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==Communities== *[[Ingalls, Michigan|'''Ingalls''']] is an [[Unincorporated area|unincorporated community]] along [[U.S. Route 41 in Michigan|U.S. Highway 41]], {{convert|2.5|mi|km}} south of [[Stephenson, Michigan|Stephenson]].<ref>{{cite map |publisher=Michigan Department of Technology, Management and Budget |title=Menominee County |url=http://www.michigan.gov/documents/CGI_COUNTY-v4_MENOMINEE_COUNTY_125257_7.pdf |format=pdf |year=2010 |access-date=January 1, 2011 }}</ref> Ingalls has a [[post office]] with [[ZIP code]] 49848.<ref name="ZIP Code Lookup">[http://zip4.usps.com/zip4/citytown_zip.jsp ZIP Code Lookup], United States Post Office</ref> *'''Wallace''' is an [[unincorporated community]] located {{convert|15|mi}} north of [[Menominee, Michigan|Menominee]] on [[U.S. Route 41 in Michigan|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 (1858β1890),<ref>{{cite news|title=What's in a Name? How Michigan Areas Were Christened|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/20379166/wallace_michigan/|newspaper=Lansing State Journal|date=September 8, 1951|page=4|via = [[Newspapers.com]]|access-date = May 26, 2018}} {{Open access}}</ref> who was assigned to the railroad depot. It was then shorted to "Wallace" by the time the post office was established in 1877.<ref name="Romig"/> On April 12, 1931, Wallace suffered a fire that destroyed most of the village.<ref>{{cite news |title=Wallace Hit by $100,000 Fire Sunday |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/56738714/wallace-mi-fire/ |work=The Escanaba Daily Press |date=April 14, 1931 |location=Escanaba, MI |pages=[https://www.newspapers.com/clip/56738714/wallace-mi-fire/ 1], [https://www.newspapers.com/clip/56738730/wallace-mi-fire/ 2] |access-date=August 5, 2020 |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}} {{Open access}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=In the fire which wiped out the village of Wallace, Michigan |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/56738738/wallace-mi-fire/ |work=The Sheboygan Press |date=April 15, 1931 |location=Escanaba, MI |page=8 |access-date=August 5, 2020 |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}} {{Open access}}</ref> Wallace has a [[post office]] with [[ZIP code]] 49893.<ref name="ZIP Code Lookup"/>
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