Lafe in Greene County, Arkansas — The American South (West South Central)

Lafe School Est. 1938

Photographed by Cosmos Mariner, September 27, 2025

1. Lafe School Est. 1938 Marker

Inscription. Lafe School Bell
Lafe & Marmaduke Annex 1984
Lafe School burned 1989
Bell donated by: Sally Shepard
Installed by: Mayor Ralph "Huck" Oglesby 1-15-2024

Erected 2024 by Mayor Ralph “Huck” Oglesby.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Education. A significant historical year for this entry is 1938.

Location. 36° 12.294′ N, 90° 30.67′ W. Marker is in Lafe, Arkansas, in Greene County. It is on Gym Street just west of State Highway 135, on the left when traveling west. The marker is beside the parking lot on the north side of Lafe Park. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Lafe AR 72436, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Arkansas’ Crowley’s Ridge

and in the Mississippi Alluvial Plain.

It is also in the American South

and specifically in the Upper South.

Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

the Louisiana Purchase,

one of the Confederate States of America,

and the Antebellum

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South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 14 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: 5th Arkansas Infantry Regiment (approx. 6 miles away); In Honor of all WW II Veterans of Greene County (approx. 7.7 miles away); Desert Storm Memorial (approx. 10.4 miles away); Vietnam Veterans of Greene County (approx. 10.4 miles away); Dedicated to WW II Veterans / Dedicated to those who Served on the Home front During WW II (approx. 10.4 miles away); Paragould War Memorial (approx. 10.4 miles away); Scatterville (approx. 12.3 miles away); CCC Pavilion (approx. 13.9 miles away).

Also see . . . Lafe, Arkansas (Encyclopedia of Arkansas).

(by Steven Teske, Butler Center for Arkansas Studies) Excerpt: No settlers had made a home in the area that was to become Lafe before German immigrant Herman Toelkin arrived in 1886. Toelkin advertised in the Germania, a German newspaper published in Minneapolis, Minnesota, alerting German Lutherans to the affordable land available in northeastern Arkansas. He was soon joined by several families like his own, who come mostly from Illinois and Missouri.
The first public school was built around 1888. A new public school was built in Lafe in 1938, combining the rural districts of Upper Lafe, Providence, Scatter Creek, Hooker, Union Hill, and Meadow Grove. The Lafe school was annexed into the school district of Marmaduke (Greene County) in 1984. Some elementary classes were housed at the Lafe school until it burned during Christmas break of 1989.

(Submitted on April 14, 2026, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida.)

Photographed by Cosmos Mariner, September 27, 2025

2. Lafe School Est. 1938 Marker

Lafe School Bell image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Cosmos Mariner, September 27, 2025

3. Lafe School Bell

Photographed by Cosmos Mariner, September 27, 2025

4. Lafe School Est. 1938 Marker

Looking south; Lafe Park is in the background.

Credits. This page was last revised on April 14, 2026. It was originally submitted on April 14, 2026, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida. This page has been viewed 20 times since then. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on April 14, 2026, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida.