Historic Sites of Manitoba: Plainville School No. 562 (Municipality of Grassland)

The Plainville School District was established formally in January 1889, with a school located in the west half of 9-5-20 west of the Principal Meridian, in what is now the Municipality of Grassland. It closed in February 1913 and its catchment area was merged into Fairfax Consolidated School No. 1195.

Plainville School commemorative monument

Plainville School commemorative monument (August 2010)
Source: Gordon Goldsborough

Site Coordinates (lat/long): N49.37766, W100.12716
denoted by symbol on the map above

Sources:

One Hundred Years in the History of the Rural Schools of Manitoba: Their Formation, Reorganization and Dissolution (1871-1971) by Mary B. Perfect, MEd thesis, University of Manitoba, April 1978.

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 19 February 2021

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