Yoakum County was organized in 1907, and by the 1920s the area around this site was rural farm and ranch land without electricity, paved roads, or a railroad. Building lumber was brought by freight wagon, and in 1924 several local men erected a one-room frame building near this site to serve as a school for widely scattered rural families. The structure also hosted Sunday school, monthly services, and Methodist and Baptist revivals. As Center Point School District No. 8, it served an area of 64 square miles, with classes ranging from four to more than twenty students over the years. Some students walked a mile or more across open prairie to reach the school, while others rode horses and tethered them behind the building. Students took part in Yoakum County Interscholastic League events in addition to their usual studies. Teachers earned $80-$100 a month to teach all grades, do janitorial work, and in some cases provide daily transportation for students, and they usually boarded with local families. Enrollment increased slightly when oil camps opened in the county in 1935. In the spring of 1939, voters chose to merge Center Point School District No. 8 with others to form Plains Rural School District. The one-room school closed and was moved to Plains for use as a music building, later becoming part of the American Legion hall. For fifteen years, Center Point School served the educational, spiritual, and social needs of the surrounding community, and its legacy remains a vital part of this part of Yoakum County's history.