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Local History

Bissel School

Richland Township

Location: Section 10, southwest corner of B Avenue and 32nd Street.

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

Compiled by Catherine Larson, Local History Specialist, Kalamazoo Public Library, 1999. Mapped October 2008. Last updated 26 October 2021.

Sources

Manuscripts

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

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

Maps and atlases

USGS Topographic Map for Kalamazoo County, 1918 (Galesburg Quadrangle)

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