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Farming For A Better Future, page 215
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Topographic Maps of Landersville (Top Left) 1936 USGS/TVA Topographic Map, Landersville, Alabama Quadrangle (Middle Left) 1960 USGS/TVA Topographic Map, Landersville, Alabama Quadrangle (Bottom Left) 1976 USGS/TVA Topographic Map, Landersville, Alabama Quadrangle (Lower Right) School Census Cards for the Stephenson Family with Children at Frog Pond School and the Stovall Family with Children at Cave Spring and Landersville Schools, 1940 (Lawrence County Archives, Moulton, Alabama)
Landersville School*
Landersville school is included in the school census records, but its location is unclear. The 1936 USGS topographic map depicts several schools in the area
of Landersville. There is an unlabeled school just north of the town of Landersville; however, this school is enlarged by 1960 making it the unlikely site for an African American school. The more likely location is the school labeled “Town Creek School.” It is accompanied by a church, a common occurrence for rural African American schools in the early 20th century. By 1960, this school is gone, leaving only the “Town Creek Church." In the school records, this school was probably referred to as “Landersville” to avoid confusion with another “Town Creek School” further north in the community of Town Creek. Other schools in the area for African American children include the Cave Spring School and the Frog Pond School, located to the northwest of Landersville. - (4743)