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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, Wayne Summers with Associate State Coordinators, Bill Haloupek and Shone Brooks

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!!


03/05/26 - Added picture and article of: 2016 - Two Teachers from St. John Lutheran School Take the Polar Plunge to Reward Students...See "Stories"
02/26/26 - Added picture and article of: 2016 - Paige (Tibbits) Chapman Is in Her First Year at Michigan State University College of Human Medicine...See "Stories"
02/19/26 - Added picture and article of: 2016 - Carlee Selke Is Onaway High School Snowcoming Queen...See "Stories"
02/13/26 - Added picture and article of: 1976 - Rogers City Optimist Club Hosts a Winter Carnival...See "Stories"
02/05/26 - Added picture and article of: 1956 - Oswald Bruder Retires as Mail Carrier in Rogers City After 45 Years...See "Stories"
01/29/26 - Added picture and article of: 1996 - Posen High School Winter Homecoming Court...See "Stories"
01/23/26 - Added picture and article of: 1996 - John Gauthier of Gauthier and Spaulding Is Concerned About the Future of Fishing and the Treaty with Michigan Tribes...See "Stories"
01/16/26 - Updated: Riverside Cem., Hillcrest Cem., RC Memorial Park Cem., Mt. Calvary Cem., New St. Dominic Cem., St. John Lutheran Cem., New St. Michael's Evangelical Lutheran Cem., St. Peter Cem. #2, and Trinity Lutheran Cem. ...See "Cemeteries"
01/15/26 - Updated: St. Casimir Cem., Bismarck Township Cem., Peace Lutheran Cem., Presque Isle Township Cem., Faith Lutheran Cem., Immanuel Lutheran Cem., Ocqueoc Township Cem., Ocqueoc Methodist Church Cem.,Hillcrest Cem., and Forest Lawn Cem....See "Cemeteries"
01/04/25 - Added: 2025 Obituaries...see "Obituaries" 12/31/25 - Added Added picture and article of: 1936 - Hoeft's Department Store Placed This Ad...See "Stories"
12/30/25 - Added Added picture and article of: 1995 - Amanda Romel Is Named to the Detroit Free Press All-State Team (article from Dec. 25th)...See "Stories"
12/18/25 - Added Added picture and article of: 1975 - Sweet Christmas Deals at B's Sav-Mor in Rogers City...See "Stories"
12/11/25 - Added Added picture and article of: 1975 - Some of the Best Christmas Deals in Rogers City Are at Nowak's Discount...See"Stories"
12/04/25 - Added Added picture and article of: 1975 - Rogers City Merchants Stay Open Late and Are Giving AWay 28 Turkeys...See "Stories"
11/26/25 - Added Added picture and article of: 1975 - Long Before Black Friday, Kotwicki's of Rogers City Has Great Deals...See "Stories"
11/21/25 - Added Added picture and article of: 1965 - Smitty's Onaway Sport Shop Is Selling Ski-Daddler Power Sleds...See "Stories"
11/13/25 - Added Added picture and article of: 1965 - Work Is Being Done on the Onaway Methodist Church Parsonage...See "Stories"
10/31/25 - Added Added picture and article of: 1965 - The Onaway Veterans Monument Moved to the Courthouse Lawn...See "Stories"
10/23/25 - Added Added picture and article of: 2015 - Michelle Wesner is Posen Consolidated Schools New Superintendent...See "Stories"
10/16/25 - Added Added picture and article of: 1965 - Onaway Football's Eight Letter Winners...See "Stories"
10/10/25 - Added Added picture and article of: 1965 - Rogers City High School Homecoming...See "Stories"
10/02/25 - Added picture and article of: 1965 - Hank Aguirre of the Detroit Tigers Will Speak at the Banquet for Posen Spuds' Baseball Team...See "Stories"
09/26/25 - Added picture and article of: 1965 - The 1966 Fords Have Arrived at Jerry Lynch Motor Sales in Rogers City...See "Stories"
09/18/25 - Added picture and article of: 1965 - List of Events for the Posen Potato Festival...See "Stories"
09/11/25 - Added picture and article of: 1965 - Rogers City Police Department Investigates Theft Exceeding $10,000...See "Stories"
09/04/25 - Added picture and article of: 2015 - State Representative Peter Pettalia Reports That the Office of Michigan Department of Health and Human Services Will Stay in Rogers City...See "Stories"
08/28/25 - Added picture and article of: 1995 - Mike Hughes from Rogers City Speaks in Chicago about Computerized Medical Records...See "Stories"
08/21/25 - Added picture and article of: 1965 - Ads from Hasenburg's and A-P Super Service in Rogers City...See "Stories"
08/14/25 - Added picture and article of: 1965 - Five Young Ladies Compete for Miss Posen...See "Stories"
08/07/25 - Added picture and article of: 1965 - Rogers City Citizens Air Their Views on Urban Renewal...See "Stories"
07/31/25 - Added picture and article of: 1965 - The Two O'Clock Beginners Club Is Learning to Swim at Lakeside Park...See "Stories"
07/26/25 - Updated Rogers City Nautical Festival Queens
07/24/25 - Added picture and article of: 1965 - Representatives of Michigan Consolidated Gas Company Attend Ceremony to Open Up Natural Gas Lines...See "Stories"
07/17/25 - Added picture and article of: 1975 - Ocqueoc Falls Campground Is Dedicated...See "Stories"
07/10/25 - Added picture and article of: 1955 - Governor G. Mennen Williams and Lt. Governor Philip Hart Are the Headliners at the Groundbreaking of the New Onaway Health Facility...See "Stories"
07/03/25 - Added picture and article of: 1955 - Ad from Johnny's Buick-Pontiac Sales...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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