The North Carolina Department of Transportation has made available digitally copies of many of its historic maps. The 1936 North Carolina County Road Survey not only maps Wilson County’s roads, it also shows the locations of schools and churches. African-American county schools appear as “other”:
Some of the schools are easily identified, but for others I have made best guesses.
Starting in the northern part of the county, which covers parts of Taylor, Toisnot, Wilson, and Gardners townships:
- Turner School
- Page School
- Wilbanks School
- Pender School
- Mitchell School
- William Chapel Missionary Baptist Church
The southeast sector, covering parts of Wilson, Saratoga, Stantonsburg, and Black Creek townships. Holden and Saratoga Schools do not appear:
- London’s Primitive Baptist Church
- Bynum School
- Lane School
- Evansdale School [update: south of Evansdale is Barnes School, which was also a Black school.]
- Brooks School
- Minshew School
- Stantonsburg School
- Healthy Plains School
- Yelverton School
The southwest sector, covering parts of Wilson, Spring Hill, Cross Roads, and Black Creek townships:
- Rocky Branch Christian Church; Rocky Branch School
- Williamson School
- Calvin Level School
- Kirby School
- Powell School
- Ferrell School
The northwest sector, covering parts of Wilson, Taylors, and Old Fields townships. Barnes, Sims, Howard, and Jones Hill Schools do not appear to be marked:
- Lofton School
- New Vester Missionary Baptist Church; New Vester School
- Farmer School
I have a question in reference to the school listed as number 4 in Evansdale. Was the original name of the school Lassiter school there was a school in the area called Lassiter school near the railroad tracks. It was also used for Sunday morning church services. One of my cousins stated he attended Lassiter school until ~ 1939. I’ve not been able to find any records related to Lassiter School. Annette H.
Interesting! I have not come across the name Lassiter School, but I will look for it. Perhaps it was the community’s name for the school officially called Evansdale.