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Local History

Imus School

Charleston Township

Location: District #3 – Section 20, south side of Miller Drive (Territorial Road), just east of Michigan Avenue.

Kalamazoo County 1890, Published by Wm. C. Sauer. Local History Room

Teachers

1921-22 Laura Ferris
1925-26 Leah Brown
1927-28 Closed
1929-30 Alonzo B. Imus
1930-46 School closed, but carried in the directories with a school board.
1946-47 Charleston Township schools no longer listed in the county school directories, presumably absorbed into a larger district.

Compiled by Catherine Larson, Local History Specialist, Kalamazoo Public Library, 1999. Mapped October 2008. Last updated 11 November 2021.

Sources

Maps and atlases

USGS topographic maps for Kalamazoo County, 1918 (Galesburg Quadrangle)

  • History Room topographic map case, drawer 5A, folder 15.

Files

Teachers’ and School Officers’ Directory, Kalamazoo County, Michigan, 1921-22,1925-1947 (title varies)

  • Shelved in a pamphlet box with H 379.774 K149 (History Room Storage)

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