The Blose school was a one-room school located on Naked Creek north of Elkton and near the Page County line. The date of construction of Blose School is unknown but it is shown in Lake's 1885 Atlas of Rockingham County adjoining the Naked Creek Church. The earliest teachers at the Blose School are unknown. The Blose School burned during the Christmas break of 1940 and was not rebuilt. The Blose students and their teacher, Ruth Chisholm, were moved to Elkton. Teachers known to have taught at Blose School are:

1879-80 Ellen V. Bishop

1881-82 W. N. Peale

1882-83 Aaron Boon

1909-10 Dora Payne

1910-11 Dicey Smith

1915-16 Lacuta Powell

1916-17 Lillian Swink

1917-18 Nora Hudson

1918-19 Nellie Wood

1919-21 (two sessions) Ariadne Withrow

1922-1940 Ruth Chisholm

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