[1] The district includes the community of Goessel, and nearby rural areas of Marion / McPherson / Harvey Counties.
[3] The number of students in rural communities dropped significantly across the 20th century.
As farming technology progressed from animal power to small tractors towards large tractors over time, it allowed a farmer to support significantly more farm land.
In combination with a loss of young men during foreign wars and rural flight, all of these caused an incremental population shrinkage of rural communities over time.
In 1945 (after World War II), the School Reorganization Act in Kansas caused the consolidation of thousands of rural school districts in Kansas.