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Pellston is a village in Emmet County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 822 at the 2010 census. The village is the home of Pellston Regional Airport. Its motto is "Icebox of the Nation"; Pellston recorded the state of Michigan's record low temperature, at , in 1933, and every winter is regularly called out in national weather reports, along with towns such as Big Piney, Wyoming, Fraser, Colorado and International Falls, Minnesota, as one of the coldest spots in the nation. The village lies on the boundary between Maple River and McKinley townships on US Highway 31. Interstate 75 is about east of Pellston. Mackinaw City and the Mackinac Bridge are approximately north and Petoskey is about southwest of the village. The University of Michigan Biological Station is on nearby Douglas Lake. [edit] Research Tips
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