Egypt Mills School

Egypt Mills School was built in 1891. It served the community of Egypt Mills until it was consolidated with other rural schools to form the Nell Holcomb School District in 1960. The picture was made by G.D. Fronabarger in the 1950s.

Jan. 30, 1929 Southeast Missourian

School at Egypt Mills Gets Piano from Cape College

Sixteen pupils of the Egypt Mills school have made excellent grades in spelling the past month, according to their teacher, Miss Nell Holcomb. They are: Lillian Heise, Walter Reiman, Edwin Rubel, Albert Brockmire, Amos Harmon, William Schumacher, Glenn Brockmire, Lester Hengst, Glenn Niedling, Morris Randol, Edna Maevers, Louise Miller, Retha Tricky, Ernestine Hahn, Dorothy Noland and Sterling Miller.

The school has recently purchased a piano from the Teachers College at Cape Girardeau, the teacher reports, and the pupils are enjoying its use.

In 1984, the Egypt Mills School was turned over to the East County Fire Protection District for a ceremonial demolition with a controlled burn.

From The State Historical Society of Missouri:

Place name: Egypt Mills

Description: A small town twelve miles east of Jackson in Randol Township. In June, 1821, a Baptist Church called Ebenezer was constituted in the Big Bend near the present site of Egypt Mills. A post office was established in 1889 and continued until 1934. According to John G. Putz tradition has it that the name originated in this way: a zealous school teacher organized a Sunday school class which met in an old mill located here. One of the first lessons dealt with Egypt, so the place came to be known as Egypt Mills. (Postal Guide, Douglass I 201, Putz)

Source: Hamlett, Mayme L. "Place Names Of Six Southeast Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1938.

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