Education

Consolidation of schools and the closure of small community schools continued through the 1930s.
By 1935, the schools offering high school had dropped to seven: Balfour, Dana, Edneyville, Etowah, Flat Rock, Fletcher and Mills River. All the schools except for Flat Rock served grades one through high school.
Valley Hill, East Flat Rock and Tuxedo schools now served students in grades one through eight. High school students from these communities now attended Flat Rock.
There were still elementary schools at Bat Cave, Crab Creek, Fruitland, Mountain Page and Pleasant Hill.
Some time before 1940 Pleasant Hill, which served elementary students in Flat Rock, closed and students began attending Valley Hill.
The Mountain Page school closed in the late 1930s when an agreement with the town of Saluda was reached. Students in the Mountain Page community then began attending school in Saluda. The Saluda School served students from grade one through high school. Students in the Macedonia community attended elementary school in Saluda or East Flat Rock and high school in Flat Rock or Saluda.
In the late 1930s, Balfour began serving grades one through eight and high school students went to Hendersonville, Edneyville or Fletcher, depending on the location of their homes.
There were seven black districts or schools in the county in the 1920s. During the 1930s at least three closed. There remained schools at East Flat Rock, Edneyville, Horse Shoe/Etowah and Fletcher (Brickton).
There were no changes in the location or number of schools in Hendersonville during the 1930s.

 Religion

Three churches were organized during the 1930s.
West Hendersonville Baptist was established in 1931. Dana Baptist was established in 1936 and Mountain View Missionary Baptist on Duncan Hill Road was established in 1937.