Walhalla home appraisals
Walhalla and the rest of Branch Township sit about 17 miles east of Ludington on US 10, where prices run well below the county median of $219,600. Census Reporter put the township's 2020 to 2024 median owner value at $159,500. The Pere Marquette River crosses the south central part of the township, a little more than a mile below Walhalla.
Three hamlets on the Lake County line
Branch Township has no village of its own. Walhalla sits on US 10 between Baldwin and Ludington. Branch, the hamlet, sits on US 10 right at the Mason and Lake county line, and its ZIP code, 49402, covers the eastern part of the township. Tallman, in the north, was founded in 1879 by Horace and Marshall F. Butters.
A Wild and Scenic river through the middle
The Pere Marquette River runs east to west across the township. Sixty six miles of it were designated Wild and Scenic in 1978, and Chinook salmon were stocked in the 1960s. Tallman Lake, on the Sheridan Township line, gives the north end some inland frontage. River lots and lake lots rarely belong in the same comparable set, and in a township of about 1,300 people there are few of either.
Areas, lakes and neighborhoods in this file
- Walhalla
- Branch
- Tallman
- Tallman Lake
- Branch Township
- Pere Marquette River