▁and ▁sold ▁for ▁far ming ▁and ▁other ▁agricult ural ▁purposes . ▁Gr ass land ▁School ▁District ▁No . ▁ 2 1 ▁was ▁created ▁in ▁ 1 9 1 6 ▁to ▁serve ▁local ▁students . ▁That ▁same ▁year , ▁Gr ass land ▁Method ist ▁Church ▁was ▁organized . ▁The ▁community ' s ▁status ▁as ▁a ▁hub ▁of ▁religious ▁activities ▁was ▁further ed ▁with ▁the ▁organization ▁of ▁two ▁more ▁churches , ▁the ▁Central ▁Bapt ist ▁Church ▁of ▁Gr ass land ▁and ▁Gr ass land ▁Naz ar ene ▁during ▁the ▁early ▁ 1 9 2 0 s . ▁A ▁total ▁of ▁ 7 6 ▁people ▁were ▁living ▁in ▁Gr ass land ▁by ▁ 1 9 3 0 . ▁That ▁number ▁grew ▁to ▁roughly ▁ 2 0 0 ▁in ▁ 1 9 4 0 . ▁On ▁September ▁ 2 6 , ▁ 1 9 4 0 , ▁high ▁school ▁students ▁from ▁Gr ass land ▁and ▁several ▁other ▁rural ▁districts ▁were ▁sent ▁to ▁T ah oka , ▁following ▁the ▁tr end ▁of ▁school ▁cons olid ation ▁found ▁throughout ▁the ▁state ▁at ▁the ▁time . ▁The ▁cons olid ation ▁process ▁was ▁completed ▁on ▁June ▁ 2 6 , ▁ 1 9 5 3 , ▁when ▁Gr ass land ' s ▁school ▁closed ▁and ▁all ▁students ▁were ▁b uss ed ▁to ▁nearby ▁T ah oka . ▁The ▁community ▁managed ▁to ▁maintain ▁its ▁peak ▁population ▁of ▁approximately ▁ 2 0 0 ▁through ▁ 1 9 6 0 s , ▁but ▁a ▁marked ▁decl ine ▁took ▁place ▁during ▁that ▁de cade .