Editing Normal school (section)

===United States===
{{Main| Normal schools in the United States }} 
{{Further|History of education in the United  States|History of secondary education in the United  States|History of higher education in the United  States|}}
{{hatnote|Schools listed are sorted by region, then date of establishment.}}
In the United States, the former normal schools that survive in the 21st century have become colleges, usually requiring a [[high school diploma]] for entrance. Before the [[American Civil War]] public schools were [[elementary schools]], and a normal school provided high school-level instruction as part of preparation for teaching the elementary common schools. Many American universities began as normal schools.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Herbst |first=Jurgen |date=September 1980 |title=Nineteenth-Century Normal Schools in the United States: a Fresh Look |url=http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/0046760800090303 |journal=History of Education |language=en |volume=9 |issue=3 |pages=219–227 |doi=10.1080/0046760800090303 |issn=0046-760X|url-access=subscription }}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=NA |first=NA |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wMbIDAAAQBAJ&dq=Lucas+%22teacher+education+in+America%22&pg=PP1 |title=Teacher Education in America: Reform Agendas for the Twenty-First Century |date=1997-02-15 |publisher=Springer |isbn=978-1-137-07269-6 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Resorce not Found |url=http://repository.umpwr.ac.id:8080/bitstream/handle/123456789/3711/Handbooks%20of%20Research%20%20on%20Teacher%20Education.pdf?sequence=1|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231129212238/http://repository.umpwr.ac.id:8080/bitstream/handle/123456789/3711/Handbooks%20of%20Research%20%20on%20Teacher%20Education.pdf?sequence=1|url-status=usurped|archive-date=November 29, 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Harper |first=Charles A. (Charles Athiel) |url=http://archive.org/details/centuryofpublict0000harp |title=A century of public teacher education; the story of the State teachers colleges as they evolved from the normal schools |date=1939 |publisher=Washington, D.C., Pub. by the Hugh Birch-Horace Mann Fund for the American Association of Teachers Colleges |others=Internet Archive |isbn=978-0-8371-3939-5}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Mattingly |first=Paul H. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Cp4UCgAAQBAJ&dq=%22Classless+profession%22&pg=PR7 |title=The Classless Profession: American Schoolmen in the Nineteenth Century |date=1975 |publisher=NYU Press |isbn=978-0-8147-5400-9 |language=en}}</ref><ref>David F. Labaree. "An uneasy relationship: The history of teacher education in the university" in Marilyn Cochran-Smith, et al., eds. ''Handbook of research on teacher education'' (Routledge, 2008) pp. 290–306.</ref>

====New England====

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====Northeast====
'''1855 – Millersville Normal School, Millersville, Pennsylvania'''<br />
Millersville Normal School was founded in 1855 as the first normal school in Pennsylvania. Over the years it has changed its name a number of times eventually becoming [[Millersville University of Pennsylvania]].

'''1855 – The Paterson City Normal School, Paterson, New Jersey'''<br />
A land grant institution founded as the [[Paterson City Normal School]] in the industrial city of [[Paterson, New Jersey]], to train teachers for New Jersey schools. In 1951, the school moved to the present campus in [[Wayne, New Jersey]], which was purchased by the State in 1948 from the family of [[Garret Hobart]], twenty-fourth vice president of the United States and renamed [[Paterson State Teachers College]]. In 1971, it was renamed William Paterson College of New Jersey in honor of [[William Paterson (judge)|William Paterson]], a United States Supreme Court Justice appointed by President [[George Washington]], after the legislative mandate to move from a teachers' college to a broad-based liberal arts institution. The New Jersey Commission on Higher Education granted William Paterson university status in June 1997 and it is now known as The [[William Paterson University]] of New Jersey (WPUNJ). The second oldest public university in the state; Rutgers (public) and Princeton (private) being older and pre-colonial.

'''1855 – New Jersey State Normal School, Trenton, New Jersey'''<br />
Founded in 1855, the college was located in Trenton until 1928, when it moved to Ewing Township, where four year baccalaureate degrees began to be offered. The college exists today as [[The College of New Jersey]].

'''1861 – Oswego Primary Teachers School, Oswego, New York'''

Established as Oswego Normal School, the Oswego State Normal School was founded by [[Edward Austin Sheldon]], and recognized as a state school in 1866 by [[New York (state)|New York State]] becoming the Oswego State Normal and Training School. The school was part of the training program Sheldon devised to introduce the [[Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi|Pestalozzi]] method of education to the schools of the city of [[Oswego, New York|Oswego]], the first time the method had ever been used in the United States. Sheldon's school became Oswego State Teachers College in 1942, and was upgraded again to a liberal arts college in 1962, becoming known as [[Oswego State University]].

'''1865 – Baltimore Normal School for Colored Teachers, Baltimore, Maryland'''<br />
Established in 1865 by the [[Baltimore Association for the Moral and Educational Improvement of the Colored People]], School #1 opened on January 9, 1865, in the African Baptist Church in Crane's Building on the corner of Calvert and Saratoga streets. In 1867, with the aid of the Freedmen's Bureau, the Quakers of England and others, the Baltimore Association purchased and renovated the Old Friends Meeting House at the corner of Saratoga and Courtland streets to house the Baltimore Normal School for Colored Teachers. The school moved to Bowie, MD in 1911, changing its name to the Maryland Normal and Industrial School at Bowie in 1914. Today, this school exists as [[Bowie State University]].

'''1866 – Keystone State Normal School, Kutztown, Pennsylvania'''<br />
On September 15, 1866, the Keystone State Normal School was established on what is now the site of Kutztown University's Old Main. The needs of a burgeoning industrialization in the region placed more and more demands on teacher preparation, and in 1928, the institution was designated Kutztown State Teacher's College and authorized to confer the bachelor's degree.

'''1866 – Maryland State Normal School, Baltimore, Maryland'''<br />
While the state created the Maryland State Normal School in the state constitution of 1864, MSNS would not open its doors in [[Baltimore]] until January 15, 1865. The school was moved to Towson, Maryland in 1915. In 1935, it was renamed the State Teachers College at Towson, and by 1963 it was changed to a liberal arts school and was renamed Towson State College. In 1976 it was renamed Towson State University and by 1997 it was [[Towson University]].

'''1871 – Normal School, Buffalo, New York'''

Buffalo State was founded in 1871 as the Buffalo Normal School before becoming the State Normal and Training School (1888–1927), the State Teachers College at Buffalo (1928–1946), the New York State College for Teachers at Buffalo (1946–1950), SUNY, New York State College for Teachers (1950–1951), the State University College for Teachers at Buffalo (1951–1959), the State University College of Education at Buffalo (1960–1961), and finally the [[State University College at Buffalo]] in 1961.

[[File:Detroit_Publishing_Company_-_MSNC_Old_Main_Building.jpg|thumb|Michigan State Normal School]]

====Midwest====
'''1853 – Michigan State Normal School, Ypsilanti, Michigan'''<br />
[[File:Normal School 1936.jpg|thumb|Diploma from a normal school in the U.S.]]
The first normal school west of the [[Appalachian Mountains]] in the United States was the Michigan State Normal School, now [[Eastern Michigan University]]. It was created by legislative action in 1849 and opened in [[Ypsilanti, Michigan]], in 1853.<ref name="EMU">
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'''1857 – Illinois State Normal University, Normal, Illinois'''

The State of [[Illinois]] passed an act to establish a normal school on 18 February 1857, and proposals were submitted to locate the new school in [[Batavia, Illinois|Batavia]], [[Bloomington, Illinois|Bloomington]], [[Peoria, Illinois|Peoria]], and Washington (in [[Tazewell County, Illinois|Tazewell County]]). Bids were opened by the State Board of Education in Peoria on 7 May 1857 and the offer from Bloomington, Illinois, was accepted. The normal school was located near the village of North Bloomington, which later was renamed ''Normal'' in honor of the school. The school, originally known as Illinois State Normal University (ISNU), and also known as the Illinois State Teachers College,<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.journal-republican.com/obituaries/2013-01-08/ardith-v-davis.html|title=Ardith V. Davis|last=<!-- no byline -->|date=January 8, 2013|work=Platt County Journal Republic|access-date=30 Jan 2019}}</ref> is now known as [[Illinois State University]].

'''1857 – Harris Teachers College, St. Louis, Missouri'''<br />
[[File:1922 Locust yearbook p. 019 (Normal School Board of Regents).jpg|thumb|Texas Normal School Board of Regents in 1922]]

[[Harris–Stowe State University]], now a state university in Missouri, was founded by the [[St. Louis]] public school system in 1857 and claims to be the oldest normal school west of the [[Mississippi River]].

The modern university is the result of the merger of the two normal schools in the area, Harris Teachers College, the older of the two institutions and segregated for white people only, and Stowe Teachers' College, which was segregated for black people only, following the ''Brown vs. BOE'' decision in 1954.

'''1858 – Winona State Normal School, Winona, Minnesota'''<br />
The first state-authorized normal college to open west of the Mississippi River was Winona State Normal School, now called [[Winona State University]], which opened in 1858. Its creation was one of the first acts of the newly formed [[Minnesota Legislature]].

'''1863 – Kansas State Normal Schools, Kansas'''<br />
[[File:Plumb &amp; Watson, 1867.jpg|thumb|First graduating class at the Kansas State Normal School, 1867]]
[[File:Annual catalogue of the officers and students of the Fort Hays Auxiliary State Normal School - first year-1902-&#039;03 (1902) (14759004266).jpg|thumb|Officers and students of the Fort Hays Auxiliary State Normal School – first year –1902–1903 (1902)]]
In 1863, the Kansas Legislature passed an act to establish the Kansas State Normal Schools, starting with the first in [[Emporia, Kansas]], which eventually became [[Emporia State University Teachers College]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.emporia.edu/about/|title=Emporia State University History|access-date=2019-09-19|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140825180213/http://www.emporia.edu/about/|archive-date=2014-08-25|url-status=dead}}</ref> From 1870 through 1876, [[Leavenworth Normal School]] operated in [[Leavenworth, Kansas]], and from 1874 through 1876 [[Concordia Normal School]] operated in [[Concordia, Kansas]], but the "miscellaneous appropriations bill of 1876" caused Leavenworth and Concordia to close and consolidated operations at the Emporia location.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vbUUAAAAYAAJ&q=%22Concordia+Normal+School%22&pg=PA116 |title= Transactions of the Kansas State Historical Society, Volume 6|pages=114–116|publisher=Kansas State Historical Society|year= 1900}}</ref> Other normal schools were opened in Kansas including in 1902 the '''Western Branch of the Kansas Normal''' in [[Hays, Kansas]], eventually becoming [[Fort Hays State University]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.fhsu.edu/about/fhsuhistory/index|title=History of FHSU – Fort Hays State University|website=www.fhsu.edu}}</ref> In 1904, a branch in [[Pittsburg, Kansas]], was opened as the '''Manual Training Auxiliary School''', which eventually became [[Pittsburg State University]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Vosburgh |first1=Haydan|title=Emporia State University|url=http://www.kshs.org/kansapedia/emporia-state-university/17740|publisher=Kansas Historical Society |access-date=September 26, 2014|date=May 2012}}</ref>

'''1865 – Indiana State Normal School, Terre Haute, Indiana'''<br />
[[File:Fairbanks Hall Dome.jpg|thumb|Indiana State's Fairbanks Hall Dome]]Established by the Indiana General Assembly on December 20, 1865; as the State Normal School, its core mission was to educate elementary and high school teachers. The school awarded its first baccalaureate degrees in 1908 and the first master's degrees in 1928. In 1929, the Indiana State Normal School was renamed the Indiana State Teachers College, and in 1961, was renamed Indiana State College due to an expanding mission. In 1965, the Indiana General Assembly renamed the college as [[Indiana State University]] in recognition of continued growth.

'''1866 – Platteville Normal School, Platteville, Wisconsin<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=33681|title=The Historical Marker Database (Wisconsin First State Normal School)|date=1985|publisher= by Wisconsin Historical Society}}</ref>'''

'''1867 – Nebraska State Normal School, Peru, Nebraska'''

Nebraska State Normal School was chartered on June 20, 1867.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book|title=The Normal on the Hill|last=Longfellow|first=Ernest|publisher=The Augustine Company|year=1967|location=Grand Island, Nebraska|pages=13–14}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite book|title=Nebraska's First College – Shaping the Future Since 1867|last=Sullivan|first=Dan|publisher=Omaha World-Herald|year=2017|isbn=978-0-692-88708-0|location=Marceline, MO|pages=9, 135}}</ref> The action by the Nebraska legislature<ref name=":0" /> made it the first state-supported college in Nebraska<ref name=":1" /> with the first classes held on October 24, 1867.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" /> The name changed to Nebraska State Teachers College at Peru in 1921, and in 1949 it changed to Peru State Teachers College.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://history.nebraska.gov/sites/history.nebraska.gov/files/doc/Peru%20State%20College%20(Nebraska%20State%20Normal%20School)%20%5bRG0029%5d.pdf|title=Archive Records Peru State College (Nebraska State Normal School)|date=2007|publisher=History Nebraska (Nebraska State Historical Society)|access-date=19 September 2018}}</ref> The current name of [[Peru State College]] was adopted in 1963.<ref name=":1" />

'''1868 – Mankato Normal School, Mankato, Minnesota'''<br />
[[File:Annual Catalogue of the State Normal School at Mankato, Minnesota (1901) (14576495318).jpg|thumb|State Normal School at Mankato, Minnesota (1901)]]
Mankato Normal School was the second normal school in Minnesota. Students were usually 17–19 years old when they entered. The student body, which peaked at about 900 in 1920–21, was approximately three-fourths female. In 1921 the school evolved into [[Minnesota State University, Mankato]].

'''1869 – Third State Normal School, St. Cloud, Minnesota'''

Located in St. Cloud, the Third State Normal School was the third normal school established in Minnesota. It welcomed 50 students (40 women and 10 men) as well as 70 children for the model school. Ira Moore was the school's first principal (later president). It graduated its first class, numbering 15, in June 1871. It trained mostly teachers through the end of World War II and then branched out into other disciplines. It is today's [[St. Cloud State University]].

'''1876 – Iowa State Normal School, Cedar Falls, Iowa'''<br />
Opened as Iowa State Normal School in 1876, the school took over the facilities that the state of Iowa originally built to be home to orphans of its Civil War Veterans. The school changed to Iowa State Teachers College in 1909, then State College of Iowa in 1961 before becoming the [[University of Northern Iowa]] in 1967.

'''1888 – Moorhead Normal School, Moorhead, Minnesota'''<br />
Minnesota State Senator Solomon Comstock introduced a bill to the Minnesota State Legislature in 1885, declaring "...[a normal school] would be a fine thing for the Red River Country and especially for Moorhead."
Comstock then donated six acres of land and the next session of the Legislature appropriated $60,000 for the construction of Main Hall, which included classrooms, administrative offices and a library. When The Moorhead Normal School opened in the fall of 1888, President Livingston Lord presided over five faculty members and a class of 29 students. As the school expanded over the years, it went through several name changes, eventually becoming Minnesota State University Moorhead in 2000.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.mnstate.edu/about/history/|title = Minnesota State University Moorhead's History}}</ref>

'''1892 - Central Michigan Normal School and Business Institute, Mt. Pleasant, Michigan'''<br />
Founded as a private normal school to address the lack of formal training in the "norms" of teaching. After the Michigan State Board of Education took over governance of the school it became a state institution and was renamed Central State Normal School in 1895. The institution became a full university and gained its current name [[Central Michigan University]] in 1959 under the university's 6th president Judson W. Foust.

'''1894 – Springfield Normal School, Springfield, Missouri'''<br />
The Springfield Normal School was founded in 1894 in Springfield, Missouri, to train teachers for public schools in southwest Missouri. This private school offered a Masters of Pedagogy as a two-year post high school degree.  Students also participated in a variety of extra curricular activities. Enrollment was as high as 700 students.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://thelibrary.org/lochist/postcards/normal_school.cfm | title=Normal School, Springfield, Mo }}</ref>

In 1906, the private school merged with the new state normal school becoming the Fourth District Normal School. The school moved to its current site with the completion of the building now called Carrington Hall in 1909.  The school has evolved into a research university and is now Missouri State University.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.missouristate.edu/About/history.htm | title=History of the University – About Missouri State – Missouri State }}</ref>

'''1899 – [[North Dakota State Normal and Industrial School|Ellendale State Normal and Industrial School]]'''

This was one of the schools of higher learning provided for in North Dakota's 1889 constitution. Courses included American citizenship, cooking, woodworking, physical education, and others that together were offered as "a living symbol of democracy".<ref>North Dakota History, Journal of the Northern Plains, 2022, Vol. 87, No. 1, Page 18–34.</ref>

=====Ohio=====
In 1871, the Northwestern Ohio Normal School, which later became [[Ohio Northern University]], was founded in Ada, Ohio. The [[Lowry bill|Lowry Normal School Bill]] of 1910 authorized two new normal schools in [[Ohio]]—one in the northwestern part of the state (now [[Bowling Green State University]]) and another in the northeastern part (now [[Kent State University]]).[[File:Reconstructed classroom, Storer College.jpg|thumb|Reconstructed classroom at Storer College]]

====South====
'''1868 – Storer Normal School, Harpers Ferry, West Virginia'''<br />
It served primarily African-American students; teachers were desperately needed after the [[U.S. Civil War|Civil War]], with large numbers of freed slaves to teach reading, writing, and arithmetic to. The school was part of [[Storer College]], although in the 19th century it did not provide college-level instruction. The school closed in 1955.

'''1872 – Florence Normal School, Huntsville, Alabama'''<br />
[[Image:Wesleyan-hall-6-07.jpg|thumb|Historic [[University of North Alabama Wesleyan Hall|Wesleyan Hall]] in [[Florence, Alabama]]]]Florence Normal School is one of many state normal schools that developed into four-year state teachers' colleges and eventually into comprehensive state universities. This is the site of the first state-supported normal school established south of the [[Ohio River]] and now part of the [[University of North Alabama]].

'''1873 – State Normal School, Normal, Alabama'''<br />
In 1873, the State Normal School and University for the Education of the Colored Teachers and Students, informally called the Huntsville Normal School, was founded at a site which is today part of [[Huntsville, Alabama]]. In 1878, the name changed to State Normal and Industrial School. In 1885 the name was changed again, to State Normal and Industrial School of Huntsville. In 1890, the post office of [[Normal, Alabama]], was established. In 1896, its name was changed to The State Agricultural and Mechanical College for Negroes, and in 1919, the State Agricultural and Mechanical Institute for Negroes. In 1948 it was renamed the Alabama Agricultural and Mechanical College, in 1949 Alabama A&M College, and in 1969 [[Alabama A&M University]].

'''1876 – Glasgow Normal School and Business College, Glasgow, Kentucky'''<br />
In 1876, local businessman A. W. Mell opened a private normal school and business college in the small South Central Kentucky town of Glasgow. The institution changed its name to Southern Normal School and Business College when it moved to the larger city of [[Bowling Green, Kentucky|Bowling Green]]. In 1906, after the [[Kentucky General Assembly]] (state legislature) authorized the creation of state-sponsored normal schools, the Southern Normal School was sold to the state, while the business school was sold privately, becoming Bowling Green Business University and later the Bowling Green College of Commerce. The normal school's facilities and student body became the new Western Kentucky State Normal School, which moved within Bowling Green in 1911 to the former site of Potter College, a women's college that had closed in 1909. Once the normal school was authorized by the state to offer four-year degrees in 1922, it was renamed Western Kentucky State Normal School and Teachers College. It changed its name twice more in the next 30 years, first to Western Kentucky State Teachers College in 1930 and Western Kentucky State College in 1948. WKSC merged with Bowling Green Commerce in 1963, with the latter becoming a constituent college of WKSC. The current institutional name of [[Western Kentucky University]] was adopted in 1966.

'''1877 – Summer Normal School of the University of North Carolina'''<br />
In accordance with an act of the [[North Carolina General Assembly]], the [[University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill]] opened a normal school in the summer of 1877. North Carolina was the first state in America to open a normal school under the control of an already-established university. The program was also the first university summer school in the United States. Coeducational from the beginning, it was the first example of public funds supporting education for women in North Carolina. One of the teachers, [[Emily M. Coe]], was the first female teacher of classes at the university.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Battle |first=Kemp P. |date=1912 |title=History of the University of North Carolina, Vol. II (1868–1912) |location=Raleigh |publisher=Edwards & Broughton }}</ref>

'''1879 – Sam Houston Normal Institute, Huntsville, Texas'''<br />
[[File:SHSUWelcome.jpg|thumb|Entrance at [[Sam Houston State University]], the first normal school in the [[Southwestern United States|American Southwest]] ]]

The first normal school in what is now considered the [[Southwestern United States|Southwest]] was opened in 1879 as Sam Houston Normal Institute (now [[Sam Houston State University]]).

'''1882 – Virginia Normal and Collegiate Institute (now [[Virginia State University]]) was founded, Petersburg, Virginia.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.vsu.edu/about/history/index.php | title=Our History }}</ref>'''

'''1884 – Louisiana State Normal School, Natchitoches, Louisiana'''<br />
From its founding in 1884 until 1944, [[Northwestern State University#History|Northwestern State University of Louisiana]] at [[Natchitoches, Louisiana|Natchitoches]] was the Louisiana State Normal School until 1918, Louisiana State Normal College from 1918 to 1944.

'''1886 – Winthrop Training School, Rock Hill, South Carolina'''

In 1886, the Peabody Education Board of Massachusetts, headed by Robert C. Winthrop, provided $1,500 to form the "Winthrop Training School" for white women teachers. That year the school opened its doors to twenty-one students in Columbia, South Carolina. Nine years later in 1895 it moved to Rock Hill. The school's name had changed in 1893 to "Winthrop Normal and Industrial College of South Carolina", reflecting its mission to prepare some students for industrial jobs.

The college was segregated until 1964. It became fully coeducational in 1974. Evolving from a ''training school'' to a college with a four-year full curriculum, it also developed a graduate division. By 1992 it reflected this development, changing its name to Winthrop University.

'''1886 – State Normal School for Colored Persons, Frankfort, Kentucky'''<br />
[[File:KYState-Frankfort1898.jpg|thumb|1898, State Normal School for Colored Persons, Frankfort, Kentucky]]
Chartered in 1886 as a state-supported school for training black teachers for the black schools of Kentucky, the school opened in 1887 with three teachers and 55 students. The school went through a series of changes of name and purpose, including becoming a [[Land-grant university|land-grant college]] in 1890, in 1902 it was renamed ''Kentucky Normal and Industrial Institute for Colored Persons'', in 1926 ''Kentucky State Industrial College for Colored Persons'', in 1938 ''Kentucky State College for Negroes'', in 1952 ''Kentucky State College'', and finally in 1972 it became what it is known today as [[Kentucky State University]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://kysu.edu/about-ksu/history/|title=History – Kentucky State University|website=kysu.edu}}</ref>

'''1887 – Croatan Normal School, Pembroke, North Carolina'''<br />
The school was established March 7, 1887 by the [[North Carolina General Assembly]] to train [[Lumbee]] Indian teachers. Today, it is The [[University of North Carolina at Pembroke]].

'''1887 – Morehead Normal School, Morehead, Kentucky'''<br />
In 1887, Morehead Normal School was founded as a private institution in [[Morehead, Kentucky]]. It continued to operate as such until 1922, when it was taken over by the state and became Morehead State Normal School. After name changes to Morehead State Normal School and Teachers College (1926), Morehead State Teachers College (1930), and Morehead State College (1948), it adopted its current name of [[Morehead State University]] in 1966.

'''1887 – State Normal College for Colored Students, Tallahassee, Florida'''<br />
Also in 1887, the State Normal College for Colored Students was founded in [[Tallahassee, Florida]]; Tallahassee was chosen because it had the state's highest proportion of black people, having been the center of Florida's slave trade before the [[American Civil War|Civil War]]. The founding date reflects the [[Florida Constitution of 1885]], in effect until 1967, which prohibed racial integration in education. In 1891 the legislature changed its name to State Normal and Industrial College for Colored Students, and in 1909 to Florida Agricultural and Mechanical College for Negroes. Today it is the [[Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University]], commonly known as FAMU.

'''1899 – Appalachian State Normal School, Boone, North Carolina'''<br />
A normal school founded as Watauga Academy in 1899, the institution was named Appalachian State Normal School in between 1925 and 1929. Today, it is known as [[Appalachian State University]] and has evolved into a comprehensive four-year university, including the Reich College of Education.

'''1906 – Eastern Kentucky State Normal School No. 1, Richmond, Kentucky'''<br />
The same Kentucky law that authorized the state to take over the school now known as Western Kentucky University (see 1876 above) also led to the creation of a second normal school in [[Richmond, Kentucky|Richmond]]. Much like the predecessor to WKU, the Richmond institution, originally known as Eastern Kentucky State Normal School No. 1, took over the campus of an earlier institution, though under somewhat different circumstances. The Eastern Normal School was established in 1906 on the former campus of Central University, an institution that had been founded in 1874 but fell into financial difficulty, and consolidated itself with [[Centre College]] in 1901. The Normal School went through several name changes in the following decades—first to Eastern Kentucky State Normal School and Teachers College (1922), Eastern Kentucky State Teachers College (1930), Eastern Kentucky State College (1948), and finally [[Eastern Kentucky University]] (1966).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.eku.edu/about|title=About EKU &#124; Eastern Kentucky University &#124; Eastern Kentucky University|website=www.eku.edu}}</ref>

'''1922 – Murray State Normal School, Murray, Kentucky'''<br />
A Kentucky law enacted in 1922 authorized the creation of two new state-run normal schools in addition to those already operating in Bowling Green and Richmond (the institutions now known respectively as Western Kentucky University and Eastern Kentucky University). A normal school in [[Murray, Kentucky|Murray]] was created alongside one in Morehead (now Morehead State University). Unlike the three aforementioned schools, the Murray State Normal School was created from scratch, and had no buildings of its own when it began operation. The first classes were held in 1923 at the then-current campus of [[Murray High School (Kentucky)|Murray High School]], but the Normal School soon had its own facilities. The Normal School went through several name changes in the following decades—first to Murray State Normal School and Teachers College (1922), Murray State Teachers College (1930), Murray State College (1948), and finally [[Murray State University]] (1966).<ref>{{cite news|url=http://lib.murraystate.edu/pdf/Ledger&Times_Reprint.pd|publisher=The Ledger & Times, Murray, Kentucky|date=December 11, 1970|title=The Origin of Murray State University|access-date=September 19, 2019}}</ref>

====West====
'''1857 – California State Normal School, San Jose, California'''<br />
The first state-run normal school on the [[West Coast of the United States|West Coast]] was the [[George W. Minns|Minns Evening Normal School]], created in 1857 to train teachers for San Francisco's schools. It was taken over by the State of [[California]] in 1862 and became the [[California State Normal School]] (now [[San Jose State University]]).

'''1890 – Colorado State Normal School, Greeley, Colorado'''<br />
The [[Colorado]] legislature passed the controversial Senate Bill 104 to establish the [[State Normal School of Colorado]],<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=l4I9D3RiwbEC&q=State+Normal+School.+Senate+Bill+104+approved+April+1%2C+1889.&pg=PA11|title=University of Northern Colorado|first1=Mark|last1=Anderson|first2=Jay|last2=Trask|date=27 August 2018|publisher=Arcadia Publishing|via=Google Books|isbn=9780738580616}}</ref> which Governor [[Job Adams Cooper]] signed into law on April 1, 1889. Located in [[Greeley, Colorado]], the school opened on October 6, 1890, to train qualified teachers for the state's public schools, with a staff of four instructors and 96 students,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.unco.edu/about/|title=Learn About the University of Northern Colorado|website=About UNC}}</ref> offering certification after completing a two-year course. In 1911, the school's name was changed to Colorado State Teachers College and offered bachelor's degrees after completion of a four-year course. In 1935, the name changed again to Colorado State College of Education, recognizing the graduate program started in 1913. In 1957, the name was shortened to Colorado State College to recognize the further growth of programs and offerings. Finally, in 1970, the name was changed to the current [[University of Northern Colorado]],<ref name="brief_history">{{cite web|url=http://www.unco.edu/library/archives/university_archives/university_history/institution_names.aspx|title=Institution Names}}</ref> with satellite centers in [[Loveland, Colorado|Loveland]], [[Colorado Springs]] and [[Lowry, Denver|the Lowry neighborhood of Denver]].

'''1910 – Western State College of Colorado, Gunnison, Colorado'''<br />
[[File:State Normal School Building.jpg|thumb|North Hall of the present day Taylor Hall, Western Colorado University (2012)]]
State Senator [[A. M. Stevenson]],<ref>[http://digital.denverlibrary.org/cdm/singleitem/collection/p15330coll22/id/70782/rec/34 Photo of Archibald M. Stevenson] Retrieved August 20, 2012</ref> Colorado, 1885 introduced a bill for a State Normal School. The bill was rejected. The bill revived in 1896. State Representative [[C. T. Rawalt]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wkMlAQAAIAAJ&q=C.+T.+Rawalt++Senator+Colorado&pg=PA1148|title=House Journal of the General Assembly of the State of Colorado|first=Colorado General Assembly House of|last=Representatives|date=1 January 1901|via=Google Books}}</ref> succeeded in appropriating $2,500 for land in 1901. Gov. [[James B. Orman]] approved the bill April 16, 1901. Trustees were elected and plans made in [[Gunnison, Colorado]] in the northeast part of town. Grounds were surveyed and fenced, shade trees added, drives laid out, and the lawns seeded. 12 cents remained of the $2,500 allotted. In 1903 a bill for $18,000 for maintenance was vetoed by [[James Hamilton Peabody|Gov. J. H. Peabody]]. On May 5, 1909, $50,000 was appropriated. On October 25, 1910, the cornerstone of North Hall was laid for the State Normal School of Colorado. C. A. Hollingshead<ref>[[Emery County, Utah#Arrival of pioneers|Charles]] This ref links to an earlier generation of Hollingshead.</ref> was principal of the two year normal advanced and four year normal elementary (High school).<ref>Wallace, Betty. ''History with the Hide Off''. Denver: Sage Books, 1963. The Western Slope acquires a college.</ref> In 1916 the name was changed to [[Western State College of Colorado]]. On August 1, 2012, [[John Hickenlooper]] enacted the new name Western State Colorado University, and in 2018 the current name of [[Western Colorado University]] was adopted.

====Other normal schools in the US====

* 1861 – [[Edinboro State Normal School]], later [[Edinboro University of Pennsylvania]]
* 1862 – [[Mansfield State Normal School]], later [[Mansfield University of Pennsylvania]]
* 1862 – [[California State Normal School]], later [[San Jose State University|San José State University]] in [[San Jose, California|San Jose]] and the [[University of California, Los Angeles]] in [[Los Angeles]]
* 1867 – [[State Normal School of Marshall College]], later [[Marshall University]] of [[West Virginia]]
* 1867 – [[State University of New York at Fredonia|Fredonia Normal College]], established as Fredonia Academy in 1826, became a normal school December 2, 1867. In 1948 it became [[State University of New York at Fredonia]]
* 1869 – [[Southern Illinois State Normal School]], later [[Southern Illinois University Carbondale]]
* 1871 – [https://suny.buffalostate.edu/history Buffalo Normal School opened September 13] later State University of New York College at Buffalo also known as [https://suny.buffalostate.edu Buffalo State College] 
* 1875 – [[Indiana Normal School]], later [[Indiana University of Pennsylvania]] 
* 1882 – [[Washington State Normal School at Cheney Historic District|Normal School at Cheney]], later [[Eastern Washington University]]
* 1882 – Virginia Normal and Collegiate Institute, then Virginia Normal and Industrial Institute, later [[Virginia State University]]
*1885 - [[Arizona State University|Territorial Normal School]], then Tempe Normal School, later [[Arizona State University]] 
* 1886 – [[Washington State Normal School at Bellingham]] or Northwest Normal School or State Normal School at Whatcom, later [[Western Washington University]]
* 1887 – Northern Branch of the [[California State Normal School]], later [[California State University, Chico]]
* 1889 – [[State Normal School at Cheney]], later [[Eastern Washington University]]
* 1889 – [[State Normal School of Colorado]], in [[Greeley, Colorado]] later [[University of Northern Colorado]], and in 1911 in [[Gunnison, Colorado]] later [[Western Colorado University]]
* 1889- Slippery Rock State Normal School, later [[Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania]]
* 1890 – [[State Normal School at Valley City Historic District|State Normal School at Valley City]], later [[Valley City State University]] of [[North Dakota]]
* 1890 – [[Territorial Normal School]], later [[University of Central Oklahoma]]
* 1891 – Washington State Normal School in Ellensburg,<ref>{{Cite web |title=About Page |url=https://www.cwu.edu/about/history}}</ref> later [[Central Washington University]]
* 1891 – [[State Normal School (Athens, Georgia)]], later [[University of Georgia]]
* 1892 – [[Lowell State College#Lowell Normal School (1894-1932)|Lowell Normal School]], later [[University of Massachusetts Lowell]]
* 1895 – [[Duluth State Normal School]], later [[University of Minnesota Duluth]]
* 1895 – [[Northern Illinois State Normal School]], later [[Northern Illinois University]]
* 1895 – [[Eastern Illinois State Normal School]], later [[Eastern Illinois University]]
* 1897 – San Diego Normal School, later [[San Diego State University]]
* 1899 – [[Western Illinois State Normal School]], later [[Western Illinois University]]
* 1899 – [[Texas State University|Southwest Texas State Normal School]], later [[Texas State University]]
* 1899 – [[San Francisco State Normal School]], later [[San Francisco State University]]
* 1903 – [[Western State Normal School]], later [[Western Michigan University]]
* 1909  –  Santa Barbara State Normal School, later [[University of California, Santa Barbara]]
* 1910 – [[West Texas A&M University|West Texas State Normal College]], later [[West Texas A&M University]]
* 1910 – Mississippi Normal College, later [[University of Southern Mississippi]]
* 1915 – Humboldt State Normal School, later [[California State Polytechnic University, Humboldt]]
* 1923 – [[Durham State Normal School]], later [[North Carolina Central University]]
* 1925 – [[Salisbury University|Maryland State Normal School]], later [[Salisbury University]]