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Public Schools

Chester Township contained nine public school districts.  The district numbers and boundaries are shown on the map below.  The location of the school buildings are shown by the small red dots.  The table just below the map gives the district number, name, location and year of closing for each school.  The District numbers are links to pages with more information and pictures of each school.

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District #
Name
Location
Year Closed

District #1

Harrisburg School
NE corner of Truman & 36th
1958

District #2

Conklin School
SE corner and later SW corner of Harding & 40th, then Sehler east of Conklin
1968

District #3

McNitt School
NE corner of Gooding & 40th
1961

District #4

Waller School
SE corner of Coolidge & 24th
1956

District #5

Lachmann School
NE corner of Harding & 8th
1957

District #6

Big Springs School
NW corner of Wilson & 24th
1968

District #7

Lisbon School
South side of Coolidge near Kenowa
1956

District #8

Porter School
North side of Truman between 16th & 8th
1956

District #9

Reister School
NW corner of Gooding & 16th
1956

 

 

For a glimpse at some of the early textbooks that were used in the schools in Chester Township, please click on the link below.

Reading, Writing & Arithmetic

 
 
Parochial School

Trinity Lutheran School

Chester Township
Ottawa County
Michigan, USA