Kinmundy-Alma

Area Schools

Including Photos and Histories

from One-Room Schools, and Schools located in

Kinmundy, Alma & Farina, Illinois

 

   We are looking for photos of people and/or places from around Kinmundy & Alma.  Can you help?  Or maybe you have stories or memories from the "Good Old Days"?  What do YOU remember?

        The Kinmundy Historical Society would be honored to preserve your memories and stories.  We also have the equipment to scan (or copy) your photos so that they may be enjoyed now as well as for generations yet to come!

        We would love to hear from you!  For more information, please contact:    

Dolores (Ford) Mobley – fordmobley@gmail.com

         208 Joan Dr.; Divernon, IL  62530; (217) 494-7527

            or

         Gladys (Corrie) See – gsee49@yahoo.com

                       408 S. Washington St.; Kinmundy, IL 62854; (618) 547-7731

NAME INDEXES to School Photos    NAME INDEX to Kinmundy &Alma Schools Yearbooks (1916-1989) (Includes Students, Faculty, Staff & School Board) These photos can be found by clicking on the "School Yearbooks" link below.      NAME INDEX to South Central School Yearbooks (1990-2007)  (Includes Students, Faculty, Staff & School Board) These photos can be found by clicking on the "School Yearbooks" link below.     NAME INDEX to School Photos (Includes all names identified in photos (excluding yearbooks) of One-Room Schools, Alma Schools, Kinmundy Grade Schools, Kinmundy-Alma High Schools, Sports & Band photos.) Referenced photos can be found by clicking on the school links below.
K-A Schools Class Lists K-A Schools Memorial Page Alma H.S. Class Lists K-A Graduations & Alumni Receptions (1880's-1940) K-A Graduations & Alumni Receptions (1941-current) Class Reunions
Kinmundy-Alma School Yearbooks   These yearbooks were published for the schools located in Kinmundy & Alma, and include yearbooks from both the High School and the Grade School.         South Central School Yearbooks These yearbooks were published for South Central Schools which were consolidated in the fall of 1989 with the Kinmundy-Alma & LaGrove school districts.      LaGrove High School - Farina - Yearbooks Prior to our two schools consolidating in 1989, our neighbors to the north were rivals on our basketball courts and the baseball fields.  It all changed when our two schools joined.  Here is the history of LaGrove Schools prior to our consolidation.
Photos from around the Schoolhouses located in the towns Kinmundy & Alma
Alma Schools & K-A School at Alma (1898-1979)   Alma Grade School School Staff, History & P.T.A. Minutes Alma School & Village Homecomings
School Staff listings for Kinmundy High School, Kinmundy Grade School, and Kinmundy-Alma Unit Schools; and school history articles
Kinmundy Grade School at Kinmundy(1889-1949) Kinmundy Grade School / Kinmundy-Alma Grade School at Kinmundy (1950-1976)  Kinmundy School gradebook - 1880's
Kinmundy High School Photos (Classes of 1865 thru 1930)) KHS & KAHS Photos (Classes of 1931 thru 1989))
dfd  KINMUNDY-ALMA SCHOOL SPORTS High School Sports Photos (1900-1959)  High School Sports Photos (1960-1989)  Grade School & Jr. High Sports Photos
K-A Band, Chorus, & School Plays
High School Proms, Homecomings & Cornations

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One-Room Schools

 

 

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Kinmundy-Alma area One-Room School Map

 (courtesy of Kenneth Chitwood)

(Note: Approximate township lines were added to map by the Kinmundy Historical Society)

(Click here to enlarge map)

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Marion County One-Room School Map (courtesy of Kenneth Chitwood)

(Note: Approximate township lines were added to map by the Kinmundy Historical Society)

(Click here to enlarge map)

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Alma Township 

Allen	Elder	Happy Hollow
Kagy	Pleasant Hill (White)	Red Lick
Shriver	Union	Wilson
Zion

Foster Township 

Arnold Chapel (Lester)	Chance	Doolen
Greenridge	North Fork	Pleasant Grove (Jones)
Sandy Branch (Oklahoma)	Zion

  Kinmundy Township 

College Hill (Pop Gun)	Meadow Branch	Shanghai
Sherman	Swift (Breakneck)

Meacham Township 

Booker	Camp Ground	Lacey
Maple Grove	Miletus	Oak Ridge
Prairie Grove (Mangner)	Rockhold	Switzer
Young

  Omega Township 

Bee Branch	Brown	Oak Park (Frog Pond)
Omega	Possum Trot	Shadden
Siloam

Tonti Township 

Allmon	McHaney (Possum Trot)	Oak Grove

Rural 8th Grade Commencements

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Minutes of the Kinmundy-Alma High School Alumni Association Pa1st Section 1879-1949   Pa2nd Section 1950-1994

Kinmundy High School Newspapers (from 1923)

"Histories of Kinmundy Schools" by Pleasant H. Robnett & Karen Robnett (July 2007) and Elwyn Cheatum (May 1989)   "History of the Kinmundy PTA"     "History of Kinmundy-Alma Schools to the South Central Schools"     "The Alma P.T.A. and Alma School" compiled from Alma School yearbooks and P.T.A. Secretary reports   "History of Alma School & Alma PTA" by James D. Hester     l"Illinois High School Glory Days"  -(A Website by Dave Nanninga)    Kinmundy High School Hornets   Alma High School   Kinmundy-Alma High School Hornets

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