The Grapetown community began in 1857, when Ferdinand Doebbler built a stage coach stop at the crossing of Immigrant Road and Upper South Grape Creek. As settlers moved into the community, a need arose for a school. Mr. Doebbler bought a small stone house from James William Vance, which he donated as a schoolhouse. After the Civil War a log school was built on the Friedrich Baag property.

On April 1, 1882 Friedrich Baag gave a parcel of land with the provision that no religious or political meetings would be conducted at the school. The labor to build the limestone one-room schoolhouse was donated by men from the community. Since construction took place whenever time could be spared, it took two and a half years to complete the building. In 1886 a decision was made to build a two room stone teacherage with a porch. It was completed in 1887. Later a frame kitchen and storeroom were added on the north side of the house and a stone smokehouse was erected near the house.

School closing picnics or celebrations were always held in the early days. Activities included a children's program with skits, drills, plays, songs, and poems, and also public oral examinations that were very hard and took a great deal of courage.

In 1904 the boundary lines of the school district were set by the county for tax purposes and children from as far away as Kendall County attended. In 1944 the 11 pupils of Grapetown were transported to the Cain City School. This continued until 1949, when the Grapetown School consolidated with the Rocky Hill School District.

In 1950, residents of the Grapetown community formed the Grapetown Community Club and purchased the property from the Rocky Hill School District. Currently the members gather once a month to enjoy an evening of “42”, food and fellowship.