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ROCKLAND

    The township of Rockland was originally a part of the original Manitowoc
Rapids. It was not until 1850 that this and surrounding areas were detached from
Rapids and organized as the Maple Grove township area. Rockland remained a part
of Maple Grove until 1856 when it became a municipality by itself with a very
unstable boundary line between Eaton and Rockland. The pamphlet "The Development
of Town Boundaries in Wisconsin, No. 36, Manitowoc County" indicates that
constant changing of this boundary line was authorized by the Manitowoc County
Board of Supervisors. It was not until 1869 that the idea of following Manitowoc
river as a boundary line between the two towns was abandoned in favor of the
accepted section line.

    While the township of Rockland area was a part of the original
municipalities, school districts were being organized and numbered in accordance
with the municipality in which that district was then located. Although there
are no official records, the organization dates of the following schools seem to
indicate the first order of school district organization in Rockland: Maple
Grove No. 1 (now Cato 1); Rockland 2; Maple Grove 3; Maple Grove 4 (now Rockland
Jt. 4);,Maple Grove 5 (the former Cato Jt. 5 with Rockland); Rockland 6; Cato
Jt. 7, joint with Rockland; Maple Grove 8 (unaccounted for); Maple Grove Jt. 9
(now a part of Cato Jt. 9); and Maple Grove Jt 10 with Rockland (now part of the
Reedsville district). The present district numbering results from a filling in
of missing numbers after Rockland became a township by itself and as districts
were organized. The present Rockland school district No. 5 is known as Rantoul
Jt. 5, joint with Rockland. The organization dates for the various districts in
the present Rockland township are given in each of the following school articles.


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1848 - 1948

CENTENNIAL HISTORY
of the
Manitowoc County School Districts and Public School System

EDITED BY JOS. J. RAPPEL, COUNTY SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS 1948 


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