Schools
of
Clinton County Michigan
A guide to locating early school buildings
GENEALOGISTS OF THE CLINTON COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY
2002
Please keep in mind that:
Some school buildings were known by more than one name.
Some names refer to more than one building.
Some buildings were physically relocated.
Districts sometimes changed boundaries.
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.
| 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) |
|
|
|
|
|
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) |
|
|
|
|
|
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) |
|
|
|
|
|
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) |
|
|
|
|
|
Cat Tail Hollow (see Peacock) |
|
|
|
|
|
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) |
|
|
|
|
|
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) |
|
|
|
|
|
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 |
|
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 |
|
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) |
|
|
|
|
|
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) |
|
|
|
|
|
Lemm |
5 |
OL |
26 |
NE corner Bond & Chadwick |
|
Light (see Luecht) |
|
|
|
|
|
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 |
|
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 |
|
Muskrat Lake (see Merle Beach) |
|
|
|
|
|
North County Line (see Co. Line) |
|
|
|
|
|
North Eagle |
9 |
EA |
9 |
SW corner Howe & Hinman |
|
Nowland |
|
DA |
|
1 mi N of Fowler on Wright/M-100 |
|
Old Red (see Rose) |
|
|
|
|
|
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) |
|
|
|
|
|
Pioneer (see Brown-OL) |
|
|
|
|
|
Plowman |
7 Frl |
RI |
13 |
NW corner Pratt & Airport |
|
Post (see Grove-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 |
|
Richards |
1 |
OV |
5 |
NW corner Faragher & Harmon |
|
Richmond |
1 |
GR |
22 |
N side French betw Scott & Williams |
|
Rochester Colony (see Colony) |
|
|
|
|
|
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) |
|
|
|
|
|
Serviss |
2 Frl |
OV |
30 |
NE corner Taft & Chandler |
|
Sessions |
3 |
LE |
22 |
NW corner Stone & Tallman |
|
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) |
|
|
|
|
|
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) |
|
|
|
|
|
VanGiesen |
1 |
DA |
36 |
E side Wright/M-100 betw Centerline & Taft |
|
Victor Grove (see Grove-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) |
|
|
|
|
|
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 |
|
|
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