Concord School, Site of - Liberty Hill in Williamson County Texas


	Concord School, Site of - Liberty Hill Historical marker Click on photo for an enlarged view
	Site of Concord School - Liberty Hill Turn north off 29 on CR 200 - go 4.8 miles north (the marker is on the right at the intersection of 200 and 202) GPS Coordinates UTM 14-R, east 0601824 by north 3400858 Marker Text First settled in the 1850s, this area boasted a school named Clear Creek by 1857. Concord School was established in nearby Brizendine Mills in 1883. By 1888 the Concord School was located in the Bear Creek settlement, succeeding the Clear Creek School. In 1896 H. N. Elliott and J. E. Elliott gave their land on the shore of Bear Creek for the site of a one-room schoolhouse. A new structure was added in 1921, and the facility was expanded as necessary. Enrollment peaked at 133 in the 1930s, but the school declined in the 1940s as enrollment dropped and young men and women departed to participate in the war effort. Graduates of the Concord School served Williamson County, the State of Texas, and the nation. (1999)