The Greenwood Colored School was located northwest of Elkton in a small colored settlement named Greenwood. The exact date of construction of the Greenwood School is unknown but it is shown in Lake's 1885 Atlas of Rockingham County. The original school was located a short distance west of the main road (Route 602). A new one-room building was constructed about 1900 a short distance west on the east side of Route 602. This school served the community until it was closed in 1944. Teachers known to have taught at Greenwood Colored school are:

1879-80 Mayme Robinson

1882-83 Emily A. Field

1884-85 Annie V. Throckmorton

1886-87 J. H. Rideout

1887-88 N. J. Naylor

1888-89 Sadie M. Beasley

1889-90 Isabella Strange

1890-93 (three sessions) T. G. Edmonds

1893-94 Roberta Cooper

1894-98 (four sessions) W. S. Ruffin

1898-99 Hattie V. Ferguson

1899-1900 Eli Jewell

1900-01 Gertrude Frazier

1901-02 Maggie Vicomen

1902-04 (two sessions) Rufus S. Reid

1904-06 W. S. Ruffin

1906-07 William E. Jones

1907-10 (three sessions) W. S. Ruffin

1910-12 (two sessions) Rosa B. Jones

1912-14 (two sessions) Lelia M. Jackson

1914-15 Lola Lewis

1915-16 Mabel Williams

1916-17 Elsie Lewis

1917-18 Fred Kimbo

1918-19 Ruth Stieff

1919-20 Julia Irvin

1920-21 Gertrude Scott

1921-22 (unknown)

1922-24 (two sessions) Estava Franklin

1924-25 Earlena Turner

1925-26 Annie M. Massie

1926-29 (three sessions) Veda B. Caul

1929-30 Leafe Pierce

1930-31 Gertrude Stewart

1931-32 Mary C. Newman

1932-33 Stewart Payne

1933-34 Lynnwood A. Johnson

1934-38 (four sessions) Lena T. Stephen

1938-44 (six sessions) Margaret (Maggie) P. Wright

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