Kinney School
Texas Township
Location: Fractional District #1 – Section 25, north side of S Avenue, between 10th and 12th Streets.
Kalamazoo County 1890, Published by Wm. C. Sauer. Local History Room
A handwritten note in the 1937-38 county school directory identifies this as Bingham School. We have so far been unable to confirm that designation.
Teachers
1921-22 Ruth G. Berns
1925-26 Jennie Shearer
1927-28 Eldoreen Barnes
1929-30 Doris Weaver
1930-31 E. B. Thomas
1931-35 Annabelle Dannison
1935-37 Elizabeth Weed
1937-41 Mrs. Helen Courtney
1941-42 Mrs. Jennie Cooley
1942-44 Mrs. Ruth Amey
1944-45 School closed
1945-46 Mabel Lawton
1946-47 School closed
1947-50 No longer listed in county school directory
Compiled by Catherine Larson, Local History Specialist, Kalamazoo Public Library, 1999. Mapped October 2008. Last updated 12 April 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, 1925-1950 (title varies)
- Shelved in a pamphlet box with H 379.774 K149 (History Room Storage)