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Local History

Knappen School

Richland Township

Location: District #4 – Section 33, north side of Gull Road east of 28th Street.

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

Teachers

1893-1895 Etta Hunt
1898 Ida Huggett
1914 Humphrey A. Daniels

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

Sources

Books

Manual of the Public Schools of Kalamazoo County, Michigan for 1898-1899

J. W. Hazard, Commissioner of Schools
Kalamazoo: Ihling Bros. & Everard, Printers, 1898
History Room Orange Dot File: Education (Kalamazoo County)

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

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