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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.

Presque Isle County is surrounded by Alpena, Cheboygan and Montmorency Counties.

My name is Jill Olmack and I am the coordinator for the Presque Isle County website of the Michigan USGenWeb Project. I personally have several family lines that came to Presque Isle County from Poland. I hope you find this site helpful and informative.

Obviously, this GenWeb project is a living, growing project. Please feel free to e-mail me your input to your comments. I would like this site to reflect what you feel is important in your online genealogical search. Let me know of interesting and informative sites that I can link to.

If you are interested in hosting a county for the Michigan GenWeb project, please contact Jan Cortez, the Michigan project coordinator, for further information.