Klingers, Michigan

Klingers is an unincorporated community in St. Joseph County in the southwest region of the U.S. state of Michigan.

Klingers, Michigan
Unincorporated community
Klinger Lake
Klingers Location within the state of Michigan
Coordinates: 41°47′35″N 85°31′34″W
Country	United States
State	Michigan
County	St. Joseph
Township	Sturgis, White Pigeon
Elevation [1]	860 ft (260 m)
Time zone	UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (EDT)
Area code(s)	269
GNIS feature ID	1624650[1]

The community is situated at the junction of U.S. Highway 12 and County Road 133 (Klinger Lake Road) at 41°47′35″N 85°31′34″W.[1] It is on the boundary between Sturgis Township to the east and White Pigeon Township to the west. It is approximately midway between the city of Sturgis and the village of White Pigeon.

Klinger Lake is nearby to the northwest.[2] The lake empties into the Fawn River via the Sherman Mill Creek, which also drains Tamarack Lake and Thompson Lake to the northeast.[3][4][5]

The community began with a station named "Douglas" on the Michigan Southern Railroad, later part of the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway. When a post office with the name "Klinger's Lake" opened September 26, 1879, with Erastus P. Moon as the first postmaster, the station name was also changed. The name changed to "Klingers" on October 5, 1895, and was discontinued on May 31, 1937. The lake and community were named for Peter Klinger who had settled nearby in 1827. The name appears on various maps as Klinger, Klingers, or Klinger's Lake.[6][7][8] Klinger Lake County Club is located nearby.[9]