Worden School
Wakeshma Township
Location: District #4, Fractional – Section 34, west side of 44th Street, north of the junction with Z Avenue.
Kalamazoo County 1873, published by F. W. Beers. / St. Joseph County 1872, published by C.O. Titus. Local History Room
Photo by Sarah Hultmark, c. 1981, History Room Photo File P-1276
1918 map spells it Vorden. The school appears not to have been used for classes after the 1936-37 school year.
Teachers
1921-22 Mrs. Edith B. Weaver
1925-26 Ernestine Moughton
1927-28 Grace Jenkins
1929-31 Dorotha Williams
1931-33 Mrs. Laura Kinney
1933-37 Ruth P. Miller
1937-47 School closed
1947-48 No longer listed in directory
Compiled by Catherine Larson, Local History Specialist, Kalamazoo Public Library, 1999. Mapped October 2008. Last updated 21 June 2022.
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 (Leonidas Quadrangle)
- History Room topographic map case, drawer 1B, folder 23
Files
Teachers’ and School Officers’ Directory, Kalamazoo County, Michigan, 1921-22, 1925-1948 (title varies)
- Shelved in a pamphlet box with H 379.774 K149 (History Room Storage)