Section Sixteen School
Prairie Ronde Township
Location: District #8 – Section 16, west side of 5th Street at VW Avenue.
Kalamazoo County 1890, Published by Wm. C. Sauer. Local History Room
Teachers
1921-22 Sabra Alexander
1925-26 Etoile Hice
1927-28 Bessie McCreary
1929-30 Mrs. Hazel Vos
1930-33 Marjorie Nyberg
1933-35 Margaret Aldrich
1935-36 Catherine L. Hudson
1936-37 Winifred Romig
1937-39 Mrs. Ruth Amey
1939-42 Mrs. Iva Welcher
1942-47 school closed
1947-48 no longer listed in county school directories
Compiled by Catherine Larson, Local History Specialist, Kalamazoo Public Library, 1999. Mapped October 2008. Last updated 24 May 2022.
Sources
Maps and atlases
USGS topographic map for Kalamazoo County, 1922/1950 (Schoolcraft Quadrangle)
- History Room topographic map case, drawer 5B, folder 37
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)