Saginaw County Schools

Saginaw County Schools

by Township

Compiled by Betty Coleman

Albee Township

  •      Ziegler School:  near corner of Bishop & West Gary Rd

  •      Pine Grove School:  southeast corner of Bueche & West Burt Rd

  •      Barnum School:  corner of East & West Birch Run Rd

  •      Sloan School:  near corner of Sloan & East Roads East Sec. 12

  •      Prairie Farm School: west side of Bishop Rd, north of Alicia Rd Sec. 18

  •      Drum School:  between Birch Run & Burt Roads    

Birch Run Township

  •      Marr School:  corner of Dixie Highway and East Burt Road

  •      Bidwell School:  corner of Busch and Maple Roads

  •      Horton School:  corner of East Vern and Beyer Roads

  •      Rottier School:  corner of East Burt and Block Roads

  •      Birch Run School:  with village limits

  •      Hammond School:  corner of Hammond and Busch Roads

  •      Butler School:  corner of East Verne and Gera Roads

  •      Banner School:  corner of Busch and Dehmel Roads

Blumfield Township

  •     Blumfield School:  village of Blumfield corner, Block & Vassar

  •     Frankentrost School:  southeast corner of Mueller & Holland Rd

  •     Arthur School:  southwest corner of Washington & Vassar Rd

  •     Kulmbach School:  corner of Janes & Mueller Rd

  •     Krick School:  on Block rd between Hack & Washington Rd

  •     Hill School:  on Holland halfway between Gera and Block Roads

  •     Pratt School:  corner of Manning and Uncle Henry Roads

 

 

Brady Township

  •      Koyne School:  corner of Brennan & Ridge Roads  Sec. 28 (frl.)

  •      Red School:  corner of Fordney & Peet Roads

  •      Robinson School: Baldwin & Fordney Rd (?Flower Rd Sec. 28)

  •      McFall School:  corner of Iva & Baldwin Rd          

  •      Walsh School:   Corner of Ridge & Raucholz Rd

  •      Overpack School:  on Iva Rd between Ridge & Sommers Rd

  •      North Brady Center School:  corner of Hemlock & Baldwin Rd

  •      Oakley School:  within village of Oakley  Sec. 31 (frl.)

  •      Brady Center School:  corner of Hemlock & Peet Rd

  •      Lamaroux School:  corner of Iva & Peet Rd

  •      Swimm School:  Sec. 4

Brant Township

  •      Brant School:  on Colvin Rd between Iva and Brennan Rd

  •      Oakdale School:  on Brant Rd between Iva and Brennan Rd

  •      Limbocker School:  corner of Iva & West Burt Rds (frl.)

  •      Brant Center School:  in village of Brant      

  •      Wilson School:  Marion & Hemlock Rds (two townships)

  •      Carl School:  on Ithaca Rd between Dempsey & Fordney Rd

  •      Dygert School:  corner of West Burt & Fordney  Rd

  •      Ring (Orville) School corner of Fordney & Brant Rd

Bridgeport Township

  •      Phelps School:  Corner of Roedel and Portsmouth Rd

  •      Bridgeport Village School:  within village limits

  •      Brucker School:  on Fort Rd at end of Moore Rd

  •      Cass Bridge School: corner of Curtis and Rock Rd

  •      Schulz School:  on King Rd halfway between Portsmouth & Reimer Rd

  •      Popp School:  on Washington Rd between Studor and railroad track

  •      King Road School:  corner of King Rd and Dixie Highway

  •      Orville School:  on Moore Rd between Dorwood & railroad track

  •      Dixie School:  Iowa St. and Peach St. in Genesee Gardens

Buena Vista Township  

  •      Ricker School:  near corner of Towerline & Hess Rd

  •      Liedlein School:  corner of Holland and Ruff Roads

  •      Star School: Wadsworth Rd near Towerline Rd ~ White School 1916-17

  •      Indiantown School:  corner of Portsmouth & Becker Rd

  •      Downes School:  Crow Island School 1916-1917

  •      Highland Park School:  Wadsworth 1916-1917

  •      Harding School:  Portsmouth & Ritter Rd Hawsbeck 1916-17

  •      Service School:

Carrollton Township

  •      Union School:

  •      Mershon School:

 

 

 

Chapin Township

  •      Somers School:  corner of Kramer & Fenmore Roads

  •      Booth School:  corner of Kramer & Chapin Roads

  •      Banner School:  corner of Peet & Chapin Roads

  •      Hartwick School:  corner of Fenmore & Peet Roads

  •      Estes School:  corner of Baldwin & Chapin Road

  •      McQuiston School:  corner of Fenmore & Baldwin Rd

 

 

 

 

 

Chesaning Township

  •      Havana School: corner Ditch & Niver Rd Sec 32  ?Frandsche & Havana

  •       Frink School:  corner of Amman & Peet Rd Sec 3 Chesaning Twp.

  •       Morleytown School:  W Burt & Sharon Rd & W Gary                       (Around 1926, there was a big dispute between the people over which side of the town line the school house should be on.  One night some men removed the house from the one side of the road.  No one has ever moved it back.)

  •      Westfall School:  Corunna Rd 1/2 between Ferden & Ditch Rd Sec. 27

  •      Dutchtown School:  W Gary Rd near Amman Rd Sec. 2

  •      Dyer School:  corner of Baldwin and Frandsche Rd Sec 7 (moved - corner of Peet and Frandsche Rd Sec 18)                                                                      

  •      Ginter School:  corner Volkmer and Amman Rd

  •      Mills School:  corner Amman and Ditch Rd  Sec. 25

  •   Chesaning Village Schools:

  •           Line Street School

  •           Big Rock Elementary School

  •           Chesaning Middle School

  •           Havann High School

Frankenmuth Township

  •      Frankenmuth Village School: 1858 Tuscola St between Main & Hubinger St 1901 on Genesee St east of Parker St

  •      Gera School:  on King Rd 1/2 between Block and Gera Rd

  •       Bender School:  on King Rd 1/2 between Maple and Beyer Rd

  •       Lincoln School:  near corner of Rodammer & Dehmel Rd south side of Junction Rd about a 1/4 mile west of Beyer Rd

  •       Jerome School:  on Maple Rd halfway between Curtis & Townline Rd on Jerome farm

     About 1850 Frankenmuth schools were Lutheran/Parochial St Lorenz Congregation

Fremont Township

  •      Guilford School:  corner of Nelson and Brennan Rd

  •      Reynolds School:  Grabowski Rd 1/2 between Raucholz & Fordney Rd

  •      Forest School:  corner of Trinklein and Orr Roads

  •      Graham School:  corner of Lakefield and Raucholz Roads

  •      Cleveland School:  corner of Hemlock and Swan Creek Rd

  •      Burton S Teft School:  corner of Iva & Roosevelt Rd

 

 

James Township

  •      Carr School:  corner of Egerer & Swan Creek Rd - Pokagon School

  •      Paines School: on Dutch Rd between Stroebel & River Rd

  •      Jordan School:  corner of River & Swan Creek Rd

 

Jonesfield Township

  •      Fleming School:  on Fenmore Rd midway between Dice & Frost Rd

  •      Fales School:  on Gratiot Rd midway between Fenmore & Meridian Rd

  •       Striped School:  on Gratiot Rd midway between Chapin & Merrill Rd

  •       Bellen School:  on Chapin Rd midway between Dice & Frost Rd

  •       Merrill Village School:  village of Merrill

 Kochville Township

  •      Crane School:  corner of Hospital & Kochville Rd    

  •      Jewett School:  corner of Kochville & Mackinaw Rd

  •      Liberty School:  corner of Liberty & Michigan Rd

 

 

Lakefield Township

  •      Maple Leaf School:  corner of Lakefield & Fenmore Rd - Parker School

  •      Kain School:  corner of Swan Creek & Chapin Roads  (frl.)

  •      Bastedo School:  corner of Lakefield & Chapin Roads

  •      Morrison School:  1916-17 (frl.)

  •      Brown School:  corner of Grabowski & Fenmore Rd

  •      Byrnes School:  corner of Swan Creek & Fenmore Rd

  •      Nohel School:  on Chapin Rd between Colvin & Grabowski Rd-Morrison School 1916-17

Maple Grove Township                                                                             

  •      Glazier School:  corner of Ditch & Lincoln Rd corner of Ditch & East Rd (frl.)

  •       Layton Corner School:  corner of Lincoln & Peet Rd

  •       Munroe School:  corner of Bishop & Ditch Rd

  •      Springbrook School:  corner of Bishop & Chesaning Rd

  •      Albert School:  corner of Bishop & Chesaning Rd

  •      Ireland School:  corner of Peet & East Rd

  •      Deneen School:  corner of Chesaning & Lincoln Rd

  •      Fonger School:  corner of Chesaning & East Rd

Marion Township

  •      Fowler School:  corner of Chapin & West Burt Rd

  •      Allentown School:  corner of Schroeder & Chapin Rd

  •      Shady Nook School:  corner of Ithaca & Chapin Rd

  •      Zacharias School:  corner of Ithaca & Fenmore Rd

  •      Oak Grove School:  corner of Brant & Fenmore Rd - Geiger 1916-17

  •      Lone Oak School:  corner of West & Fenmore Rd - Fischer 1916-17

 

 

Richland Township

  •      Tilden School:  on Dice Rd midway between Iva & Brennan Rd

  •       Smith School:  corner of Gratiot & Iva Rd

  •       Hemlock Village School:  village of Hemlock

  •       Lunney School:  corner of Lunney & Hemlock Rd

  •       Doyle School:  Pruess Rd between O’Hara & Geddes Rd (frl.)

  •       Burd School:  on Dice Rd  between Fordney & Raucholz Rd

  •      John C. Nafe School:  Hemlock & Tittabawassee Rd (frl.)

  •       O’Hara School:  corner of Iva and Lunney Roads

  •      J. W. Fordney School:  corner of Fordney & Ederer Rd (frl.)

Saginaw Township

  •      Brick School:  corner Hackett & Midland Rd-Shattuckville School (frl.)

  •      White School:  corner of Midland & State Rd

  •      Hemmeter School:  corner of Hemmeter & State Rd

  •      Plainfield School:  corner of Bay & Shattuck Rd

  •      McMann School:  corner of Weinecke & Shattuck Rd

  •     Otto School:  corner of Gratiot & Center Rd

  •     Vincent School:  corner of Michigan & - ? Otto

  •     Prosser School:  on Schust Rd midway between Bay & Mackinaw Rd

 

Saint Charles Township

  •      St. Charles Village School:  village of St. Charles

  •      Fergus School:  on Fergus Rd midway between Carr & M-52

  •      Indiantown School:  corner of Fergus & Turner Rd

  •      Forest Lawn School:  corner of Luce & Amman Rd

  •      Jones School:  Sharon Rd midway between Ryan & Fergus Rd

  •      Pioneer School:  corner of West Burt & Frandsche Rd

Spaulding Township                                  

  •      Banner School:  on Washington Rd between Jefferson & Sheridan Rd

  •      Hess School:  corner of Houlihan & Cole Rd

  •      Mahar School:  on Curtis Rd midway between Mower & East Rd

 

 

Swan Creek Township

  •      Garfield School:  corner Lakefield & Teft Rd

  •      Swan Creek School:  corner of Swan Creek & Benkert Rd (frl.)

  •      Schaupp: 1916-17  also 1952-56

 

 

 

Taymouth Township

  •      Ross School:  on Morseville Road

  •      McGregor School:  corner of Moorish & East Burt Rd        

  •      McIntosh School:  corner of Seymour & East Burt Rd

  •      Becker School:  corner of Dorwood & East Verne Rd

  •      Foster School:  in Foster near railroad tracks

  •      Blackmar School:  on Moorish Rd  between Busch & East Rathburn Rd

  •      Canada Street School:  corner of East Verne & Moorish Rd

  •      Burt School:  in village of Burt, on Burt Rd near railroad tracks

  •      Toddish School:  corner of Bursch & Pettit Rd

Thomas Township

  •      Liskow School:  on Short Rd midway between Geddes & State Rd (1925)          ** 1856 Liskow School was a log building constructed on the banks of the Tittabawassee River where Owen Cemetery is now located. **Liskow School was on the corner of Miller and State Road

  •     Wiltse School:  on Curve Road  & ? Tittabawassee Rd (frl.)

  •     Geddes School:  on Lone Road midway between Geddes

  •     Graham Heights School:  Gratiot Rd between Miller & River Rd                   ** Gratiot Heights: 1927

  •     Paines School:  on River Rd between Gratiot & Dutch Rd (frl.)

  •     Graham School:  corner of Graham & Gratiot Rd

  •     Grove School:  on Gratiot Rd between Miller & Van Wormer Rd

  •     Dice School:  Dice Road

Tittabawassee Township

  •      Munger School:  on Gleaner Rd midway between Freeland & Wilkins Rd

  •      Wellman School:  on Freeland Rd between Hackett & Hospital Rd (frl.)

  •      Porter School:  corner of Garfield & Kochville Rd

  •      Freeland Village School:  village of Freeland

  •      Law School:  on Buck Rd midway between Webster & Garfield Rd

  •      Whitman School:  on Buck Rd midway between Gleaner & Carter Rd

  •      Vasold School:  on Vasold Rd midway between Graham & Thomas Rd

 

 

 

Zilwaukee Township

  •      Zilwaukee School:

 

 

(frl.) - Fractional District    District divided between two townships  

A factional school district was one that received pupils from more than one township.  The townships from where the pupils came was required to help finance the school district on a prorated formula basis.

Section 16 of every township was know as the “school section” because any money obtained from the sale of land in this section was never completely remodeled throughout the years,

     Shields Elementary School: Stroebel Road about 1940

Though the years pupils living in certain areas of Thomas Township were educated in four fractional school districts in surrounding townships, of ten because of geographic convenience.  The four districts received financial aid from Thomas Township.  Three of the districts, Paines School, James no. 3 and Fremont No. 2, received pupils from the southwestern part of Thomas Township.  The fourth district, Richland, No. 6, received pupils from the northwest part of the township.

 

    

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