Buckhorn School

Buckhorn School District

1880-1947

July 31, 1880 Buckhorn school district was created.  Four years later the Austin County Commissioners established the First 13 Original School districts in Austin County.  Buckhorn was District #3.  The Buckhorn District contained 39,729.  In 1913, Buckhorn had 588 students and received $4,321.80 or $7.35 per student from state sources. Schools in the Buckhorn District #3 included Sempronius, Gilbert Chappel, Tottenham, Center Hill, Freitag, Ives Creek, Joe Cochran, Union Center, and Bradbury.