According to the
United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 31.4 square miles (81 km2), of which 30.8 square miles (80 km2) are land and 0.6 square miles (1.6 km2), or 1.80%, are water.[1]
Wallace is an
unincorporated community located 15 miles (24 km) 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),[8] who was assigned to the railroad depot. It was then shorted to "Wallace" by the time the post office was established in 1877.[5] On April 12, 1931, Wallace suffered a fire that destroyed most of the village.[9][10] Wallace has a
post office with
ZIP code 49893.[7]
As of the
census[3] 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.[2]