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Local History

Lovell School

Climax Township

Location: South side of ON Avenue at the junction of 48th Street.

Kalamazoo County / Calhoun County, 1873. Published by F. W. Beers. Local History Room

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Photo by Sarah Hultmark, c. 1981, History Room Photo File P-1292

 

Probably part of a fractional district that takes in Climax Twp. Appeared to be on the line between Kalamazoo and Calhoun Counties. If it was in Kalamazoo County, it was in section 1.

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

Sources

Manuscripts

List of one-room schools still standing in Kalamazoo County in 1982

Hultmark, Sarah.
Manuscript, Local History Collection, Kalamazoo Public Library

Other Sources

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

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