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Farmville High School — Farmville, North Carolina

Posted by DaveSanders | North Carolina | Posted on December 30th, 2009

Farmville, NC in the early 1960′s
(click image for old photos of Farmville, NC)

Farmville, NC

Population: approx. 4,500
Pitt County

The town of Farmville was incorporated in 1872. For the next 100 years, its growth and prosperity were directly tied to the cultivation, processing and distribution of Brightleaf tobacco. Today, Farmville is trying to hold on to the benefits of small-town life while expanding its commercial and industrial opportunities.
 

Links

Town of Farmville website

Over 300 old Farmville photos

(click gym for Google Street View)

Farmville High School

mascot: Red Devils
colors: ????

I couldn’t find any record of when Farmville High School opened or closed.
– I found one biography of a fellow who graduated from “the Farmville high school” in the 1890′s. Meanwhile, his sisters graduated from “the Normal School”, also in Farmville.
– An 1898 “Biennial Report of the Superintendent of Public Instruction” shows the schools in Farmville as the “Farmville Male and Female Academy”.
– Another biography says the subject was a teacher in Farmville from 1880-1890, but doesn’t say what school.
– The 1910 “North Carolina School Bulletin” records that Farmville High School had 24 students and two teachers.
– Ayden-Grifton High School was built in 1971. Farmville Central High School and North Pitt High School opened about the same time.
 

Athletics

Football
1963 State runner-up (Region 1) Lost to Murfreesboro, 20-7
1964 State Champs (Region 1) Defeated Weldon 26-0
1968 State runner-up (East) Lost to Rohanen, 21-20

Please help us out. If you have any additional info about Farmville High School, please leave it in the comments below. Send a link to this post to your fellow alumni so they can share their memories, too.