Wilson is an unincorporated community in Menominee County, Michigan, United States. Wilson is located in Harris Township along U.S. Highway 2, US 41 and the Canadian National Railway, 4.5 miles east-northeast of Powers. Wilson has a post office with ZIP code 49896.The Chicago and North Western Railway built a station at the community in 1872–73 to serve local charcoal kilns, which was originally called Ferry Switch. The first school in Wilson opened in 1881–82. A post office, originally called Myra, opened in the community on February 24, 1881; Daniel McIntyre was the first postmaster. The post office was renamed to Wilson on November 1, 1881, after local sawmill owner Frank D. Wilson, who then became postmaster. The railway station closed in 1950.The central buildings in the rural Wilson community are the Seventh-day Adventist Church and school. Wilson is home to the largest Adventist church in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan.