Claysville Junior High School

Claysville School grew from community pride and labor on five acres bought for two dollars per acre from C. W. Baird, Sarah Baird, and H. D. Walls, and it was completed on February 19, 1929. Led by future Claysville principal Carl Waldrop, students and other community members carried stones from surrounding mountain ridges to help construct the $14,000 fieldstone building. A. M. Alred built the first four classrooms and an auditorium with monetary donations and much of the labor supplied by the people. Construction of Guntersville Dam and the relocation of people in the area increased the Claysville community's population, leading to the consolidation of the schools at Baker’s Chapel and Henryville. By 1950, five classrooms, indoor restrooms, and a lunchroom had been added. By 2003, the campus had expanded to twenty-two and one-half acres with two classroom buildings, an activities building, a lunchroom, and a gymnasium. Through generations of teachers, support employees, and students, community pride and support continued as the school evolved from a fledgling 1928 school to the present campus on the banks of Guntersville Reservoir.

Alabama · United States