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:

1. Turner School
2. Page School
3. Wilbanks School
4. Pender School
5. Mitchell School
6. William Chapel Missionary Baptist Church

The southeast sector, covering parts of Wilson, Saratoga, Stantonsburg, and Black Creek townships. Holdens and Saratoga Schools do not appear:

1. London’s Primitive Baptist Church
2. Bynum School
3. Lane School
4. Evansdale School [update: south of Evansdale is Barnes School, which was also a Black school.]
5. Brooks School
6. Minshew School
7. Stantonsburg School
8. Healthy Plains School
9. Yelverton School

The southwest sector, covering parts of Wilson, Spring Hill, Cross Roads, and Black Creek townships:

1. Rocky Branch Christian Church; Rocky Branch School
2. Williamson School
3. Calvin Level School
4. Kirby School
5. Powell School
6. probably Ruffin or 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:

1. Lofton School
2. New Vester Missionary Baptist Church; New Vester School
3. Farmer School