Mellen Township, Michigan

Geography

Mellen Township is in southern Menominee County, bordered to the west by the Menominee River, across which is Marinette County in the state of Wisconsin. U.S. Route 41 crosses the township, leading south 15 mi to Menominee, the county seat, and north 26 mi to Powers.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 31.4 sqmi, of which 30.8 sqmi are land and 0.6 sqmi, or 1.80%, are water.

Communities

• Ingalls is an unincorporated community along U.S. Highway 41, 2.5 mi south of Stephenson. Ingalls has a post office with ZIP code 49848.
• Wallace is an unincorporated community located 15 mi north of Menominee on US Highway 41. It is a small village with the DeYoung Family Zoo, a used-car dealership, a tavern, lumber yard, post office, ice maker, wood businesses, grocery market, service station, and a liquidator store. There are also three churches: Country Bible Church (non-denominational), a Covenant Church, and a Lutheran church. The Mellen Elementary School is also located in Wallace. Wallace was originally called "Wallace's Siding" after Wallace Sutherland (1858–1890), who was assigned to the railroad depot. It was then shorted to "Wallace" by the time the post office was established in 1877. On April 12, 1931, Wallace suffered a fire that destroyed most of the village. Wallace has a post office with ZIP code 49893.

Demographics

As of the census of 2000, there were 1,260 people, 520 households, and 368 families residing in the township. In 2020, there were 1,109 people in the township.

Notable people

• John Noppenberg, American football player

References

References

1. "2023 U.S. Gazetteer Files: Michigan". United States Census Bureau.
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9. (April 14, 1931). "Wallace Hit by $100,000 Fire Sunday". The Escanaba Daily Press.
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