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- John W. Thompson1 entry: The school board creates Buckhorn school district from four neighboring districts (August 1879)
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- The school board creates Buckhorn school district from four neighboring districts On petition, the board formed District No. 56, Buckhorn, from the corners of the Gravelly Hill, Ridge Meeting House, Tom's Creek and Woody's Road districts so the school would sit at their center. Elerby (No. 54) and Vickers (No. 55) districts had been formed shortly before. People: John W. Thompson DigitalNC: Irene Oliver Pender, A History of Orange County Schools, 1752-1983 (1983), p. 33
- Buckhorn residents build an academy that will also house the public school The board approved a Gravelly Hill committee's plan to build an academy at Buckhorn and locate the public school there, retiring the old Buckhorn schoolhouse. The trustees guaranteed the board use of the building for school purposes permanently. DigitalNC: Irene Oliver Pender, A History of Orange County Schools, 1752-1983 (1983), p. 54
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- Orange County History Guide: Churches and SchoolsUNC Libraries Congregation and school histories
- NC LIVE: prepared search for Buckhorn School or Buckhorn Academy Library card Search NC LIVE for this site’s names and Orange County. Sign in through your North Carolina library to access articles, e-books, and newspapers.
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- Rebecca B. Wall Local History Collection, Orange County Public Library The county library’s local-history room at the Main Library in Hillsborough: books, journals, maps, and microfilm of county records from 1752
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