Cobb School
Schoolcraft Township
Location: District #1 Fractional – Section 5, north side of U Avenue east of 14th Street.
Teachers
1921-22 Zelda Forsyth
1922-23 Grace L. Kersten
1925-26 Mildred Mead
1927-28 Hazel M. Fox
1929-30 Mrs. Eleanor Burdick
1930-32 Mrs. Hazel Shug
1932-34 Pauline Chamberlain
1934-36 School closed
1936-38 Mrs. Ellen Hoyt
1938-42 Mrs. Blanche Harsha
1942-43 School closed
Compiled by Catherine Larson, Local History Specialist, Kalamazoo Public Library, 1999. Mapped October 2008. List of teachers compiled by Lisa Frazier, KPL Intern. Last updated 24 May 2022.
Sources
Articles
Rural schools break records in attendance
Kalamazoo Gazette, 31 January 1923, page 13, column 2.
Copy in Education (Kalamazoo County) Scrapbook #1, page 1.
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 Maps 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, 1925-1943 (title varies)
- Shelved in a pamphlet box with H 379.774 K149 (History Room Storage)