Blackford Junior-Senior High School is a public
high school
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in
Hartford City,
Indiana
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which includes grades 7 through 12. It is part of the
Blackford County School District Blackford might refer to:
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, and is the sole public high school serving all of
Blackford County
Blackford County is located in the east central portion of the U.S. state of Indiana. The county is named for Judge Isaac Blackford, who was the first speaker of the Indiana General Assembly and a long-time chief justice of the Indiana Supreme ...
. Like the county, Blackford High School is named after
Isaac Blackford
Isaac Newton Blackford (November 6, 1786 – December 31, 1859) was the second Chief Justice of the Indiana Supreme Court, the court's longest serving Justice, and among the longest serving jurists in the history of the United States. He wrote a ...
.
History
Blackford High School opened in the fall of 1969, replacing the former Hartford City High School and Montpelier High School. Blackford High School's team colors are red, white, and black. These colors were selected from the high schools that used to exist in the county. Red came from the
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Red Rollers. White came from the Montpelier Spartans. Black came from the Hartford City Airedales.
Athletics
The football team won the state championship in 1974 and 1979.
Notable alumni
*
Kevin A. Ford
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, Class of 1978 --
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astronaut
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Retrieved on 2007-03-26.
See also
* List of high schools in Indiana
This is a list of high schools in the U.S. state of Indiana.
A
Adams County
Allen County
B
Bartholomew County
Benton County
Blackford County
Boone County
Brown County
C
Carroll County
Cass County
Clark County
Clay County ...
* Central Indiana Athletic Conference
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* Madison (name), a given name and a surname
* James Madison (1751–1836), fourth president of the United State ...
* Hartford City, Indiana
Hartford City is a city in the U.S. state of Indiana, and the county seat of Blackford County, Indiana, Blackford County. Located in the northeast East Central Indiana, central portion of the state, the small farming community underwent a dramatic ...
References
External links
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Blackford County School District
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Public high schools in Indiana
Education in Blackford County, Indiana
Educational institutions established in 1969
1969 establishments in Indiana
Buildings and structures in Blackford County, Indiana