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Waverly and governed by a board of trustees. At its height, the town had several stores, a church, and post office, as well as the school, built in 1918. The girls basketball team won state championships in 1939 and 1940. In 1960, the school district was consolidated with the larger nearby
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Waverly in general are involved with the land and livestock and are invested in keeping the open, agrarian, rural character of their community intact.
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