Title: Romness Township School District #9, Griggs County Records, 1886-1931

ID: OGLMC1252

Primary Creator: Romness School District (1886-1957)

Extent: 1.5 Linear Feet

Date Acquired: 05/05/1992

Subjects: Education, Griggs County, North Dakota

Languages: English

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.

Education
Griggs County, North Dakota

Repository: Elwyn B. Robinson Department of Special Collections

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

Acquisition Source: Eddie Vig, Romness Township Supervisor

Acquisition Method: Donation; 92-1821

Preferred Citation: (Description of Item). Romness Township School District #9, Griggs County Records. OGLMC 1252, Box #, Folder #. Elwyn B. Robinson Department of Special Collections, Chester Fritz Library, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks.

Finding Aid Revision History: Finding aid added to Archon in July 2014.