Silas in Choctaw County, Alabama — The American South (East South Central)

Silas Elementary School

Choctaw County

Photographed by Mark Hilton, December 2, 2017

1. Silas Elementary School Marker

Inscription. The Choctaw County Board of Education built Silas Elementary School in 1936 with support from the Alabama State Department of Education. Students attended the school from 1936-2005. After nearly 70 years as a school, the building took on a new purpose in 2005 when the Town of Silas purchased the property from the board of education. The town restored the building and opened it in 2009 as the Silas Municipal Complex. The Alabama Historical Commission added Silas Elementary School to the Alabama Register of Landmarks and Heritage on June 20, 2013.
Listed in the Alabama Register of Landmarks and Heritage

Erected 2013 by Town of Silas, Mayor Shirley M. Perry.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Education • Government & Politics • Landmarks. A significant historical date for this entry is June 20, 2013.

Location. 31° 46.076′ N, 88° 19.698′ W. Marker is in Silas, Alabama, in Choctaw County. It is at the intersection of Indian Way (County Road 5) and State Route 17, on the right when traveling east on Indian Way. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 130 Indian Way, Silas AL

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36919, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in the American South,

specifically in the Deep South,

and in the Black Belt.

Globally, it is in North America,

a Gulf of Mexico state,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once New Spain,

the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

one of the Confederate States of America,

and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 13 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: First Oil Well In Alabama (approx. 7.1 miles away); Sims Cemetery (approx. 7.3 miles away); Indian Trail Crossing (approx. 7.7 miles away); First Oil Well in Alabama (approx. 7.7 miles away); Judge Harry Toulmin (approx. 8.4 miles away); Healing Springs (approx. 9.4 miles away); Little Place Cemetery / Mt. Pleasant Baptist Church Womack Hill Community (approx. 11.6 miles away); West Bend (approx. 12.2 miles away).

Also see . . . Silas Elementary School at Silas, AL - by Rural Southwest Alabama. (Submitted on December 3, 2017, by Mark Hilton of Montgomery, Alabama.)

View of former Silas Elementary School, in far background. image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Mark Hilton, December 2, 2017

2. View of former Silas Elementary School, in far background.

View of the Silas Municipal Complex. image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Mark Hilton, December 2, 2017

3. View of the Silas Municipal Complex.

Credits. This page was last revised on December 3, 2017. It was originally submitted on December 3, 2017, by Mark Hilton of Montgomery, Alabama. This page has been viewed 858 times since then and 30 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on December 3, 2017, by Mark Hilton of Montgomery, Alabama.