A Community Rooted in History
Education has been part of the Knickerbocker community for nearly 150 years.
The area’s first known school opened in 1877, when A.P. Baze built a small, one-room schoolhouse on his farm about two miles north of Knickerbocker. Known as the Baze subscription school, the modest building featured adobe walls, a shingled roof and a pine floor. Children traveled by horseback to attend classes during a six-month school term.
As Knickerbocker grew, so did its schools. Around 1889, Tom Green County replaced the original Baze school with a frame schoolhouse. In 1926, that building was replaced by a red brick school featuring three classrooms, an auditorium and a central hall.
Another important part of Knickerbocker’s educational history began in 1895. At the urging of Dr. Boyd Cornick, the county constructed a separate school primarily serving children of Mexican descent. That school was substantially remodeled during the 1930s. The two schools remained separate until 1948, when they were combined.
In 1960, the consolidation of rural schools brought another change. Knickerbocker students began traveling by bus to attend school in nearby Christoval, ending more than eight decades of local schooling in the community.
The historic red brick school building, however, remained an important part of Knickerbocker. In 1989, it began a new chapter as the community’s post office and community center—a gathering place that continues to connect Knickerbocker’s past with the community of today.
Historical information courtesy of the Texas Historical Commission.
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