.
Dissolved 10/1/64 and portions attached to Districts #58, #34, and #20.District #32 Date of organization unknown. Following information as recorded on January 1, 1892:
Sections 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, and 21, and S 1/2 of 15, in Township 20, Range 4.
Dissolved 8/14/59 and attached to District #59.District #33 Date of organization unknown. Following information as recorded on January 1, 1892:
Sections 4, 5, 6, 9 and E 1/2 of 8, in Township 20, Range 4.
Dissolved and attached to District #59, June 13, 1898.
Dissolved 11/1/1898 and attached to District #59.District #34 Date of organization unknown. Following information as recorded on January 1, 1892:
Sections 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 34, 35, SE 1/4 of 21, N 1/2 & SE 1/4 of 36, in Township 19, Range 2.
Dissolved 6/23/70 and merged into District #5R.District #35 Date of organization unknown. Following information as recorded on January 1,1892:
Sections 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 16, E 1/2 of 17, in Township 19, Range 4.
Dissolved 5/62 and attached to reorganized District #32R.District #36 (Olean) Date of organization unknown. Following information as recorded on January 1, 1892:
Sections 1, 2, 3, 10, 11, 12, 13,14, & N 1/2 of 15, in Township 20, Range 4.
Dissolved 7/24/59 and attached to Districts #59 and Dodge #40.District #37 Date of organization unknown. Following information as recorded on January 1, 1892:
Sections 22, 27, 28, 33 and 34, in Township 20, Range 4.
Dissolved 5/62 and attached to reorganized District #32R.District #38 (Lone Star) Date of organization unknown. Following information as recorded on January 1, 1892:
Sections 13, 14, 15, 22, 23, 24, N 1/2 of Sections 25, 26 & 27, in Township 20, Range 3.
Dissolved 8/9/66 and merged with District #14.District #39 (Leigh Community) Date of organization unknown, but the following changes were made on March 11, 1884, so district was formed prior to that.
Sections 16, 17, 18, 19, 20 and 21, in Township 20, Range 2.District #40 Date of organization unknown. Following information as recorded on January 1, 1892:
Sections 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, and NW 1/4 of 34, in Township 20, Range 2.
Dissolved 5/5/66 and attached to District #39.District #41 Date of organization unknown. Following information as recorded on January 1, 1892:
Sections 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, in Township 18, Range 2; and W 1/2 of NW 1/4 of Section 16 in Township 18, Range 3.
Dissolved 4/20/67 and portions attached to Districts #8, #10R & #20.District #42 (Macedonia) Date of organization unknown. Following information as recorded on January 1, 1892:
Sections 2, 3, 10, 11, 14, and 15, and E 1/2 of Sections 4 and 9, in Township 20, Range 2.
Dissolved 6/23/70 and portions attached to Districts #39 and #58.District #43 Date of organization unknown, but the following changes were made on October 29, 1881, so district was formed prior to that.
Sections 5, 6, 7 & 8 in Township 17, Range 4; Sections 1 & 12 in Township 17, Range 3; Section 36 in Township 18, Range 3; Section 31 and W 1/2 & SE 1/4 of Section 32, in Township 18, Range 4.
Dissolved 9/5/67 and merged with District #18.District #44 Date of organization unknown. Some changes were recorded on March 15, 1877. Following information as recorded on January 1, 1892:
Section 31, W 1/2 of NW 1/4 and W 1/2 of SW 1/4 of 32, in Township 18, Range 3; SE 1/4 of Section 36 in Township 18, Range 2; E 1/2 of Section 1, E 1/2 of 12, NE 1/4 of 13, in Township 17, Range 2; Sections 6 & 7, W 1/2 of NW 1/4 & W 1/2 of SW 1/4 of 5, W 1/2 of NW 1/4 & W 1/2 of SW 1/4 of 8, N 1/2 of 18, and W l/2 of NW l/4 of 17, in Township 18, Range 3.
Dissolved 8/14/59 and attached to District #2.District #45 District formed on March 7, 1874.
Sections 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 & 9, Township 19, Range 2.
Dissolved 8/26/59 and attached to District #20.District #46 District formed on March 18, 1874.
Sections 28, 29, 30, 31, 32 & 33, in Township 19, Range 2.
Dissolved 4/28/59 and merged with District #20.District #47 (Heun) District formed on May 30, 1874.
Sections 10, 11, 12, 13, 14 & 15, in Township 19, Range 3.
Dissolved 8/8/67 and merged with District #1 R.District #48 (Silvergate) District formed on March 24, 1875.
Sections 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 16, 17 & 18, in Township 20, Range 3.
Dissolved 6/23/70 and attached to District #58.District #49 District formed on April 4, 1876.
Sections 23, 24, 25, 26, 35 & 36, in Township 19, Range 4.
Dissolved 5/5/64 and attached to District #11 R.District #50 District formed on August 26, 1876.
Sections 1, 2, 3, 10, 11 & 12, in Township 20, Range 3.
Dissolved 12/30/60 and attached to District #59.District #51 District formed on September 18, 1876.
Sections 29, 30, 31, W 1/2 of 32, in Township 20, Range 4.
Dissolved 8/14/59 and attached to District #59.District #52 District formed on April 23, 1879.
Sections 1, 12, & 13, in Township 20, Range 2; Sections 6, 7 & 18 in Township 20, Range 3.
Discontinued in 1911.District #53 District formed on February 25, 1880.
Sections 19, 20, 21, 28, 29, 30, in Township 20, Range 3.
Dissolved 8/16/68 and attached to District #58.District #54 (Fairview) Date of organization unknown. Following changes were made on March 11, 1884, so district was formed prior to that.
Sections 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 & 9, in Township 20, Range 2.
Dissolved 9/68 and attached to District #39.District #55 Date of organization unknown. Following information as recorded on January 1, 1892:
SE 1/4 of Section 12 and NE 1/4 of Section 13, in Township 18, Range 4.
Discontinued summer 1963 and organized Dodge #92.District #56 (Rogers) District formed on April 2, 1887.
Sections 1, 11, 12 and E 1/2 of 2, in Township 17, Range 4.
Dissolved 6/15/88 and attached to District #4R.District #57 District formed on August 13, 1887.
Sections 22, 23, 24, 25, 26 and 27, in Township 20, Range 2.
Dissolved 6/23/70 and portions attached to Districts #39, #58 & #30.District #58 (Clarkson) District formed on September 20, 1887.
Section 6 and NE 1/4 of 7, in Township 20, Range 3.District #59 (Howells) District formed on December 2, 1887.
Section 7 and W 1/2 of 8, in Township 17, Range 2.District #60 District formed on March 22, 1889.
Sections 24, 36 & E 1/2 and E 1/2 W 1/2 of 25, in Township 17, Range 2; and Sections 30, 31, 19, and S 1/2 of 18, in Township 17, Range 3.
Dissolved 6/29/62 and merged with District #3.District #61 District formed on March 1, 1893.
Sections 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, & 21, in Township 19, Range 3.
Dissolved 6/29/62 and merged with Districts #28 and #10R.District #62 District formed on October 16, 1893.
Sections 1, 2, & 3, in Township 19, Range 2; and Sections 35 & 36, & E 1/2 and SW 1/4 of 34 in Township 20, Range 2.
Dissolved 10/1/64 and merged with Districts #58, #34 and #20.District #63 District formed on December 9, 1893.
Sections 17, 18, 19, 20 (North of Platte River), 30 (North of Platte River), SW 1/4 of 8, S 1/2 of SW 1/4 of 9, NW 1/4 of 16, and all of SW 1/4 of 16, (North of Platte River), in Township 17, Range 4.
Dissolved 7/1/60 and attached to District #43.District #64 District formed on March 29, 1911.
Sections 13, 14, 15, & 24, N 3/4 of Sections 22 & 23, in Township 18, Range 2.
Dissolved 8/1/62 and merged with District #6.
LISTED BELOW ARE THE REORGANIZED DISTRICTS THAT OCCURRED IN THE 1960’S AND 1970’s:District #1 (Richland) - Organized 7/1/67 from merged Districts 4, 5, 6, 12, 16 & 23.
District #1R - Organized 8/8/67 from merged Districts 14, 17 & 47.
District #2 (Schuyler Grade School) - This district formerly was grades K-12, Class 3, in Schuyler. On 5/28/71, it was divided. The K-8 grades remained District #2, Class 1, Schuyler Grade School. Grades 9-12 became District #123, Schuyler Central High School, Class 6.
District #4R - District organized 7/1/68 from dissolved Districts #18 and #42.
District #5R - District organized 6/23/70 from Districts #10R, #20, and #34.
District #10R - District organized 6/29/62 from Districts #26 and part of #61.
Dissolved 6/23/70 and merged into District #5R.District #11R - District organized 5/5/64 from Districts #7, #11, and #49.
Dissolved 6/98 and merged with Districts #4R, #24 and Dodge #92.District #32R - District organized 5/62 from Districts #22, #35, and #37.
Dissolved 6/24/83 and attached to District #59.District #123 (Schuyler Central High School) - Known as Schuyler Central High School, was organized May 28, 1971. Schuyler Public or District #2 was a Class III, Grades K-12 school, and was divided forming Schuyler Grade School, District #2, Grades K-8, Class 1, and Schuyler Central High School, Grades 9-12, Class 6.
PAROCHIAL SCHOOLS COLFAX COUNTY Immanuel Lutheran School, Rural Schuyler and Trinity Lutheran School, Schuyler - In 1964, these two schools joined together, then discontinued in 1979
Zion Lutheran School, Leigh - Discontinued 1981
Sacred Heart (Olean), Dodge - Discontinued 1968
S.S. Peter & Paul’s School, Howells - Discontinued 1968
St. John Nep. School, Howells - Discontinued 1968
Bishop Neumann Catholic School, Clarkson - Started in 1961; name changed to St. John Neumann
Howells Community Catholic, Howells - Started in 1968