Benton No. 6

Official School Name
Benton No. 6
Parochial School Name
Dryden School
County
Ringgold County
When Built
Before 1875
When Closed
Circa 1913

The Dryden School (Benton No. 6) was named after a nearby landowner and early settler of Ringgold County, Thomas Dryden. Depending on the source, the school closed on either May 16, 1913 or in 1917. The district was consolidated into the Maloy Consolidated School District immediately after. Photo credit: Originally uploaded to IAGenWeb by Sharon R. Becker in 2010, gathered from the Maloy, IA centennial book, published 1987.