Historical Marker

Tokio School

Historical marker location:
14 mi. W on US 380/82, Brownfield, Texas
( In Tokio, 14 miles West of Brownfield on US 380/82 R.O.W.)
Marker installed: 1991

Early classes in the Tokio area were held in the ranch house of the J Cross Ranch near the turn of the century. In 1911, a school building was constructed near the center of town (about 300 feet N), and classes were relocated. Larger school buildings later were erected, once due to fire and twice due to changing space needs. The school facilities continued to serve the community's educational as well as religious and civic needs until 1941 when Tokio School was consolidated with the Brownfield Independent School District.