{"id":4832,"date":"2023-06-29T16:53:54","date_gmt":"2023-06-29T16:53:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/?p=4832"},"modified":"2026-08-22T12:02:17","modified_gmt":"2026-08-22T12:02:17","slug":"presque-isle-county","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/presque-isle-county\/","title":{"rendered":"Presque Isle County, Michigan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Presque Isle County is a county in Michigan, United States, on the shore of Lake Huron in the northeastern Lower Peninsula. It had a population of 12,982 at the 2020 census and covers 2,573 square miles (6,660 km2), of which 659 square miles is land and 1,914 square miles (74%) is water &mdash; one of the highest water shares of any county in the state &mdash; centred near 45&deg;19&prime;N 83&deg;28&prime;W.<\/p>\n<p>Rogers City is the county seat, and its postal code is 49779. The county has two incorporated cities, two villages, fourteen civil townships, and several unincorporated communities. It sits in the Eastern time zone.<\/p>\n<h2>Towns &amp; Villages in Presque Isle County<\/h2>\n<p>Presque Isle County&#8217;s settlements are a mix of incorporated cities and villages along Lake Huron and small inland communities across its fourteen townships. Type key: City &middot; seat, City, Village, CDP (census-designated place, unincorporated), and Unincorp. (unincorporated community with no formal boundary).<\/p>\n<div class=\"tv-table-scroll\">\n<table>\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<th>Place<\/th>\n<th>Type<\/th>\n<th>Township<\/th>\n<th>Pop.<\/th>\n<th>ZIP<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>Rogers City<\/td>\n<td>City &middot; seat<\/td>\n<td>Rogers Township<\/td>\n<td>2,850<\/td>\n<td>49779<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Onaway<\/td>\n<td>City<\/td>\n<td>Allis Township<\/td>\n<td>890<\/td>\n<td>49765<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Posen<\/td>\n<td>Village<\/td>\n<td>Posen Township<\/td>\n<td>270<\/td>\n<td>49776<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Millersburg<\/td>\n<td>Village<\/td>\n<td>Bismarck Township<\/td>\n<td>169<\/td>\n<td>49759<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Presque Isle Harbor<\/td>\n<td>CDP<\/td>\n<td>Presque Isle Township<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>49777<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Presque Isle<\/td>\n<td>Unincorp.<\/td>\n<td>Presque Isle Township<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>49777<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Hawks<\/td>\n<td>Unincorp.<\/td>\n<td>Moltke Township<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>49743<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Leroy<\/td>\n<td>Unincorp.<\/td>\n<td>Krakow Township<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Liske<\/td>\n<td>Unincorp.<\/td>\n<td>Krakow Township<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Manitou Beach<\/td>\n<td>Unincorp.<\/td>\n<td>Presque Isle Township<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Metz<\/td>\n<td>Unincorp.<\/td>\n<td>Metz Township<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Belknap<\/td>\n<td>Unincorp.<\/td>\n<td>Belknap Township<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Bell<\/td>\n<td>Unincorp.<\/td>\n<td>Case Township<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Bruningville<\/td>\n<td>Unincorp.<\/td>\n<td>Bismarck Township<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Calcite<\/td>\n<td>Unincorp.<\/td>\n<td>Rogers Township<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Grace<\/td>\n<td>Unincorp.<\/td>\n<td>Bearinger Township<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Hagensville<\/td>\n<td>Unincorp.<\/td>\n<td>Krakow Township<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Hammond<\/td>\n<td>Unincorp.<\/td>\n<td>Bismarck Township<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Moltke<\/td>\n<td>Unincorp.<\/td>\n<td>Moltke Township<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Ocqueoc<\/td>\n<td>Unincorp.<\/td>\n<td>Ocqueoc Township<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Polaski<\/td>\n<td>Unincorp.<\/td>\n<td>Pulawski Township<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Stoneport<\/td>\n<td>Unincorp.<\/td>\n<td>Rogers Township<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Black Lake<\/td>\n<td>Unincorp.<\/td>\n<td>Belknap Township<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<p>Several of the old list&#8217;s names describe Lake Huron shoreline subdivisions rather than distinct census places &mdash; Black Lake Bluffs, Canfield Beach, Coddes Beach, Evergreen Beach, Huron Beach, Orchard, Orchard Point, Presque Isle Estates, Rainy Beach, and Big Cut &mdash; these are informal beach or plat names within the townships above, not separately platted communities, and are not repeated as their own rows.<\/p>\n<h2>Townships<\/h2>\n<div class=\"tv-table-scroll\">\n<table>\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<th>Township<\/th>\n<th>Pop. (2020)<\/th>\n<th>Main settlements<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>Rogers Township<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>Rogers City, Calcite, Stoneport<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Presque Isle Township<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>Presque Isle, Presque Isle Harbor, Manitou Beach<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Allis Township<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>Onaway<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Bismarck Township<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>Millersburg, Hammond, Bruningville<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Krakow Township<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>Leroy, Liske, Hagensville<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Posen Township<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>Posen<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Moltke Township<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>Hawks, Moltke<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Metz Township<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>Metz<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Belknap Township<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>Belknap, Black Lake<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Case Township<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>Bell<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Bearinger Township<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>Grace<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Ocqueoc Township<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>Ocqueoc<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Pulawski Township<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>Polaski<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>North Allis Township<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>rural, no platted village<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<h2>ZIP Codes<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>49779 &mdash; Rogers City (also serves Calcite and Stoneport)<\/li>\n<li>49765 &mdash; Onaway<\/li>\n<li>49777 &mdash; Presque Isle (also serves Presque Isle Harbor and Manitou Beach)<\/li>\n<li>49776 &mdash; Posen<\/li>\n<li>49759 &mdash; Millersburg<\/li>\n<li>49743 &mdash; Hawks<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The remaining inland townships and small communities are served by one of these six post offices; the county has no standalone ZIP code for Leroy, Metz, or Moltke.<\/p>\n<h2>Geography<\/h2>\n<p>Presque Isle County occupies a peninsula-studded stretch of Michigan&#8217;s Lake Huron shoreline, and its name &mdash; French for &#8220;almost an island&#8221; &mdash; describes the narrow isthmus connecting the Presque Isle peninsula to the mainland. Water makes up nearly three-quarters of the county&#8217;s area, including Lake Huron&#8217;s open water, Grand Lake, Long Lake, and the Ocqueoc River, the state&#8217;s largest waterfall by volume. The Ocqueoc, Trout, and Sturgeon rivers drain the inland townships toward the lake, and the shoreline includes limestone bluffs quarried for a century at Rogers City.<\/p>\n<p>Presque Isle County borders Alpena County to the south, Montmorency County to the southwest, and Cheboygan County to the west; Lake Huron and Mackinac and Chippewa counties lie across the water to the north.<\/p>\n<h2>Demographics<\/h2>\n<p>The county&#8217;s population was 12,982 at the 2020 census, spread across a mostly rural landscape of about 20 people per square mile of land. Rogers City, with 2,850 residents, is by far the largest community, followed by Onaway at 890. Median household income runs below the Michigan median of $69,183, reflecting the county&#8217;s reliance on seasonal, manufacturing, and limestone-industry wages rather than higher-paying metro-area work.<\/p>\n<h2>Economy &amp; Local Life<\/h2>\n<p>Rogers City&#8217;s limestone quarry and processing plant, operated for over a century by what is now Carmeuse Lime &amp; Stone, has long been the county&#8217;s largest employer and one of the largest limestone operations on the Great Lakes; its dock still loads freighters bound for steel mills downstate. Tourism, sport fishing on Lake Huron, and small-scale forestry round out the local economy, and Rogers City&#8217;s harbor and marina draw boaters each summer.<\/p>\n<h2>History<\/h2>\n<p>Presque Isle County was created by the Michigan legislature on April 1, 1840, but organized county government did not begin until 1871, with a reorganization in 1875. The county&#8217;s defining tragedy came on November 18, 1958, when the ore carrier SS Carl D. Bradley sank in a Lake Huron storm; 33 of its 35 crew died, 28 of them from Presque Isle County, and the loss is still commemorated in Rogers City each November.<\/p>\n<h2>Getting There<\/h2>\n<p>US Route 23 runs along the county&#8217;s Lake Huron shore through Rogers City, and M-68 and M-33 connect it to the inland townships and Onaway.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Alpena &mdash; 25 miles south<\/li>\n<li>Cheboygan &mdash; 30 miles west<\/li>\n<li>Gaylord &mdash; 45 miles southwest<\/li>\n<li>Alpena County Regional Airport &mdash; the nearest commercial airport, about 25 miles south of Rogers City<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Frequently Asked Questions<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Where is Presque Isle County?<\/strong><br \/>It is in the northeastern Lower Peninsula of Michigan, on the Lake Huron shore between Alpena and Cheboygan counties.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What is the population of Presque Isle County?<\/strong><br \/>12,982 people, per the 2020 census.<\/p>\n<p><strong>How big is Presque Isle County?<\/strong><br \/>2,573 square miles (6,660 km2) total, but only 659 square miles is land &mdash; the rest is Lake Huron and inland lakes.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What is the county seat of Presque Isle County?<\/strong><br \/>Rogers City.<\/p>\n<p><strong>How many towns are in Presque Isle County?<\/strong><br \/>Two incorporated cities (Rogers City and Onaway), two villages (Posen and Millersburg), and fourteen civil townships holding the rest of its communities.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What ZIP codes are in Presque Isle County?<\/strong><br \/>49779 (Rogers City), 49765 (Onaway), 49777 (Presque Isle), 49776 (Posen), 49759 (Millersburg), and 49743 (Hawks).<\/p>\n<p><strong>Why does Presque Isle County have so much water?<\/strong><br \/>Its boundary reaches out into Lake Huron to include the Presque Isle peninsula and nearby waters, so the county&#8217;s official area is nearly three-quarters lake.<\/p>\n<p>More counties in this state: <a href=\"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/category\/michigan\/\">Towns and villages in Michigan<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Presque Isle County is a county in Michigan, United States, on the shore of Lake Huron in the northeastern Lower Peninsula. 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