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What the record establishes
The Kentucky Heritage Council records a one-teacher Avon Rosenwald school in 1922–1923. Construction cost $3,100: Black contributors supplied $200, public funds $2,400, and Rosenwald $500.
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Questions for the next chapter
The specific Black settlement’s first deeds, family histories, boundaries, and connections to the wider place need further documentation. A municipal place-name or school reference should not be turned into an invented founding story.
READ THE EVIDENCE
Sources and further reading
- LFUCG rural settlements presentation (January 2026) ↗
- Kentucky Heritage Council · Rosenwald school inventory, p. 44 (PDF) ↗
- Lexington Herald-Leader: rural Black hamlets, 2023 ↗
- Map reference source ↗
Location note: Broader Avon village GNIS-derived reference, not the historic Black community boundary.
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