# Ingalls, Michigan

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**Ingalls** is an [unincorporated community](/source/Unincorporated_area) in [Menominee County](/source/Menominee_County,_Michigan), [Michigan](/source/Michigan), United States. Ingalls is located in [Mellen Township](/source/Mellen_Township,_Michigan) along [U.S. Highway 41](/source/U.S._Route_41_in_Michigan), 2.5 miles (4.0 km) south of [Stephenson](/source/Stephenson,_Michigan).[2] Ingalls has a [post office](/source/Post_office) with [ZIP code](/source/ZIP_code) 49848.[3]

## History

Thomas Caldwell first settled Ingalls in 1858. The community was named after Eleazer Stillman Ingalls (1820–1879),[4] a judge who organized Menominee County, in 1863. A station on the [Chicago and North Western Railway](/source/Chicago_and_North_Western_Railway) opened in Ingalls in 1872. A post office opened in Ingalls on June 20, 1879; Louis Dobeas (1847–1933)[5][6] was the first postmaster.[7]

## References

1. [*Menominee County*](http://www.michigan.gov/documents/CGI_COUNTY-v4_MENOMINEE_COUNTY_125257_7.pdf) (pdf). Michigan Department of Technology, Management and Budget. 2010. Retrieved January 1, 2011.

1. [ZIP Code Lookup](http://zip4.usps.com/zip4/citytown_zip.jsp), United States Post Office

1. Jordan, Philip D. (November 29, 1934). ["Interesting Facts on Lake County History in Story of 'Prairie Hen'"](https://www.newspapers.com/article/waukegan-news-sun-eleazer-stillman-ingal/195921101/). *Waukegan News-Sun*. pp. [1](https://www.newspapers.com/article/waukegan-news-sun-eleazer-stillman-ingal/195921101/), [17](https://www.newspapers.com/article/waukegan-news-sun-eleazer-stillman-ingal/195921043/), [18](https://www.newspapers.com/article/waukegan-news-sun-eleazer-stillman-ingal/195921083/). Retrieved April 20, 2026. – via [Newspapers.com](/source/Newspapers.com)

1. ["Mrs. H. F. Thayer's Father Succumbs"](https://www.newspapers.com/article/lancaster-eagle-gazette-louis-dobeas-18/195921216/). *Lancaster Eagle-Gazette*. July 19, 1933. p. 1. Retrieved April 20, 2026. – via [Newspapers.com](/source/Newspapers.com)

1. ["Louis Dobeas, Pioneer, Dies"](https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-escanaba-daily-press-louis-dobeas-1/195921242/). *The Escanaba Daily Press*. July 22, 1933. p. 5. Retrieved April 20, 2026. – via [Newspapers.com](/source/Newspapers.com)

1. Romig, Walter (1986 [1973]). *Michigan Place Names*. Detroit, Michigan: Wayne State University Press. ISBN 0-8143-1838-X.

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