Mellen Township, Michigan

Template:Distinguish Template:Use mdy dates Template:Infobox settlement Mellen Township is a civil township of Menominee County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 1,109 at the 2020 census.<ref name="Census 2020"/> It is named after pioneer settler Mellen Smith (1829–1905), who served as the first postmaster at Wallace.<ref name="Romig">Romig, Walter. 1986. Michigan Place Names. Detroit: Wayne State University Press, p. 580.</ref>

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 Template:Convert to Menominee, the county seat, and north Template:Convert to Powers.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of Template:Convert, of which Template:Convert are land and Template:Convert, or 1.80%, are water.<ref name="CenPopGazetteer2023" />

Communities

• Ingalls is an unincorporated community along U.S. Highway 41, Template:Convert south of Stephenson.<ref>Template:Cite map</ref> Ingalls has a post office with ZIP code 49848.<ref name="ZIP Code Lookup">ZIP Code Lookup, United States Post Office</ref>
• Wallace is an unincorporated community located Template:Convert 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),<ref>Template:Cite news Template: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>Template:Cite news Template:Open access</ref><ref>Template:Cite news Template:Open access</ref> Wallace has a post office with ZIP code 49893.<ref name="ZIP Code Lookup"/>

Demographics

Template:US Census population As of the census<ref name="GR2" /> 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.<ref name="Census 2020" />

Notable people

• John Noppenberg, American football player