MIDLAND SCHOOL 1895-1949 was first called MIDWAY ACADEMY because it was midway between the two schools which it consolidated, GRAVEL HILL and CAMPGROUND. It was located on the south side of the Midland-U.S. 231 Highway east of Midland, then called Middleton, and on the site of the present Baptist Church.…
MIDLAND SCHOOL 1949-1962 was built across the road from the old MIDLAND SCHOOL which had at one time been called MIDWAY ACADEMY. On January 6, 1949, Mrs. Laura Cothran sold to the Rutherford County School Commission three acres of land for a new school. The school was a project of…
ROCK SPRING SCHOOL 1871-1915 was founded “a long time” before J. P. “Pet” Gordon started school in 1871 and closed at the end of the 1914-1915 school term. It was located on Rock Spring Road which runs west of the Murfreesboro-Shelbyville Highway. On March 6, 1874, James M. Holden signed…