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{{short description|County in Michigan, United States}}
{{About|the Michigan county|other areas|Presque Isle (disambiguation)}}
{{Use American English|date=June 2025}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=April 2024}}
{{Infobox U.S. county
 | county  = Presque Isle County
 | state              = Michigan
 | ex image             = Onaway Courthouse.jpg
 | ex image size        = 300px
 | ex image cap         = Presque Isle County Courthouse in [[Onaway, Michigan|Onaway]]
 | seal                 = Presque_isle_seal.PNG
 | founded year         = 1840 (created)<br/>1871 (organized)<br/>1875 (reorganized)<ref name=Clarke>{{cite web|url=https://www.cmich.edu/library/clarke/AccessMaterials/Bibliographies/MichiganLocalHistory/Pages/presqueisle.aspx|publisher=Clarke Historical Library, Central Michigan University|title=Bibliography on Presque Isle County|access-date=January 29, 2013}}</ref>
 | seat wl         = Rogers City
 | largest city wl = Rogers City
 | area_total_sq_mi     = 2573
 | area_land_sq_mi      = 659
 | area_water_sq_mi     = 1914
 | area percentage      = 74
 | census yr            = 2020
 | pop                  = 12982
 | pop_est_as_of        = 2025
 | population_est       = 13128 {{gain}}
 | density_sq_mi        = auto
 | district             = 1st
 | time zone           = Eastern
 | web = presqueislecounty.org 
}}

'''Presque Isle County''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|p|ɹ|ɛ|s|k|i:|l}} {{respell|PRESK|eel}}) is a [[County (United States)|county]] in the [[Lower Peninsula of Michigan|Lower Peninsula]] of the [[U.S. State]] of [[Michigan]]. As of the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]], the population was 12,982.<ref name=QF>{{cite web|title=State & County QuickFacts|url=https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/presqueislecountymichigan/POP010220|publisher=US Census Bureau|access-date=September 15, 2021}}</ref> The [[county seat]] is [[Rogers City, Michigan|Rogers City]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.naco.org/Counties/Pages/FindACounty.aspx|access-date=June 7, 2011|title=Find a County|publisher=National Association of Counties}}</ref> The county was authorized by State legislation on April 1, 1840,<ref>{{cite book |author=George Dawson |date=1840 |title=Acts of the Legislature of the State of Michigan Passed at the Annual Session of 1840 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=aDg4AAAAIAAJ&pg=PA196 |location=Detroit |pages=196-200}}</ref> but the county government was not established until 1871. The government was reorganized in 1875.<ref name=Clarke/> The name is an [[anglicisation]] of the [[French language|French]] word ''presqu'île'' or ''presque-isle'', which means a specific kind of [[peninsula]] with a very narrow [[isthmus]] or connection to another [[landform]], denominated a "[[presque-isle]]", i. e., literally "almost an island".<ref name=Clarke/> A large part of [[Presque Isle Township, Michigan|Presque Isle Township]] consists of that peninsula, with [[Lake Huron]] on the east, [[Grand Lake (Michigan)|Grand Lake]] on the west, and narrow strips of land connecting it to the mainland at the north and south ends. The community of Presque Isle is near the center of this peninsula.

==History==
{{See also|History of Northern Michigan}}
{{Unreferenced section|date=June 2009}}
Early [[Indigenous peoples of the Americas|Native Americans]] living in the area were [[nomadic]], using the land as hunting grounds. To them the land between the [[Ocqueoc River|Ocqueoc]] and [[Swan River (Michigan)|Swan Rivers]] was [[sacred]] ground. The name "Presque Isle" was given to the area by French [[fur traders]] who portaged over the strip of land that attaches Presque Isle to the mainland.

Early [[land development|development]] of the area was delayed because it lacked a navigable river. The Ocqueoc River was Presque Isle's largest river yet was shallow and crooked, and had many [[rapids]]. In the spring of 1839 a [[surveying]] party, contracted by the State of Michigan, reported that the land of this area was worthless. This further discouraged development until the 1860s when the Crawford family settled into a quiet [[cove]] of Lake Huron, south of modern [[Rogers City, Michigan|Rogers City]]. They intended to develop a stone [[quarry]], but found the stone too flaky to be used as building material. Turning to [[lumbering]], they sold the wood to [[steamboat|steamers]] traveling the [[Great Lakes]].

In 1868 W. E. Rogers, an [[United States Army|Army]] officer, organized a surveying party to Presque Isle, with Albert Molitor as [[supervisor]]. Seeing the vast [[forests]], they attempted to purchase Crawford's Quarry but were refused. They formed the Molitor-Rogers Company and purchased the land at the future site of Rogers City. The following year a large party of [[Germans|German]] and [[Polish people|Polish]] immigrants arrived and settled in the area. The Molitor-Rogers Company built a [[sawmill]], store, boarding house, and [[blacksmith]] shop. Only the Company supplied the small city. After a difficult winter in 1870–71, the community began to thrive.

The county's original [[settler]]s were lumbermen, fishermen, and farmers. In 1907 a [[mining engineer]]/[[geologist]] from New York, H. H. Hindshaw, visited Crawford's Quarry and found it to be rich in [[limestone]]. Following this discovery, the [[Michigan Limestone and Chemical Company]] of Calcite, Michigan was founded. The company purchased {{convert|8000|acre|km2}} at Calcite, the new name for Crawford's Quarry. Needing a means of shipping their product, the Bradley Transportation Company was formed. The company is known in the area for being the chief business, employing a significant portion of the residents. One of the darker aspects of the county's history involved the loss of one of the Bradley Transportation Company's cargo ships, the [[SS Carl D. Bradley|''Carl D. Bradley'']], which sank on Lake Michigan during a windstorm in November 1958, taking 33 lives, 28 of whom resided in Presque Isle County (23 were from Rogers City, three were from Onaway, and two were from Posen or Metz Township).<ref>{{cite web |last1=Kerrins |first1=Joseph |last2=Change |first2=Joseph |last3=Leising |first3=Charles |last4=Read |first4=Garth |title=Marine Board of Investigation; foundering of the Carl D. Bradley, Lake Michigan, 18 November 1958 with loss of life |url=https://www.dco.uscg.mil/Portals/9/DCO%20Documents/5p/CG-5PC/INV/docs/boards/carlbradley.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210513191703/https://www.dco.uscg.mil/Portals/9/DCO%20Documents/5p/CG-5PC/INV/docs/boards/carlbradley.pdf |archive-date=May 13, 2021 |url-status=live |publisher=United States Coast Guard |access-date=November 1, 2022}}</ref>{{NoteTag|The uncensored Coast Guard report was found in the appendix of ''Mayday!'' by James Hopp.}}

Today the world's largest limestone processing plant is in Rogers City, which is also a major Great Lakes port. This is the best [[natural harbor]] on Lake Huron between [[Port Huron, Michigan|Port Huron]] and [[Mackinaw City, Michigan|Mackinaw City]].

==Geography==
According to the [[United States Census Bureau|U.S. Census Bureau]], the county has an area of {{convert|2573|sqmi}}, of which {{convert|659|sqmi}} is land and {{convert|1914|sqmi}} (74%) is water.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/geo/maps-data/data/docs/gazetteer/counties_list_26.txt|publisher=US Census Bureau|access-date=September 27, 2014|date=August 22, 2012|title=2010 Census Gazetteer Files|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131113024015/http://www.census.gov/geo/maps-data/data/docs/gazetteer/counties_list_26.txt|archive-date=November 13, 2013}}</ref> Although Presque Isle County is on Michigan's Lower Peninsula, it is considered to be part of [[Northern Michigan]].

===Geographic features===
* [[Ocqueoc Falls]]
* [[Sacred Rock (Presque Isle County)|Sacred Rock]]

===Lakes===
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* [[Grand Lake (Presque Isle, Michigan)]]      
* [[Black Lake (Michigan)|Black Lake]]
* [[Rainy Lake]]
{{div col end}}

===Adjacent counties===
'''By land'''

* [[Alpena County, Michigan|Alpena County]] (southeast)
* [[Montmorency County, Michigan|Montmorency County]] (southwest)
* [[Cheboygan County, Michigan|Cheboygan County]] (west)

'''By water'''

* [[Mackinac County, Michigan|Mackinac County]] (northwest)
* [[Chippewa County, Michigan|Chippewa County]] (north)
* [[Manitoulin District]], [[Ontario]], Canada (east)

==Communities==
[[File:Presque Isle County, MI census map.png|thumb|right|500px|[[United States Census|U.S. Census]] data map showing local municipal boundaries within Presque Isle County. Shaded areas represent incorporated cities.]]

===Cities===
* [[Onaway, Michigan|Onaway]]
* [[Rogers City, Michigan|Rogers City]] (county seat)

===Villages===
* [[Millersburg, Michigan|Millersburg]]
* [[Posen, Michigan|Posen]]

===Civil townships===
{{div col|colwidth=18em}}
* [[Allis Township, Michigan|Allis Township]]
* [[Bearinger Township, Michigan|Bearinger Township]]
* [[Belknap Township, Michigan|Belknap Township]]
* [[Bismarck Township, Michigan|Bismarck Township]]
* [[Case Township, Michigan|Case Township]]
* [[Krakow Township, Michigan|Krakow Township]]
* [[Metz Township, Michigan|Metz Township]]
* [[Moltke Township, Michigan|Moltke Township]]
* [[North Allis Township, Michigan|North Allis Township]]
* [[Ocqueoc Township, Michigan|Ocqueoc Township]]
* [[Posen Township, Michigan|Posen Township]]
* [[Presque Isle Township, Michigan|Presque Isle Township]]
* [[Pulawski Township, Michigan|Pulawski Township]]
* [[Rogers Township, Michigan|Rogers Township]]
{{div col end}}

===Census-designated place===
* [[Presque Isle Harbor, Michigan|Presque Isle Harbor]]

===Other unincorporated communities===
* [[Hawks, Michigan|Hawks]]
* [[Leroy, Presque Isle County, Michigan|Leroy]]
* [[Liske, Michigan|Liske]]
* [[Manitou Beach, Presque Isle County, Michigan|Manitou Beach]]
* [[Metz, Michigan|Metz]]

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
| 1860 = 26
| 1870 = 355
| 1880 = 3113
| 1890 = 4687
| 1900 = 8821
| 1910 = 11249
| 1920 = 12131
| 1930 = 11330
| 1940 = 12250
| 1950 = 11996
| 1960 = 13117
| 1970 = 12836
| 1980 = 14267
| 1990 = 13743
| 2000 = 14411
| 2010 = 13376
| 2020 = 12982
|estyear=2025
|estimate=13128
|estref=<ref name="USCensusEst2025">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/data/tables/time-series/demo/popest/2020s-counties-total.html|title=County Population Totals and Components of Change: 2020-2025|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=April 12, 2026}}</ref> {{increase}}
| align-fn = center
| footnote = US Decennial Census<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html|title=US Decennial Census|publisher=US Census Bureau|access-date=September 27, 2014}}</ref><br/>1790-1960<ref>{{cite web|url=http://mapserver.lib.virginia.edu|title=Historical Census Browser|publisher=University of Virginia Library|access-date=September 27, 2014}}</ref> 1900-1990<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/population/cencounts/mi190090.txt|title=Population of Counties by Decennial Census: 1900 to 1990|publisher=US Census Bureau|access-date=September 27, 2014}}</ref><br/>1990-2000<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/population/www/cen2000/briefs/phc-t4/tables/tab02.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100327165705/http://www.census.gov/population/www/cen2000/briefs/phc-t4/tables/tab02.pdf |archive-date=March 27, 2010 |url-status=live|title=Census 2000 PHC-T-4. Ranking Tables for Counties: 1990 and 2000|publisher=US Census Bureau|access-date=September 27, 2014}}</ref> 2010-2018<ref name=QF/>
| align = right
}}
[[File:Presque Isle MI Density.png|thumb|2020 population density of Presque Isle County MI by census block<ref>{{Cite web |title=2025 TIGER/Line® Shapefiles |url=https://www.census.gov/cgi-bin/geo/shapefiles/index.php?year=2025&layergroup=Blocks+(2020) |access-date=2026-04-13 |website=www.census.gov}}</ref>]]

===Racial and ethnic composition===
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"
|+'''Presque Isle County, Michigan – Racial and ethnic composition'''<br><small>{{nobold|''Note: the US Census treats Hispanic/Latino as an ethnic category. This table excludes Latinos from the racial categories and assigns them to a separate category. Hispanics/Latinos may be of any race.''}}</small>
!Race / Ethnicity <small>(''NH = Non-Hispanic'')</small>
!Pop 1980<ref name=1980Census>{{Cite web|title=1980 Census of Population - General Social and Economic Characteristics - Michigan - Tables 15 and 16 – Race by Sex: 1980 and Tables 16 and 17 – Persons by Spanish Origin, Race, and Sex: 1980 |url=https://www2.census.gov/prod2/decennial/documents/1980/1980censusofpopu80124uns_bw.pdf|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]|page=24-59|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250111013246/https://www2.census.gov/prod2/decennial/documents/1980/1980censusofpopu80124uns_bw.pdf| archive-date=January 11, 2025|via= [[Wayback Machine]]}}</ref>
!Pop 1990<ref name=1990Census>{{Cite web |title=1990 Census of Population - General Population Characteristics - Michigan: Table 3-5 - Race and Hispanic Origin |website=[[United States Census Bureau]]|url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1990/cp-1/cp-1-24.pdf|access-date=|page=37-179|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260304021445/https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1990/cp-1/cp-1-24.pdf|via= [[Wayback Machine]]| archive-date=March 4, 2026}}</ref>
!Pop 2000<ref name=2000CensusP004>{{Cite web|title=P004: Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race – 2000: DEC Summary File 1 – Presque Isle County, Michigan|url=https://data.census.gov/table?g=050XX00US26141&tid=DECENNIALSF12000.P004|website=[[United States Census Bureau]] |access-date= }}</ref>
!Pop 2010<ref name=2010CensusP2>{{Cite web|title=P2: Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race – 2010: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) – Presque Isle County, Michigan|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=p2&g=050XX00US26141&tid=DECENNIALPL2010.P2|website=[[United States Census Bureau]] |access-date= }}</ref>
!style="background-color: #ffffb3;" | Pop 2020<ref name=2020CensusP2>{{Cite web|title=P2: Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race – 2020: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) – Presque Isle County, Michigan|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=p2&g=050XX00US26141&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2|website=[[United States Census Bureau]] |access-date= }}</ref>
!% 1980
!% 1990
!% 2000
!% 2010
!style="background-color: #ffffb3;" |% 2020
|-
|[[Non-Hispanic or Latino whites|White]] alone (NH)
|14,146
|13,622
|14,079
|12,972
|style='background: #ffffe6; |12,282
|99.15%
|99.12%
|97.70%
|96.98%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |94.61%
|-
|[[Non-Hispanic or Latino African Americans|Black or African American]] alone (NH)
|6
|11
|37
|56
|style='background: #ffffe6; |28
|0.04%
|0.08%
|0.26%
|0.42%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.22%
|-
|[[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]] or [[Alaska Native]] alone (NH)
|40
|43
|83
|79
|style='background: #ffffe6; |67
|0.28%
|0.31%
|0.58%
|0.59%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.52%
|-
|[[Asian Americans|Asian]] alone (NH)
|30
|30
|22
|40
|style='background: #ffffe6; |52
|0.21%
|0.22%
|0.15%
|0.30%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.40%
|-
|[[Native Hawaiian]] or [[Pacific Islander Americans|Pacific Islander]] alone (NH)
|x <ref>included in the Asian category in the 1980 Census</ref>
|x <ref>included in the Asian category in the 1990 Census</ref>
|0
|1
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0
|x
|x
|0.00%
|0.01%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.00%
|-
|[[Race and ethnicity in the United States census|Other race]] alone (NH)
|7
|0
|3
|1
|style='background: #ffffe6; |26
|0.05%
|0.00%
|0.02%
|0.01%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.20%
|-
|[[Multiracial Americans|Mixed race or Multiracial]] (NH)
|x <ref>not an option in the 1980 Census</ref>
|x <ref>not an option in the 1990 Census</ref>
|108
|111
|style='background: #ffffe6; |373
|x
|x
|0.75%
|0.83%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |2.87%
|-
|[[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Hispanic or Latino]] (any race)
|38
|37
|79
|116
|style='background: #ffffe6; |154
|0.27%
|0.27%
|0.55%
|0.87%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |1.19%
|-
|'''Total'''
|'''14,267'''
|'''13,743'''
|'''14,411'''
|'''13,376'''
|style='background: #ffffe6; |'''12,982 '''
|'''100.00%'''
|'''100.00%'''
|'''100.00%'''
|'''100.00%'''
|style='background: #ffffe6; |'''100.00%'''
|}

===2020 census===

As of the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]], the county had a population of 12,982 and a median age of 56.1 years. 15.4% of residents were under the age of 18 and 32.9% of residents were 65 years of age or older. For every 100 females there were 100.7 males, and for every 100 females age 18 and over there were 100.7 males age 18 and over.<ref name="Census2020DP">{{cite web|title=2020 Decennial Census Demographic Profile (DP1)|url=https://api.census.gov/data/2020/dec/dp?get=NAME,DP1_0021P,DP1_0024P,DP1_0025C,DP1_0049C,DP1_0045C,DP1_0069C,DP1_0073C,DP1_0125P,DP1_0126P,DP1_0129P,DP1_0133P,DP1_0137P,DP1_0138P,DP1_0139P,DP1_0141P,DP1_0142P,DP1_0143P,DP1_0145P,DP1_0146P,DP1_0147C,DP1_0148C,DP1_0149C,DP1_0156C,DP1_0157C,DP1_0158C,DP1_0159P,DP1_0160P&for=county%3A141&in=state%3A26|website=United States Census Bureau|year=2021|access-date=January 1, 2026|df=mdy}}</ref>

The racial makeup of the county was 95.1% [[White Americans|White]], 0.3% [[African Americans|Black or African American]], 0.5% [[Native Americans in the United States|American Indian and Alaska Native]], 0.4% [[Asian Americans|Asian]], &lt;0.1% [[Native Hawaiians|Native Hawaiian]] and [[Pacific Islander|Pacific Islander]], 0.3% from some other race, and 3.4% from [[Multiracial Americans|two or more races]]. [[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Hispanic or Latino]] residents of any race comprised 1.2% of the population.<ref name="Census2020PL">{{cite web|title=2020 Decennial Census Redistricting Data (Public Law 94-171)|url=https://api.census.gov/data/2020/dec/pl?get=NAME,P1_001N,P1_003N,P1_004N,P1_005N,P1_006N,P1_007N,P1_008N,P1_009N,P2_001N,P2_002N,H1_001N,H1_002N&for=county%3A141&in=state%3A26|website=United States Census Bureau|year=2021|access-date=January 1, 2026|df=mdy}}</ref>

&lt;0.1% of residents lived in urban areas, while 100.0% lived in rural areas.<ref name="Census2020DHC">{{cite web|title=2020 Decennial Census Demographic and Housing Characteristics (DHC)|url=https://api.census.gov/data/2020/dec/dhc?get=NAME,P2_002N,P2_003N&for=county%3A141&in=state%3A26|website=United States Census Bureau|year=2023|access-date=January 1, 2026|df=mdy}}</ref>

There were 6,047 households in the county, of which 17.5% had children under the age of 18 living in them. Of all households, 51.1% were married-couple households, 21.3% were households with a male householder and no spouse or partner present, and 21.8% were households with a female householder and no spouse or partner present. About 33.1% of all households were made up of individuals and 17.7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.<ref name="Census2020DP"/>

There were 9,804 housing units, of which 38.3% were vacant. Among occupied housing units, 86.3% were owner-occupied and 13.7% were renter-occupied. The homeowner vacancy rate was 1.9% and the rental vacancy rate was 10.1%.<ref name="Census2020DP"/>

===2000 census===

At the [[2000 United States census]], there were 14,411 people, 6,155 households, and 4,203 families residing in the county.<ref name="Census2000">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov|publisher=US Census Bureau|access-date=January 31, 2008|title=U.S. Census website}}</ref>

As of 2000, the median income for a household in the county was $31,656, and the median income for a family was $37,426. Males had a median income of $31,275 versus $20,625 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the county was $17,363. About 6.80% of families and 10.30% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 13.10% of those under age 18 and 9.20% of those over age 64.<ref name="Census2000"/>

==Government==
Voters in Presque Isle County have generally favored Republican Party nominees. Since 1884, the Republican nominee has garnered the county's vote 72% of the time (26 of 36 elections).
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{{PresRow|1920|Republican|2,522|525|76|Michigan}}
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{{PresRow|1928|Republican|1,992|1,029|20|Michigan}}
{{PresRow|1932|Democratic|1,560|2,217|88|Michigan}}
{{PresRow|1936|Democratic|1,621|2,905|79|Michigan}}
{{PresRow|1940|Democratic|2,552|2,595|13|Michigan}}
{{PresRow|1944|Republican|2,209|2,092|13|Michigan}}
{{PresRow|1948|Republican|2,271|1,872|22|Michigan}}
{{PresRow|1952|Republican|2,982|1,825|15|Michigan}}
{{PresRow|1956|Republican|3,058|1,917|3|Michigan}}
{{PresRow|1960|Republican|2,950|2,649|3|Michigan}}
{{PresRow|1964|Democratic|1,770|3,565|2|Michigan}}
{{PresRow|1968|Republican|2,565|2,300|386|Michigan}}
{{PresRow|1972|Republican|3,372|2,440|185|Michigan}}
{{PresRow|1976|Republican|3,545|3,334|69|Michigan}}
{{PresRow|1980|Republican|3,486|2,952|474|Michigan}}
{{PresRow|1984|Republican|4,207|2,481|36|Michigan}}
{{PresRow|1988|Republican|3,614|3,025|40|Michigan}}
{{PresRow|1992|Democratic|2,398|3,308|1,639|Michigan}}
{{PresRow|1996|Democratic|2,463|3,449|980|Michigan}}
{{PresRow|2000|Republican|3,660|3,242|178|Michigan}}
{{PresRow|2004|Republican|3,982|3,432|102|Michigan}}
{{PresRow|2008|Democratic|3,606|3,722|183|Michigan}}
{{PresRow|2012|Republican|3,794|3,192|112|Michigan}}
{{PresRow|2016|Republican|4,488|2,400|369|Michigan}}
{{PresRow|2020|Republican|5,342|2,911|102|Michigan}}
{{PresRow|2024|Republican|5,568|3,036|158|Michigan}}
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The county government operates the [[County jail|jail]], maintains rural roads, operates the major local courts, records deeds, mortgages, and [[vital records]], administers [[public health]] regulations, and participates with the state in the provision of social services. The [[county commission|county board of commissioners]] controls the budget and has limited authority to make laws or ordinances. In Michigan, most local government functions – police and fire, building and zoning, tax assessment, street maintenance etc. – are the responsibility of individual cities and townships.

===Elected officials===
{{div col}}
* [[Prosecutor|Prosecuting Attorney]]: Kenneth A. Radzibon
* [[Sheriff]]: Joseph Brewbaker
* [[County Clerk]]: Ann Marie Main
* [[Treasurer|County Treasurer]]: Bridget LaLonde
* [[Register of Deeds]]: Vicky Kowalewsky
* [[Drain Commissioner]]: Robert G. Macomber
* [[County Surveyor]]: Norman J. Quaine Jr.
{{div col end}}
<small>as of June 2021</small>

==Historical markers==
There are ten recognized Michigan historical markers in the county:<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.michmarkers.com/Frameset.htm|title=Michigan Historical Markers|access-date=January 8, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140717055930/http://www.michmarkers.com/Frameset.htm|archive-date=July 17, 2014|url-status=usurped}}</ref>
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* Bearinger Union School
* Burnham's Landing
* Elowsky Mill
* [[Forty Mile Point Lighthouse]] / Graveyard of Ships
* Lake Huron
* The Metz Fire
* [[Old Presque Isle Lighthouse]]
* Presque Isle Electric Cooperative Monument
* Presque Isle Light Station
* World's Largest Limestone Quarry
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==Media==
===Newspapers===
* The ''[[Alpena News]]''<ref>[http://www.thealpenanews.com ''The Alpena News'']</ref> is the daily newspaper of record for much of the northeastern [[Lower Peninsula]].
* The ''[[Presque Isle County Advance]]'' is the weekly newspaper of Presque Isle County.

===Television===
The following television stations broadcast in Presque Isle County:
* Channel 4: [[WPBN-TV|WTOM-TV]] "TV 7&4" ([[NBC]]) ([[Cheboygan, Michigan|Cheboygan]]; satellite of [[WPBN-TV]], [[Traverse City, Michigan|Traverse City]])
* Channel 6: [[WCMU-TV|WCML]] "CMU Public Television" ([[Public Broadcasting Service|PBS]]) ([[Alpena, Michigan|Alpena]]; satellite of [[WCMU-TV]], [[Mount Pleasant, Michigan|Mount Pleasant]])
* Channel 8: [[WGTU|WGTQ]] "ABC 29&8" ([[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]) ([[Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan|Sault Ste. Marie]]; satellite of [[WGTU]], Traverse City)
* Channel 10: [[WWTV|WWUP-TV]] "9&10 News" ([[CBS]]) (Sault Ste. Marie; satellite of [[WWTV]], [[Cadillac, Michigan|Cadillac]])
* Channel 11: [[WBKB-TV]] "Channel 11 News" (CBS) (Alpena)
* Channel 45: [[WFQX-TV|WFUP]] "Fox 32" ([[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]]) ([[Vanderbilt, Michigan|Vanderbilt]]; satellite of [[WFQX-TV]] Cadillac).

===Radio===
The following radio stations can be heard in Rogers City
;FM
{| class="wikitable" border="1"
|-
! Call Sign
! Frequency
! City Broadcast From
|-
| [[WPHN]]
| 90.5
| [[Gaylord, Michigan|Gaylord]]
|-
|[[WCMU-FM|WCML]]
| 91.7
| [[Alpena, Michigan|Alpena]]
|-
| [[WFDX]]
| 92.5
|[[Atlanta, Michigan|Atlanta]]
|-
| [[WQLB|WKJZ]]
| 94.9
| [[Hillman, Michigan|Hillman]]
|-
| WRZG
| 96.7
| Rogers City
|-
| [[WHAK-FM]]
| 99.9
| Rogers City
|-
| [[WWMK]]
| 106.3
| Onaway
|-
| [[WHSB]]
| 107.7
| Alpena
|}

;AM
{| class="wikitable" border="1"
|-
! Call Sign
! Frequency
! City Broadcast From
|-
| [[WTCM (AM)|WTCM]]
| 580
| [[Traverse City, Michigan|Traverse City]]
|-
| [[WHAK (AM)|WHAK]]
| 960
| Rogers City
|}

;NOAA Weather Radio
[[NOAA Weather Radio]] can be heard on 162.550&nbsp;MHz (Call Sign KIG83, Alpena)

==Transportation==
[[File:Steamer "Pastime" enroute to Presque Isle - DPLA - ff32a2a771bf1d634257fdcc32591173.jpg|thumb|right|Steamer "Pastime" en route to Presque Isle]]

===Air===
There is one county-owned airport in Presque Isle County, providing access to [[general aviation]]:
* Presque Isle County Airport – located SW of Rogers City<ref>[http://www.airnav.com/airport/KPZQ ''Presque Isle County Airport'' airnav.com]</ref>

The nearest commercial airline airports are [[Alpena County Regional Airport]] near Alpena,<ref>[https://www.airnav.com/airport/KAPN ''Alpena County Regional Airport'' airnav.com]</ref> and [[Cherry Capital Airport]]<ref>[https://www.airnav.com/airport/KTVC ''Cherry Capital Airport'' airnav.com]</ref> near ([[Traverse City, Michigan|Traverse City]]).

===Major highways===
* {{jct|state=MI|US|23}}
* {{jct|state=MI|US-Bus|23|dab1=Rogers City}}
* {{jct|state=MI|M|33}}
* {{jct|state=MI|M|65}}
* {{jct|state=MI|M|68}}
* {{jct|state=MI|M|211}}
* {{jct|state=MI|CDH|F-21}}

==See also==
* [[List of Michigan State Historic Sites in Presque Isle County]]
* [[National Register of Historic Places listings in Presque Isle County, Michigan]]

==Footnotes==
{{NoteFoot}}

==References==
{{Reflist|30em}}

==External links==
* [http://www.presqueislecounty.org/ Presque Isle County website] Presque Isle County website
* [http://www.theenchantedforest.com/ Enchanted forest] ''Enchanted forest'', Northern Michigan source for information, calendars etc.
* {{cite web|url=http://clarke.cmich.edu/resource_tab/bibliographies_of_clarke_library_material/michigan_local_history/county_material/presque_isle.html|publisher=[[Clarke Historical Library]], [[Central Michigan University]]|title=Bibliography on Presque Isle County}}

{{Geographic Location
|Centre    = Presque Isle County
|North     = ''[[Lake Huron]]''<br/>[[Chippewa County, Michigan|Chippewa County]]
|Northeast = [[Manitoulin District]], [[Ontario]] {{flagicon|Canada}}
|East      = ''[[Lake Huron]]''<br/>[[Manitoulin District]], [[Ontario]] {{flagicon|Canada}}
|Southeast = [[Alpena County, Michigan|Alpena County]]
|Southwest = [[Montmorency County, Michigan|Montmorency County]]
|West      = [[Cheboygan County, Michigan|Cheboygan County]]
|Northwest = [[Mackinac County, Michigan|Mackinac County]]
}}

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{{Northern Michigan}}
{{Michigan}}
{{Authority control}}
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