North Fork Colored
(Mount Gilead District)
Edited 11/11/ 2014, Re-edited 8/15/2023
Opening and Closing
Being researched.
Physical and Map Location
Petitions
Transportation
Walking was a common method of school transportation even before the creation of Loudoun County Public Schools (LCPS). It’s believed that students who lived within 3 miles of a school could walk from their home to school. The figures at https://edwinwashingtonproject.org/s/ewp/item/31221 , https://edwinwashingtonproject.org/s/ewp/item/31223 and https://edwinwashingtonproject.org/s/ewp/item/31225 show the locations of the school with a circle representing the area from which students could have walked, back and forth from their home to the school. Travel by horse was also used and could have extended the travel distance.
History
Instructors
- 1893/94: John F. Roberts of Snickersville instructed at North Fork. He operated on a 3rd Grade Certificate. Source: Lists of Teachers, 1892-1975 (1893 1894 Colored Reel 4418Census of Colored Teachers 1893/94 – March 30, 1894), Richmond, Virginia, USA: Virginia Department of Public Instruction/Education.
- 1920. Students from Mt Gilead were sent to North Fork.
Insurance and Physical Description