Pullman, Michigan | |
Settlement Type: | Unincorporated community |
Pushpin Map: | Michigan |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location within the state of Michigan |
Pushpin Label: | Pullman |
Pushpin Label Position: | right |
Coordinates: | 42.4836°N -86.0914°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | United States |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Michigan |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Allegan |
Subdivision Type3: | Township |
Subdivision Name3: | Lee |
Unit Pref: | Imperial |
Elevation Ft: | 650 |
Timezone: | Eastern (EST) |
Utc Offset: | -5 |
Timezone Dst: | EDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | -4 |
Area Code: | 269 |
Blank Name: | GNIS feature ID |
Blank Info: | 635511 |
Pullman is an unincorporated community in Lee Township, Allegan County, in the U.S. state of Michigan. It is in a predominantly rural area of Western Michigan, about 150miles east of Chicago. It is centered on the junction of 109th Avenue and 56th Street between sections eight and nine of Lee Township at 42.4836°N -86.0914°W. It is approximately 10miles northeast of South Haven, about 13miles southeast of Saugatuck–Douglas, and 6miles west-southwest of Allegan. The Upper, Lower, and Western Scott Lakes are nearby, which empty into the Scott Creek Drain, a tributary of the Middle Branch of the Black River.
Two brothers named Clement built a sawmill in 1870. A station on the Chicago and West Michigan Railway (later part of the Pere Marquette Railway) was established in 1871 and the area became known as "Hoppertown", after an area landowner. A post office with that name operated from 1875 to 1880 and began again in 1891. The post office was renamed Pullman in 1901, apparently after George Pullman.[1] The ZIP code for Pullman is 49450.