Rural Schools of Kalamazoo County

Wakeshma Township 
School #15 see Culp School
Vorden School see Worden School
Unknown Shows at Gardner's Corners on 1910 atlas, section 15 in 1918?
Fulton Section 21, south side of W a little west of 42nd Street. Doesn't show on 1910 atlas (Hultmark; 1918 topo)
Berger School Section 3, northeast corner of U Avenue and 42nd Street (1918 topo)
Hull School Section 8, north side of V Avenue, between 38th and 39th Streets (1918 topo)
Lynn School Section 12, southwest corner of UV Avenue and 47th Street (1918 topo)
Culp School Section 24, north side of X Avenue between 46th and 47th Streets. Called School #15 on 1918 topo (Hultmark; 1918 topo)
Holcomb School Section 30, south side of X Avenue, west of 38th Street (1918 topo)
Leggett School Section 33, southwest corner of Y Avenue and 42nd Street (Hultmark; 1918 topo)
Worden School Section 34, west side of 44th Street, north of the junction with Z Avenue; 1918 map spells it Vorden (Hultmark; 1918 topo)

Sources used to compile this page:
  • Hultmark, Sarah. List of one-room schools still standing in Kalamazoo County in 1982. Manuscript, Local History Collection, Kalamazoo Public Library.
  • Standard Atlas of Kalamazoo County, Michigan. Geo. A. Ogle & Co., 1910.
  • USGS Topographic Maps for Kalamazoo County, 1918, .

Compiled by Catherine Larson, Local History Specialist, Kalamazoo Public Library, 1999. Updated 28 November 2005.


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