North Gallia High School was a public

high school A secondary school describes an institution that provides secondary education and also usually includes the building where this takes place. Some secondary schools provide both '' lower secondary education'' (ages 11 to 14) and ''upper seconda ...

located near the village of

Vinton, Ohio Vinton is a village in Gallia County, Ohio, United States. The population was 222 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Point Pleasant, WV–OH Micropolitan Statistical Area. History Vinton was platted in 1832. A post office called Vinto ...

. It opened in 1965 and closed in 1992 when it was consolidated into River Valley High School.

History

The North Gallia Local School District was formed in 1965 when the school districts from Bidwell-Porter and Vinton consolidated. By 1974, declining rural populations, competition for students from the county-wide vocational high school, and the need for a broader sharing of the tax money from the power plant with other schools led to further consolidation, and the North Gallia Local School District was incorporated into the newly formed

Gallia County Local School District The Gallia County Local School District is a public school district headquartered in an unincorporated portion of Springfield Township with a Gallipolis, Ohio (USA) mailing address. It is one of two public school districts in Gallia County. Th ...

along with

Hannan Trace High School Hannan Trace High School was a public high school located on the edge of Mercerville, at the intersection of Hannan Trace and Mercerville roads in Gallia County, Ohio (US). It replaced Mercerville High School in 1956 and was in turn replaced ...

Kyger Creek High School Kyger Creek High School was a public high school located outside of the village of Cheshire, at the intersection of Little Kyger and Gravel Hill roads in northern Gallia County, Ohio ( USA). It replaced Cheshire High School in 1956 and was in tu ...

, and Southwestern High School. The new district did not immediately consolidate the high schools, so North Gallia High School continued until 1992 with the three others. At that time, the other high schools were closed and their students were transported to the Kyger Creek High School building, which was renamed River Valley High School.

Notable alumni

References

External links

District Website
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