Schools

of

 Clinton County Michigan

A guide to locating early school buildings

    

GENEALOGISTS OF THE CLINTON COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY

2009

 

Please keep in mind that:

For additional information see: One Room Schools: a Brief History of the Rural Schools of Clinton County, Michigan

 TOWNSHIP KEY 

BA-Bath DE-DeWitt GR-Greenbush RI-Riley
BE-Bengal DU-Duplain LE-Lebanon VI-Victor
BI-Bingham EA-Eagle OL-Olive WA-Watertown
DA-Dallas ES-Essex OV-Ovid WE-Westphalia

  "Frl" indicates a "fractional district"--one that crosses township lines.

 

 

Alphabetical Order

 

School Common Name Number Twp Sec Location

Aldrich

5

VI

24

SE corner Alward & Hollister

Allen

4

LE

1

 

Allen

10 Frl

WA

24

SW corner Airport & Clark

Arnold

10

BI

29

S side Parks betw DeWitt & County Farm

Avery (see Richards)

 

OV

 

 

Bath Center

5

BA

15/16

Clark & Center

Bath Village

4

BA

17

Bath

Bell

7

DA

23

SW corner Wright/M-100 & Townsend

Bengal Center

2

BE

16

NW corner Townsend & Francis

Bentley

6

ES

20/21

1 mi W of Essex Center

Birch (see Stoddard)

 

LE

 

 

Blood

3

VI

14

W of Hollister on Jason

Blough

10 Frl

EA

12

SW corner Howe & Bauer

Boak

5

BE

7

SW corner Wacousta & Walker

Bogus (see Serviss)

 

OV

 

 

Boughton

1

RI

7

NE corner Dexter Trail & Church

Bower

11

DA

6

NW corner Walker & Jones

Brick

 

LE

30

NE corner Clintonia & Colony

Brown

8 Frl

EA

18

NW corner Grand River & Jones

Brown

4

OL

32

SE corner W Chadwick & S DeWitt

Brunson (see Grove-VI)

 

VI

 

 

Carter (see Green)   DU    

Cat Tail Hollow (see Peacock)

 

BA 

 

 

Cedar Lake

8

VI

17

E side St. Clair betw Pratt & Jason at Green

Chapman

2 Frl

RI

2

S side Centerline betw Lowell & Grove

Church

 

 

 

Gratiot Co.

Clark

7 Frl

BA

3

SE corner Center & Cutler

Clark

1

WA

4

NW corner Francis & Howe

Collister/Colister

6 Frl

BA

1

S side Cutler at Hollister

Colony/Rochester Colony

1

DU

30

N side Colony betw Chandler & Harmon

County Farm

3

BI

33

E side County Farm betw Centerline & Taft

County Line

8 Frl

ES

1

S side Gratiot betw Grove & DeWitt

County Line

 

DE

33

 

Cramer

5

BI

14

NW corner Townsend & Krepps

Cushman

8 Frl

BA

18

NE corner Clark & Chandler

Daniel

9

LE

8

SW corner Maple Rapids & Grange

Dayton (see Starr)

 

WA

 

 

Denison/Dennison

4 Frl

OV

35

N side Centerline betw Hollister & Shepardsville

DeWitt Village

2/6 Frl

DE

 

corner Scott & Washington Sts., DeWitt

Dutton

8

DA

22

SE corner Townsend & Hinman

Eagle Village

5

EA

21

N side Grand River betw Hinman & Grange

Eagle/Eaegle

4

GR

11

SW corner Krepps & Hyde

Eiseler

3/3 Frl

DA

2

NW corner Wright/M-100 & Walker

Esch

6

WE

28

W side Hinman betw Chadwick & Lehman

Essex Center

2

ES

16

NW corner Mead & Essex Center

Eureka

9

GR

2 & 11

Eureka

Fairview

5

Es

29

E side Wacousta betw Colony & French

Fightin' Five (See Lemm)

 

OL

 

 

Fitzpatrick

4

LE

3

NW corner Maple Rapids & Tallman

French

8

GR

20

N side French betw DeWitt & US-27

Frink

4

BE

3

NW corner Walker & Lowell

Gardner

2 Frl

BI

7

SE corner Walker & Airport

Giffels

2

VI

15

SE corner Upton & Parker

Gladden

7

DE

34

SW corner State & Williams

Goodrich

1

DE

7

Alanson Goodrich farm

Green

3

DU

24

E side Hollister betw French & Mead

Greenwood

5 Frl

GR

32

E side DeWitt at Banner

Gross

?

WE

17

NW corner Grange & Pratt

Grove

8

ES

2

N side Maple Rapids betw Lowell & Groave

Grove

1

VI

3

NE corner Price & Shepardsville

Grove

2

WA

36

SE corner State & Grove

Gruber   WE 34 Gruber Rd.

Gunnisonville

8

DE

23

SE corner Williams/Wood & Clark

Hammond

7

ES

33

S side Colony betw Essex Center & Forest Hill

Harlow

4 Frl

WA

12

NE corner Grove & Herbison

Harper

3

BE

23

N side Parks Between Lowell & Grove

Higbee

3

EA

10

 

Hill

1 Frl

BE

32

N side Centerline betw Dexter Trail & Forest Hill

Hudson (see Richards)   OV    

Hurd

9

DE

20

W side DeWitt betw Clark & Stoll

Island

7 Frl

LE

12

N side Island betw Wright & Bauer

Jason

2

RI

10

NW corner Jason & Lowell

Jenison

 

EA

22

1/2 mi E of Eagle Village on Grand River

Jesse/Jessie

11

OV

27

SE corner Parks & Shepardsville

Jones

4

RI

34

 

Kebler

1 Frl

EA

26

SW corner Grand River & Wright/M-100

Kincaid

5 Frl

RI

32

SE corner Chadwick & Wacousta

Kneeland (see Gardner)

 

BI

 

 

Krepps

6 Frl

BI

35

N side Centerline betw Williams & Krepps

Lamb

1 Frl

BI

17

E side DeWitt betw Townsend & M-21

Lehman (see Esch)

 

WE

 

 

Lemm

5

OL

26

NE corner Bond & Chadwick

Light (see Luecht)

 

WE

 

 

Little Brick

3 Frl

DU

28

NW corner Shepardsville & Colony

Lott

5

DE

13

NW corner Williams & Howe

Love

12 Frl

BA

7

SE corner Chandler & Howe

Lowe

3

ES

23

S side Lowe betw N Lowe & Anderson

Lowell   WA    

Luecht

1

WE

11

SW corner Price & Wright/M-100

Lyon

 

BE

 

 

Maple Rapids Village

1/4 Frl

ES

 

Maple Rapids

Marshall

10

GR

17

N side Marshall betw DeWitt & US-27

McKim

5 Frl

WE

31

NE corner Cutler & Clintonia

Mead

7

DU

16

NW corner Mead & Shepardsville

Meridian

5 Frl

OV

36

Meridian on curve betw Price & Taft

Merle Beach

3

OL

8

E side DeWitt betw Jason & Price

Merrihew

2

OL

9

S side Price betw US-27 & County Farm

Monroe

4

EA

6/5

N side Howe at Jones

Mudge   ES    

Muskrat Lake (see Merle Beach)

 

OL

 

 

North County Line (see Co. Line)

 

ES

 

 

North Eagle

9

EA

9

SW corner Howe & Hinman

Nowland

 

DA

 

1 mi N of Fowler on Wright/M-100

Old Red (see Rose)

 

BA

 

 

Olive Center

1

OL

16

NW corner Pratt & US-27

Page

2 Frl

DU

6

SE corner Willowbrook & Chandler

Parker

8 Frl

BI

1

NE corner Walker & Krepps

Partlow

2 & 5 Frl

EA

31

W side Jones betw Sheridan & State

Peacock

3

BA

24

SW corner Peacock & Clark

Peck

 

BI

33

Olive/Bingham Twp. line

Pennington

3 Frl

EA

11

NE corner Herbison & Tallman

Pierson

4

VI

30

S side Round Lake betw Chandler & Babcock

Pike (see Brown-OL)

 

OL

 

 

Pioneer (see Brown-OL)

 

OL

 

 

Plowman

7 Frl

RI

13

NW corner Pratt & Airport

Post (see Grove-VI)

 

VI

 

 

Prairie

1

ES

36

SE corner Colony & Grove

Pratt

6

RI

17

N side Pratt betw Wacousta & Forest Hill

Price

1 Frl

VI

6

NE corner Price & Chandler

Red School House

 

EA

23

E side of quarter line

Reed

7

VI

22

3 side Shepardsville betw Alward & Round Lake

Rheubottom

6 Frl

OL

24

SE corner Alward & Krepps

Rice (see Boak)   BE    

Richards

1

OV

5

NW corner Faragher & Harmon

Richmond

1

GR

22

N side French betw Scott & Williams

Rochester Colony (see Colony)

 

DU

 

 

Rose

2

BA

23

NE corner Upton & Stoll

Round

6

LE

29/28

Corner French & Grange or Hinman

Rowell

1 Frl

DU

31

SE corner Hall & Chandler

Sage

9/9 Frl

BI

3

N side Walker betw Scott & Williams

Sage

6 Frl

DA

4

NW corner Walker & Hinman

Sanford

3 Frl

WE

36

SE corner Chadwick & Wright/M-100

Schaefer

9

DA

29

SE corner Dexter Trail & Jones

Scott (see Lowe)

 

ES

 

 

Serviss

2 Frl

OV

30

NE corner Taft & Chandler

Sessions

3

LE

22

NW corner Stone & Tallman

Shelter (see Richmond)   GR    

Shepardsville

3

OV

10

NW corner Shepardsville & Winfield Rds

Sherburne

8 Frl

OV

1

SE corner Hollister & Kinley

Sheridan Road

1 Frl

DE

33

Sheridan Rd betw Turner & US-27

Sherwood

7

GR

10

SE corner Scott & Hyde

Simmons

8 Frl

RI

25

N side Chadwick near Airport

Smith (see Brown-OL)

 

OL

 

 

Soule

7

OV

14

W side Hollister betw Woodworth & Welter

Soules/Sowle

 

ES

9

NW corner Essex Center & Island

South Riley

4 Frl

RI

34

S side Chadwick betw Francis & Lowell

Stafford

4

DU

9

SW corner Maple Rapids & Shepardsville

Starr

5

WA

28

NE corner Grand River & Forest Hill

Stoddard

5

LE

16

SE corner Grange & Island

Stoney Creek

7/7 Frl

BI

32

E side DeWitt betw Centerline & Yallup

Strickland

2 Frl

LE

25

NE corner Wright/M-100 & Colony

Sutton

1

BE

29

SE corner Parks & Wacousta

Swarthout

 

OV

36

Wm. Swarthout farm

Terry

 

OL

24

NE corner Alward & Krepps

Union Home

2

GR

8

W side DeWitt betw Hyde & Maple Rapids

unknown

 

DA

25

SW corner of section

unknown

1

LE

31

NE corner of section

unknown

9 Frl

VI

31

N end Watson on N side Ballentine

unknown

2

WA

34

 

unnamed

10

BA

10

W side Center between Herbison & Howe

unnamed

1

BA

34

S side State just W of Center

unnamed

9 Frl

BA

36

S side Coleman in SE corner of twp

Valley Farms

4

DE

28

NW corner US-27 & State

Van Dyke

 

RI

 

 

Vance (see Brick)

 

LE

 

 

VanGiesen

1

DA

36

E side Wright/M-100 betw Centerline & Taft

Victor Grove (see Grove-VI)

 

VI

 

 

Wacousta

6

WA

8

E side Wacousta betw Herbison & Howe

Watertown Center

3

WA

16

NW corner Francis & Clark

Watson

8 Frl

DU

20

SE corner Mead & Watson

Weiland (see Gladden)

 

DE

 

 

Westphalia Village

2

WE

8

Westphalia Village

White

 

ES

 

southern part Wm. Parr's farm

Wilcox

6

RI

17

Forest Hill & Pratt

Wildcat

10

OV

17

SW corner Wildcat & St. Clair

Wilson

6

OV

29

NW corner Taft & St. Clair

Wolcott

 

ES

36

Wolcott property

Woodhull

 

 

 

Shiawassee Co. (Bath District)

 

 

Township Order  
 

School Common Name Number Twp Sec Location

Collister/Colister

6 Frl

BA

1

S  side Cutler at Hollister

Clark

7 Frl

BA

3

SE corner Center & Cutler

Love

12 Frl

BA

7

SE corner Chandler & Howe

unnamed

10

BA

10

W side Center between Herbison & Howe

Bath Center

5

BA

15/16

Clark & Center

Bath Village

4

BA

17

Bath

Cushman

8 Frl

BA

18

NE corner Clark & Chandler

Rose [Old Red]

2

BA

23

NE corner Upton & Stoll

Peacock [Cat Tail Hollow]

3

BA

24

SW corner Peacock & Clark

unnamed

1

BA

34

S side State just W of Center

unnamed

9 Frl

BA

36

S side Coleman in  SE corner of twp

Frink

4

BE

3

NW corner Walker & Lowell

Boak [Rice]

5

BE

7

SW corner Wacousta & Walker

Bengal Center

2

BE

16

NW corner Townsend & Francis

Harper

3

BE

23

N side Parks Between Lowell & Grove

Sutton

1

BE

29

SE corner Parks & Wacousta

Hill

1 Frl

BE

32

N side Centerline betw Dexter Trail & Forest Hill

Lyon

 

BE

  unknown

Parker

8 Frl

BI

1

NE corner Walker & Krepps

Sage

9/9 Frl

BI

3

N side Walker betw Scott & Williams

Gardner [Kneeland]

2 Frl

BI

7

SE corner Walker & Airport

Cramer

5

BI

14

NW corner Townsend & Krepps

Lamb

1 Frl

BI

17

E side DeWitt betw Townsend & M-21

Arnold

10

BI

29

S side Parks betw DeWitt & County Farm

Stoney Creek

7/7 Frl

BI

32

E side DeWitt betw Centerline & Yallup

County Farm

3

BI

33

E side County Farm betw Centerline & Taft

Peck

 

BI

33

Olive/Bingham Twp. line

Krepps

6 Frl

BI

35

N side Centerline betw Williams & Krepps

Eiseler

3/3 Frl

DA

2

NW corner Wright/M-100 & Walker

Sage

6 Frl

DA

4

NW corner Walker & Hinman

Bower

11

DA

6

NW corner Walker & Jones

Dutton

8

DA

22

SE corner Townsend & Hinman

Bell

7

DA

23

SW corner Wright/M-100 & Townsend

unknown

 

DA

25

SW corner of section

Schaefer

9

DA

29

SE corner Dexter Trail & Jones

VanGiesen

1

DA

36

E side Wright/M-100 betw Centerline & Taft

Nowland

 

DA

 

1 mi N of Fowler on Wright/M-100

Lott

5

DE

13

NW corner Williams & Howe

Goodrich

1

DE

7

Alanson Goodrich farm

DeWitt Village

2/6 Frl

DE

 8

corner Scott & Washington Sts., DeWitt

Hurd

9

DE

20

W side DeWitt betw Clark & Stoll

Gunnisonville

8

DE

23

SE corner Williams/Wood & Clark

Valley Farms

4

DE

28

NW corner US-27 & State

Sheridan Road [County Line]

1 Frl

DE

33

Sheridan Rd betw Turner & US-27

Gladden [Weiland]

7

DE

34

SW corner State & Williams

Page

2 Frl

DU

6

SE corner Willowbrook & Chandler

Stafford

4

DU

9

SW corner Maple Rapids & Shepardsville

Mead

7

DU

16

NW corner Mead & Shepardsville

Watson

8 Frl

DU

20

SE corner Mead & Watson

Green [Carter]

3

DU

24

E side Hollister betw French & Mead

Little Brick

3 Frl

DU

28

NW corner Shepardsville & Colony

Colony/Rochester Colony

1

DU

30

N side Colony betw Chandler & Harmon

Rowell

1 Frl

DU

31

SE corner Hall & Chandler

Monroe

4

EA

6/5

N side Howe at Jones

North Eagle

9

EA

9

SW corner Howe & Hinman

Higbee

3

EA

10

 

Pennington

3 Frl

EA

11

NE corner Herbison & Tallman

Blough

10 Frl

EA

12

SW corner Howe & Bauer

Brown

8 Frl

EA

18

NW corner Grand River & Jones

Eagle Village

5

EA

21

N side Grand River betw Hinman & Grange

Jenison

 

EA

22

1/2 mi E of Eagle Village on Grand River

Red School House

 

EA

23

E side of quarter line

Kebler

1 Frl

EA

26

SW corner Grand River & Wright/M-100

Partlow

2 & 5 Frl

EA

31

W side Jones betw Sheridan & State

County Line [North County Line]

8 Frl

ES

1

S side Gratiot betw Grove & DeWitt

Grove

8

ES

2

N side Maple Rapids betw Lowell & Groave

Maple Rapids Village

1/4 Frl

ES

 5

Maple Rapids

Soules/Sowle

 

ES

9

NW corner Essex Center & Island

Essex Center

2

ES

16

NW corner Mead & Essex Center

Bentley

6

ES

20/21

1 mi W of Essex Center

Lowe [Scott]

3

ES

23

S side Lowe betw N Lowe & Anderson

Fairview

5

ES

29

E side Wacousta betw Colony & French

Hammond

7

ES

33

S side Colony betw Essex Center & Forest Hill

Prairie

1

ES

36

SE corner Colony & Grove

Wolcott

 

ES

36

Wolcott property

White

 

ES

 

southern part Wm. Parr's farm

Mudge   ES   unknown

Eureka

9

GR

2/11

Eureka

Union Home

2

GR

8

W side DeWitt betw Hyde & Maple Rapids

Sherwood

7

GR

10

SE corner Scott & Hyde

Eagle/Eaegle

4

GR

11

SW corner Krepps & Hyde

Marshall

10

GR

17

N side Marshall betw DeWitt & US-27

French

8

GR

20

N side French betw DeWitt & US-27

Richmond [Shelter]

1

GR

22

N side French betw Scott & Williams

Greenwood

5 Frl

GR

32

E side DeWitt at Banner

Allen

4

LE

1

 NE corner of Maple Rapids & Wright

Fitzpatrick

4

LE

3

NW corner Maple Rapids & Tallman

Daniel

9

LE

8

SW corner Maple Rapids & Grange

Island

7 Frl

LE

12

N side Island betw Wright & Bauer

Stoddard [Birch]

5

LE

16

SE corner Grange & Island

Session

3

LE

22

NW corner Stone & Tallman

Strickland

2 Frl

LE

25

NE corner Wright/M-100 & Colony

Round

6

LE

29/28

Corner French & Grange or Hinman

Brick [Vance]

 

LE

30

NE corner Clintonia & Colony

unknown

1

LE

31

NE corner of section

Merle Beach [Muskrat Lake]

3

OL

8

E side DeWitt betw Jason & Price

Merrihew

2

OL

9

S side Price betw US-27 & County Farm

Olive Center

1

OL

16

NW corner Pratt & US-27

Terry

 

OL

24

NE corner Alward & Krepps

Rheubottom

6 Frl

OL

24

SE corner Alward & Krepps

Lemm [Fightin' Five]

5

OL

26

NE corner Bond & Chadwick

Brown [Pike; Pioneer; Smith]

4

OL

32

SE corner W Chadwick & S DeWitt

Sherburne

8 Frl

OV

1

SE corner Hollister & Kinley

Richards [Avery, Hudson]

1

OV

5

NW corner Faragher & Harmon

Shepardsville

3

OV

10

NW corner Shepardsville & Winfield Rds

Soule

7

OV

14

W side Hollister betw Woodworth & Welter

Wildcat

10

OV

17

SW corner Wildcat & St. Clair

Jesse/Jessie

11

OV

27

SE corner Parks & Shepardsville

Wilson

6

OV

29

NW corner Taft & St. Clair

Serviss [Bogus]

2 Frl

OV

30

NE corner Taft & Chandler

Denison/Dennison

4 Frl

OV

35

N side Centerline betw Hollister & Shepardsville

Meridian

5 Frl

OV

36

Meridian on curve betw Price & Taft

Swarthout

 

OV

36

Wm. Swarthout farm

Chapman

2 Frl

RI

2

S side Centerline betw Lowell & Grove

Boughton

1

RI

7

NE corner Dexter Trail & Church

Jason

2

RI

10

NW corner Jason & Lowell

VanDyke 3/2Frl RI 13 N side of Pratt one-half mile west of Airport

Plowman

7 Frl

RI

13

NW corner Pratt & Airport

Pratt

6

RI

17

N side Pratt betw Wacousta & Forest Hill

Wilcox

6

RI

17

Forest Hill & Pratt

Simmons

8 Frl

RI

25

N side Chadwick near Airport

Kincaid

5 Frl

RI

32

SE corner Chadwick & Wacousta

South Riley

4 Frl

RI

34

S side Chadwick betw Francis & Lowell

Jones

4

RI

34

 

Grove [Brunson; Post; Victor Grove]

1

VI

3

NE corner Price & Shepardsville

Price

1 Frl

VI

6

NE corner Price & Chandler

Blood

3

VI

14

W of Hollister on Jason

Giffels

2

VI

15

SE corner Upton & Parker

Cedar Lake

8

VI

17

E side St. Clair betw Pratt & Jason at Green

Reed

7

VI

22

3 side Shepardsville betw Alward & Round Lake

Aldrich

5

VI

24

SE corner Alward & Hollister

Pierson

4

VI

30

S side Round Lake betw Chandler & Babcock

unknown

9 Frl

VI

31

N end Watson on N side Ballentine

Clark

1

WA

4

NW corner Francis & Howe

Wacousta

6

WA

8

E side Wacousta betw Herbison & Howe

Harlow

4 Frl

WA

12

NE corner Grove & Herbison

Watertown Center

3

WA

16

NW corner Francis & Clark

Allen

10 Frl

WA

24

SW corner Airport & Clark

Starr [Dayton]

5

WA

28

NE corner Grand River & Forest Hill

unknown 2 WA 34  

Grove

2

WA

36

SE corner State & Grove

Lowell   WA   unknown

Westphalia Village

2

WE

8

Westphalia Village

Luecht [Light]

1

WE

11

SW corner Price & Wright/M-100

Gross

?

WE

17

NW corner Grange & Pratt

Esch [Lehman]

6

WE

28

W side Hinman betw Chadwick & Lehman

McKim

5 Frl

WE

31

NE corner Cutler & Clintonia

Gruber

 

WE

34

Gruber Rd.

Sanford

3 Frl

WE

36

SE corner Chadwick & Wright/M-100

         
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