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About Parchment, MI

Parchment is a small city of 2,000 people just northeast of Kalamazoo, easily reached via I-94 Exit 85. It's a quick drive to Western Michigan University and serves as a quiet residential base for the broader Kalamazoo area. The city gets its distinctive name from the Kalamazoo Vegetable Parchment Company, which ran a paper mill here for nearly 90 years making specialized food packaging paper.

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Parchment, MI is in United States, at 42.328, -85.567 - about 36 km south of Martin, MI.

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The closest airport to Parchment, MI is Kalamazoo/Battle Creek International Airport, 13 km (about 18 min by car).

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