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Valley Springs School

Valley Springs, Boone County

WPA labor built this seven-classroom school with an auditorium at Valley Springs in 1940. It was supposed to cost $29,000 but came in at $45,000, so the community voted an extra one-mill tax to finish it.

Kind of place
Schools, gyms and job training
Built by
Works Progress Administration (WPA)
When
About 1940
Where
Valley Springs, Boone County
Still there?
Not confirmed lately

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Sources

Part of Rediscovering Arkansas’s New Deal, a public map of 1930s New Deal work across all 75 counties. Updated 2026-10-14.