Millwood School
Millwood School #44
CR 786 and CR 535
Millwood, Texas
Millwood was one of the oldest settlements in Collin County. It was located near the present-day Rockwall County line. (In those days it was the Kaufman County line.). People heading west for the 1849 Gold Rush would stop at the general store in Millwood for supplies. It was said to be their last stop before California. Because the wagon trains camped at the creek south of the settlement, the creek got the name of Camp Creek. Millwood had one of the first lumber mills in the county.
Millwood was on a trail that went from Bonham to Rockwall to Dallas. At one time there was also a Pony Express route from Millwood to Rockwall to Terrell. This route was later extended to Farmersville.
Millwood had its own post office by 1851. The post office closed in 1907. At one time there were 3 mills (lumber, grist, and flour), a school, churches, and about 200 inhabitants. The church was Presbyterian, and the building was used for other denominations as well as for public meetings and as a voting precinct site.
Millwood School was included on the list of Collin County Schools in 1880. It was said that “the land was rich, well improved, no better cotton lands in the county. The teacher was G. C. Carry.”
Sources say the Millwood School was established August 11, 1889. There were about 100 pupils in the school at the time. The first school building at Millwood was a 20 X 20 room, the foundation was of solid black walnut. It was paid for by private subscription. This building was sold, and classes were held in the Presbyterian church until another school was built in 1915.
The Millwood school were 90 students in 1890. There were 2 schools in 1891. No. 1 had 74 students and No. 2 had 34. The combined attendance was 103 in 1892. The teacher in 1901 was Miss Myrtle Carpenter and Miss Sallie Pickens in 1905. There were 55 students in 1905. There were 14 males and 20 females in 1909 with 74 in 1912.
The 1915 the new school house was a long building with a petition to divide it into 2 rooms-1, 2, 3, 4, 5 grades in one room, 6, 7, 8 grades in the other room. The petition could be raised up into the ceiling to have school plays or pie suppers or box suppers. The principal in 1917 was H. L. Dorman.
In 1918 the County Superintendent of Schools said this about the Millwood School:
“The Millwood school can now boast of their new house which has been completed since the first of the year. This is a two-room house meeting every requirement of the new Building Law and will receive State aid. These people now feel justly proud of what they have done for the present and future generations. They have enrolled 66. This school has 32 members belonging to the Red Cross and have finished 10 garments and sent on They would have had more done but failed to get material. Mrs. Hallie Craft the assistant teacher is active in this work in connection with her other school work. Mr. W. I. Dorman is the principal of this school and they are doing some work that will tell for the future.”
There were 94 students in 1925 and 43 in 1940. The school consolidated into the Community School District in 1947.
CR 786 and CR 535
Millwood, Texas
Millwood was one of the oldest settlements in Collin County. It was located near the present-day Rockwall County line. (In those days it was the Kaufman County line.). People heading west for the 1849 Gold Rush would stop at the general store in Millwood for supplies. It was said to be their last stop before California. Because the wagon trains camped at the creek south of the settlement, the creek got the name of Camp Creek. Millwood had one of the first lumber mills in the county.
Millwood was on a trail that went from Bonham to Rockwall to Dallas. At one time there was also a Pony Express route from Millwood to Rockwall to Terrell. This route was later extended to Farmersville.
Millwood had its own post office by 1851. The post office closed in 1907. At one time there were 3 mills (lumber, grist, and flour), a school, churches, and about 200 inhabitants. The church was Presbyterian, and the building was used for other denominations as well as for public meetings and as a voting precinct site.
Millwood School was included on the list of Collin County Schools in 1880. It was said that “the land was rich, well improved, no better cotton lands in the county. The teacher was G. C. Carry.”
Sources say the Millwood School was established August 11, 1889. There were about 100 pupils in the school at the time. The first school building at Millwood was a 20 X 20 room, the foundation was of solid black walnut. It was paid for by private subscription. This building was sold, and classes were held in the Presbyterian church until another school was built in 1915.
The Millwood school were 90 students in 1890. There were 2 schools in 1891. No. 1 had 74 students and No. 2 had 34. The combined attendance was 103 in 1892. The teacher in 1901 was Miss Myrtle Carpenter and Miss Sallie Pickens in 1905. There were 55 students in 1905. There were 14 males and 20 females in 1909 with 74 in 1912.
The 1915 the new school house was a long building with a petition to divide it into 2 rooms-1, 2, 3, 4, 5 grades in one room, 6, 7, 8 grades in the other room. The petition could be raised up into the ceiling to have school plays or pie suppers or box suppers. The principal in 1917 was H. L. Dorman.
In 1918 the County Superintendent of Schools said this about the Millwood School:
“The Millwood school can now boast of their new house which has been completed since the first of the year. This is a two-room house meeting every requirement of the new Building Law and will receive State aid. These people now feel justly proud of what they have done for the present and future generations. They have enrolled 66. This school has 32 members belonging to the Red Cross and have finished 10 garments and sent on They would have had more done but failed to get material. Mrs. Hallie Craft the assistant teacher is active in this work in connection with her other school work. Mr. W. I. Dorman is the principal of this school and they are doing some work that will tell for the future.”
There were 94 students in 1925 and 43 in 1940. The school consolidated into the Community School District in 1947.
