Romness Township School District #9, Griggs County Records

Collection

Identifier: OGLMC-1252

Scope and Contents

The Romness Township School District #9, Griggs County Records consist of Clerk's Records, 1886-1931, Treasurer's Records, 1886-1931, Teacher's Records, 1887-1928, and other assorted materials.

Dates

created: 1886-1931
Other: Date acquired: 05/05/1992

Creator

Romness School District (Organization)

Conditions Governing Access

Open for inspection under the rules and regulations of the Elwyn B. Robinson Department of Special Collections.

Biographical or Historical Information

Romness Township was settled in 1880 by Peter Mathison, a government surveyor, and John Hogenson. Mathison named the township after his wife's birthplace of Romness, Norway. Romness Township contains the second highest point in the county, Mount Franklin, and has the Sheyenne River crossing it diagonally. The Romness School District was created May 26, 1886, at a meeting in Cooperstown. Romness had one ungraded school which taught 45 days with 17 pupils enrolled, ranging in age from 6 to 32. The first teacher was J.H. Thomas, whose salary was thirty-five dollars a month. The Romness School District had three schoolhouses with the first being built in 1883, the second in 1900, and the last in 1903. The rural school closed in 1957.

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