The Cedar Dale School was located in the northeast corner of Central District a short distance north of Keezletown and was identified as school #24 in Central District records. The school was located in a field on the west side of the Mountain Road (currently Route 620). The date of construction of the school is unknown but the current owners believe that the building probably existed as early as 1870, possibly predating the public school system. The school is indicated in Lake's 1885 Atlas of Rockingham County. The building was a one-room frame building. In recent years it has been partially restored. Records indicate that the school closed after the 1909-1910 school session.

Teachers known to have taught at the Cedar Dale School are:

1892-93 Clara Shaeffer
1893-96 (three sessions) H. Dora Flory
1896-97 O. F. Landes
1897-98 Simmie A. Henton
1898-99 C. F. Eckard
1899-1900 Fannie S. Coffman
1900-01 (unknown)
1901-02 Anna Hamman
1902-03 (unknown)
1903-04 Alice Will
1904-06 (two sessions) L. V. Will
1906-07 Lena Myers
1906-09 (unknown)
1909-10 Mabel Rolston

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