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Timeline

  • 1810 - Samuel Edney built a cabin on his land on Clear Creek in Edneyville to be used as a school
  • 1840 - Liberty School opened
  • 1885 - Green Mountain Academy opened
  • 1886 - Second Ebenezer school house built; construction date of first Ebenezer School unknown
  • 1893 - DeWitt Normal and Training School opened
  • 1898 - Fruitland Institute opened in Green Mountain Academy building
  • 1914 - Edneyville Graded School opened
  • 1920s - Third Ebenezer School Building built
  • 1969 - Ednevyille Primary School opened - later named Ednevyille Elementary
  • 2021 - New Edneyville Elementary building opened

Earlier Feeder Schools

  • Barnwell
  • Bat Cave
  • Bearwallow
  • Chestnut Grove
  • Hickory
  • Good Shepherd
  • Lake Lure
  • Little Red Bat Cave School House
  • Locust Grove
  • Middle Fork
  • Point Lookout
  • St. Paul’s
  • St. Peter’s
  • Peabody School at Fruitland organized by W.G.B. Morris
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THEN & NOW
Photo of Swan Babb 1993 Principal Swan Babb
Photo of Andrew VunCannon 2023 Principal Andrew VunCannon