Aleo School
Aleo School #156
Nevada, Texas
School District #156 was the last numbered district on the county public-school list. Aleo School was started about 1900.
The community of Aleo was about 2 1/2 miles east of the Prairie Grove School, between Copeville and Josephine along the east/west road separating the Farmersville and Nevada School Districts. It was near where the Central National Road of the Republic of Texas went north-south through Collin County. Aleo had a post office from 1895 to 1899, and again from 1900 to 1901. a small store, a blacksmith shop and a gin. A stage line ran through it.
For some of the locals, Aleo and Prairie Grove were the same place. There is an Aleo/Prairie Grove Cemetery and the Prairie Grove Baptist Church. It is said that the burials on the west side of the cemetery road were associated with the Methodist church. The burials on the east side of the cemetery road were behind the Baptist church and were associated with that denomination. The church was still in use into the 1950s. Some people call it the Aleo Baptist Church and the Aleo Cemetery.
The Aleo School was included on a list of public schools in 1900 with 28 students. In 1901 Miss Essie Dorton was the teacher. The Clear Lake and Aleo “base ball” teams crossed bats in May of 1904, resulting in a victory for Aleo. It was not listed in 1905. The Aleo District consolidated with Prairie Grove on August 29, 1907.
Nevada, Texas
School District #156 was the last numbered district on the county public-school list. Aleo School was started about 1900.
The community of Aleo was about 2 1/2 miles east of the Prairie Grove School, between Copeville and Josephine along the east/west road separating the Farmersville and Nevada School Districts. It was near where the Central National Road of the Republic of Texas went north-south through Collin County. Aleo had a post office from 1895 to 1899, and again from 1900 to 1901. a small store, a blacksmith shop and a gin. A stage line ran through it.
For some of the locals, Aleo and Prairie Grove were the same place. There is an Aleo/Prairie Grove Cemetery and the Prairie Grove Baptist Church. It is said that the burials on the west side of the cemetery road were associated with the Methodist church. The burials on the east side of the cemetery road were behind the Baptist church and were associated with that denomination. The church was still in use into the 1950s. Some people call it the Aleo Baptist Church and the Aleo Cemetery.
The Aleo School was included on a list of public schools in 1900 with 28 students. In 1901 Miss Essie Dorton was the teacher. The Clear Lake and Aleo “base ball” teams crossed bats in May of 1904, resulting in a victory for Aleo. It was not listed in 1905. The Aleo District consolidated with Prairie Grove on August 29, 1907.
