This area and the school were named after Dinton, in Wiltshire, England. It was the former home of Colonel Alfred Wyndham, who started a ranch named Dinton in 1886 near the Caresland Bridge.
In 1903 a big influx of settlers into the area created a need for a school and three area schools were built in quick succession; Dinton, Pine Canyon and Glenview.
These schools were all Gr 1-9 and students needing high school stayed with family in larger centres like Blackie, High River or Calgary.
As with other rural district schools, the annual Christmas concert was the highlight of the year.
The CO of this cache can vaguely remember participating in such a concert, but not at this school.
Dinton School closed in 1947.
It is interesting to note that with the closure of these rural schools and the transportation of students to larger centralized school, this directly led to the improvement of area roads. Dirt trails were often impassable so improved roads were needed to transport pupils to schools.