Michigan Schools
Branch Co.
A listing of one room schools in Michigan with their locations and some information on these schools from the Bess Britton collection.
Many thanks go to Bess Britton of Decatur, MI who has donated her collection on Michigan One Room Schools to the Webster Memorial Library . This collection has much information on over 560 Michigan schools, along with artifacts from some of these schools. This collection may be viewed at the Local History Room at Webster's Library in Decatur, MI.
Many thanks to Toni Benson and her son Daniel K. Benson II who have typed in this database and submitted it for us.
| Section | District | |||||
| BRANCH | . | Kirby | 0 | 0 | M-60, NW corner of county | Contact: Marian Haenckel; Marian Frost ( Haenckel ) Teacher: 1942 |
| BRANCH | . | Sisco | 0 | 0 | . | Built in 1840; Residence; Michigan One-Room Schoolhouse Association; Contact - Alice Demarest, RR1, Union City, MI 49094 |
| BRANCH | . | Hawley | 0 | 0 | .South of Union City | Contact: Marian ( Frost ) Haenckel; Teacher: 1942, 1949, 1950. |
| BRANCH | . | Sullivan | 0 | 0 | . | Built in 1840; not in use; Michigan One-Room Schoolhouse Association; Contact - Kenneth Lee, RR1 Brauker Rd., Union City, MI 49094 |
| BRANCH | Alegansee Township | Fisher | 0 | 5 | . | Michigan One-Room Schoolhouse Association |
| BRANCH | Alegansee Township | Campbell | 0 | 0 | . | Michigan One-Room Schoolhouse Association |
| BRANCH | Batavia Township | Batavia Station | 0 | 3 | . | Michigan One-Room Schoolhouse Association |
| BRANCH | Batavia Township | Centennial | 0 | 2 | Corner of Miller Lake Rd. & Hodunk Rd., north of M-86 | Contact: Gerry (Sherburne) Jackson, P.O. Box 12, Bardstown, KY 40004 |
| BRANCH | Batavia Township | Moore | 0 | 8 | . | Michigan One-Room Schoolhouse Association |
| BRANCH | Batavia Township | Imber | 0 | 7 | . | Michigan One-Room Schoolhouse Association |
| BRANCH | Batavia Township | Island | 0 | 6 | . | Michigan One-Room Schoolhouse Association; Fractional |
| BRANCH | Batavia Township | Scribner | 0 | 4 | . | Fractional; Michigan One-Room Schoolhouse Association |
| BRANCH | Batavia Township | Union | 0 | 8 | M-86 West of Coldwater; West colon & Wheeler Rds. | Residence; Pix |
| BRANCH | Batavia Township | Webb | 0 | 5 | . | Michigan One-Room Schoolhouse Association |
| BRANCH | Bethel Township | Hatmaker | 0 | 8 | . | Residence; Michigan One-Room Schoolhouse Association |
| BRANCH | Bethel Township | Canfield | 0 | 4 | . | Torn Down; Michigan One-Room Schoolhouse Association |
| BRANCH | Bethel Township | Snow Prairie | 0 | 1 | . | Residence; Michigan One-Room Schoolhouse Association |
| BRANCH | Bethel Township | Block | 0 | 5 | . | Farm use; Michigan One-Room Schoolhouse Association |
| BRANCH | Bethel Township | 7 by 9 | 0 | 2 | . | Vacant/storage; Michigan One-Room Schoolhouse Association |
| BRANCH | Bethel Township | Cranson | 0 | 7 | . | 1840-1944; privately owned; Michigan One-Room Schoolhouse Association; Cranson Community Building; Contact - Mable Honeywell, 550 Cranson Rd., Bronson, MI 49028 |
| BRANCH | Bethel Township | Butcher | 0 | 3 | . | Michigan One-Room Schoolhouse Association; deserted |
| BRANCH | Bronson Township | Dutch Settlement | 0 | 5 | . | Teacher 1914-15, Bernice Miller |
| BRANCH | Bronson Township | Shawtown | 0 | 7 | . | . |
| BRANCH | Bronson Township | Standard | 0 | 0 | Orland Rd. | Michigan One-Room Schoolhouse Association |
| BRANCH | Butler Township | Dayburg | 0 | 4 | . | 1864-1960; Michigan One-Room Schoolhouse Association |
| BRANCH | Butler Township | Moore | 0 | 5 | . | Ceased operation in 1955; Michigan One-Room Schoolhouse Association |
| BRANCH | Butler Township | South Butler | 0 | 7 | . | Michigan One-Room Schoolhouse Association |
| BRANCH | California Township | California Corners | 0 | 0 | . | Michigan One-Room Schoolhouse Association |
| BRANCH | California Township | West California | 0 | 0 | . | Michigan One-Room Schoolhouse Association |
| BRANCH | Coldwater Township | Fiske | 0 | 0 | Corner of E. Chicago Rd. & Fiske Rd. | Branch County Christian School; Michigan One-Room Schoolhouse Association |
| BRANCH | Coldwater Township | Maple Grove | 0 | 10 | 165 Blackhawk Rd. | 1868-1963; used for storage; Michigan One-Room Schoolhouse Association |
| BRANCH | Coldwater Township | Centennial | 0 | 2 | . | Fractional; Michigan One-Room Schoolhouse Association |
| BRANCH | Gilead Township | Luce | 0 | 0 | . | Privately owned; Michigan One-Room Schoolhouse Association |
| BRANCH | Gilead Township | Gardner | 0 | 0 | . | Used for barn; Michigan One-Room Schoolhouse Association; |
| BRANCH | Gilead Township | Zull | 0 | 0 | . | Torn Down; Michigan One-Room Schoolhouse Association |
| BRANCH | Gilead Township | Zurbrugg | 0 | 0 | . | Stands empty; Michigan One-Room Schoolhouse Association |
| BRANCH | Gilead Township | East Gilead | 0 | 4 | . | Residence; Michigan One-Room Schoolhouse Association |
| BRANCH | Gilead Township | Marsh's Corner | 0 | 0 | . | Farm shop; Michigan One-Room Schoolhouse Association |
| BRANCH | Girard Township | Benson | 0 | 6 | . | Michigan One-Room Schoolhouse Association |
| BRANCH | Girard Township | Smith | 0 | 0 | . | Michigan One-Room Schoolhouse Association |
| BRANCH | Girard Township/Butler Township | Grub Oak | 0 | 3 | . | Fractional; started in 1863; used for a motorcycle club; Michigan One-Room Schoolhouse Association; Contact - Mary Hubbard, RR! Box 76, Union City, MI 49094 |
| BRANCH | Kinderhook Township | West Kinderhook | 0 | 0 | . | Destroyed by tornado in 1955; Michigan One-Room Schoolhouse Association |
| BRANCH | Kinderhook Township | Purdy | 0 | 0 | . | Michigan One-Room Schoolhouse Association |
| BRANCH | Kinderhook Township | Stokes | 0 | 0 | . | Michigan One-Room Schoolhouse Association |
| BRANCH | Matteson Township | Foot of the Lake | 0 | 7 | . | Michigan One-Room Schoolhouse Association |
| BRANCH | Matteson Township | Northwest | 0 | 3 | . | Also known as Lytle School. Michigan One-Room Schoolhouse Association |
| BRANCH | Matteson Township | Matteson Center | 0 | 9 | east of Colon | . |
| BRANCH | Matteson Township | Gardner | 0 | 5 | . | Michigan One-Room Schoolhouse Association |
| BRANCH | Matteson Township | Lindley | 0 | 4 | . | See Southwest School. |
| BRANCH | Matteson Township | Lytle | 0 | 3 | . | See Northwest School. |
| BRANCH | Matteson Township | Culver | 0 | 2 | . | See West School. |
| BRANCH | Matteson Township | West | 0 | 2 | . | Also known as Culver School; burned; Michigan One-Room Schoolhouse Association |
| BRANCH | Matteson Township | Head of the Lake | 0 | 1 | . | See East School |
| BRANCH | Matteson Township | Southwest | 0 | 4 | . | Also known as Lindley School. Michigan One-Room Schoolhouse Association; 1891-1965 |
| BRANCH | Matteson Township | East | 0 | 1 | . | Also known as Head of the Lake School; Michigan One-Room Schoolhouse Association |
| BRANCH | Noble Township | George | 0 | 3 | . | Michigan One-Room Schoolhouse Association |
| BRANCH | Noble Township | Whipple | 0 | 4 | . | Michigan One-Room Schoolhouse Association |
| BRANCH | Noble Township | Thayer | 0 | 5 | . | Michigan One-Room Schoolhouse Association |
| BRANCH | Noble Township | Keller | 0 | 6 | . | Michigan One-Room Schoolhouse Association |
| BRANCH | Noble Township | Hickory Corners | 0 | 2 | . | Michigan One-Room Schoolhouse Association |
| BRANCH | Ovid Township | Sorter | 0 | 0 | . | Michigan One-Room Schoolhouse Association |
| BRANCH | Ovid Township | Ovid Center | 0 | 0 | . | Michigan One-Room Schoolhouse Association |
| BRANCH | Ovid Township | Kerns | 0 | 0 | . | Michigan One-Room Schoolhouse Association |
| BRANCH | Quincy Township | . | 0 | 3 | . | Built in 1881; Michigan One-Room Schoolhouse Association |
| BRANCH | Quincy Township | Mudge | 0 | 7 | . | Michigan One-Room Schoolhouse Association |
| BRANCH | Quincy Township | Dobson | 0 | 0 | . | Michigan One-Room Schoolhouse Association |
| BRANCH | Sherwood Township | Red Brick | 0 | 2 | .Corner of M-60 & M-66 | 18340-1918; torn down; Contact ; Mrs. John Stanton, RR1 W. Athens Rd., Sherwood, MI 49089; Michigan One-Room Schoolhouse Association |
| BRANCH | Sherwood Township | Fox | 0 | 6 | . | Seventh Day Adventist; built in 1869; Helen Matthews LaBar taught in 1933-34 for $40/month and in 1934-35 for $50/month. |
| BRANCH | Sherwood Township | Mudsock | 0 | 8 | . | Michigan One-Room Schoolhouse Association |
| BRANCH | Union City | Day | 0 | 0 | West of Union City | Rose Knauss ph: (517) 741-7789 |