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Hi, BJ and I (Janet) welcome you to the Presque Isle County Website. I am looking for transcribers, so if you would like to help or contribute, please contact us.If the other link doesn't work, contact us at pi.genealogy@gmail.com

If you would be interested in hosting a Michigan County, be sure to contact the State Coordinator, Colleen Pustola with Archives and Associate State Coordinator, Wayne Summers

The boundaries of Presque Isle County were established in 1840, but the county government was not put into place until 1871. The name, which is French, means "almost an island" and was given because of the narrow peninsula which juts several miles into Lake Huron. There are 72 miles of Lake Huron shore line in the county.

Rogers City is the county seat and principle town, still being the world's largest limestone quarry. Other towns are Posen, Metz, Hawks, Millersburg and Onaway, which were all on the Detroit and Mackinac railroad line, and Belknap, Bruningville, Grace, Hagensville, Huron Beach, Moltke, Ocqueoc, Orchard and Polaski.

Townships are: Allis, Bearinger, Belknap, Bismarck, Case, Krakow, Metz, Moltke, North Allis, Ocqueoc, Posen, Presque Isle, Pulawski,and Rogers

New Names: LaRoche = Hawks, Adakaska=Shaw=Onaway
Ghost towns include: Allis, Bell, Bolton, Calcite or Crawford's Quarry, Cathro, Crow's Dam, Grace, Grace's Harbor, Horseshoe Harbor, Hurst, Liske, Petersville, Providence, and South Rogers.
On the RR map were: Austens, Big Cut, Bunton, Case, Fisher, Hoffman, Hurst, Liske, May Lake Junction, McPhee, Moltke, Nagel, Pack Siding, Polaski, Quarry, Rainy Lake, Rogers Mills (Rogers City), Roger City Junction, Sobieski.



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SURROUNDING COUNTIES


Presque Isle County is bordered by Alpena County, Cheboygan County, and Montmorency County.



WHAT'S NEW!!


11/07/24 - Added picture and article of: 1964 - Johnson Takes Michigan In Landside but Romney Wins Easily...See"Stories"
10/31/24 - Added picture and article of: 1964 - Kiwanis Club of Rogers City Celebrates 30 Years...See"Stories"
10/24/24 - Added picture and article of: 1984 - County Commissioner Howard Viegelahn Passes at Age 61...See"Stories"
10/17/24 - Added picture and article of: 1984 - Photo of the 1934 Rogers City Hurons' Football Team...See"Stories"
10/10/24 - Added picture and article of: 2014 - Dale and Margaret Morrison of Rogers City Offer Their Home for Free...See"Stories"
10/03/24 - Added picture and article of: 1984 - Search Continues for One Male and At Least Two Females Suspected of Trying to Kidnap 16 Children in Northern Lower Michigan...See"Stories"
09/26/24 - Added picture and article of: 2004 - Jim LaLonde Bags a 300-Pound Bear...See"Stories"
09/19/24 - Added picture and article of: 1984 - Many State Dignitaries Arrive in Rogers City to Roast Harry Whiteley...See"Stories"
09/12/24 - Added picture and article of: 2014 - Miss Posen and Her Court Lead the Kiddie Parade...See"Stories"
09/10/24 - Added picture and article of: 1964 - 30,000th Camper Arrives at Hoeft State Park(9.5.24)...See"Stories"
09/10/24 - Added picture and article of: 2004 - Onaway High School Football Team Prepares for the Season(8.29.24)...See"Stories"
09/10/24 - Added picture and article of: 2004 - President Bush Makes Campaign Stop in Traverse City (8.22.24)...See"Stories"
08/15/24 - Added picture and article of: 1964 - Ninety-eight 4-Hers Enjoy a Week at the Ocqueoc Outdoor Camp...See"Stories"
08/09/24 - Added picture and article of: 2014 - Presque Isle County Historical Museum Celebrates 100th Birthday of the Bradley House...See"Stories"
08/01/24 - Added picture and article of: 1984 - USS Sequoia, the Yacht of Eight Presidents, Arrives in Rogers City...See"Stories"
07/18/24 - Added picture and article of: 1964 - Rogers City Little League All-Stars Are Preparing for Action in West Branch...See"Stories"
07/11/24 - Added picture and article of: 1974 - Millie Mertz, former Presque Isle Bank Vice President, is Grand Marshal of Rogers City's Summer Festival ...See "Stories"
07/03/24 - Added picture and article of: 2004- Moran Iron Works' "The Hand of Liberty" Debuts at the Onaway Fourth of July Parade ...See "Stories"
06/27/24 - Added picture and article of: 1974 - A Dollar Goes A Long Way at Nowak's Discount ...See "Stories"
06/20/24 - Added picture and article of: 1940s - Rogers City Post Office Under Construction ...See "Stories"
05/30/24 - Added Posen and Rogers City High School Graduates of 2024...see"Stories"
05/24/24 - Added picture and article of: 2004 - Onaway High School's Top Three Graduates ...See "Stories"
05/16/24 - Added picture and article of: 1964 - A Series of Small Tornadoes Have Swept Across Presque Isle County...See "Stories"
05/16/24 - Added Onaway High School Graduates 2024 ...see "Schools"
05/09/24 - Added picture and article of: 1964 - Neil Hopp of Rogers City Is Named Feature Editor of Central Michigan Life...See "Stories"
05/02/24 - Added picture and article of: 1964 - New Montgomery Ward Store Opens in Rogers City...See "Stories"




Index to Presque Isle County Local History Page


Biographies
Birth/Marriage/Death
Vital Records Info
Cemeteries
Census
Churches
1926 Onaway May Term of Court
Death Certificates
Onaway, Allis Twp., and Ocqueoc (soon)
Directories
Family Pages
Genealogical & Historical Societies
Histories
Libraries & Museums
Lookups
Maps
Dibean Marriage Index
MI USGenWeb Archives
MI Tombstone Transcription
& Photo Project
Military
Millersburg Homecoming Grand Marshals
Miscellaneous
Millersburg Memories
Newspapers
Obituaries
Ocqueoc Twp. Info
Onaway History
Ghosttowns
Photo Album
1875 Posen Twp. Officials
Postmasters of Hawks
Posen Postmasters
Posen Potato Festival Queen & Grand Marshal(s)
1903 Case Township Tax Books
Presque Isle County Offsite Resources
Publications
RC Nautical Festival Queens/Parade Marshals
1872 Roger City Village Officers
1930 Directory for Rogers City
1946 RC Kiwanis Food Drive
Schools
Stories
Sheriffs of Presque Isle County
Shipwrecks
Bearinger Township History
Surnames
Township Websites
1903 Plat Book Directory of People




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