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Cooley School / School No. 7

Climax Township


Location: District #7 Fractional – South side of S Avenue, between 37th and 39th Streets. On line between sections 31 and 32.

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

Teachers

1921-22 Mrs. Mary D. Berger
1925-30 Ilah B. Haas
1930-33 Rex A. Wedel
1933-35 Charles A. Betz
1935-36 Ray Skidmore
1936-37 Mrs. Marguerite Fenwick
1937-41 Nina Coppock
1941-42 Mrs. Verna Hibbard
1942-43 Mrs. Letha Munn
1943-46 Mrs. Minnie Haas
1946-47 Apparently replaced by the Comstock Township School

Compiled by Catherine Larson, Local History Specialist, Kalamazoo Public Library, 1999. Mapped October 2008. Last updated 4 May 2022.

Sources

Maps and atlases

USGS topographic map for Kalamazoo County, 1918 (Leonidas Quadrangle)

  • History Room topographic map case, drawer 1B, folder 23

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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