History of Bearinger Township Michigan

Bearinger Township is a small general law township in Presque Isle County, located in the northeast part of the state of Michigan. In the late 1880s, there was a large township in the northeast of Michigan in which Mr. Bearinger had a large lumbering operation. The story goes that to reduce his taxes to the township he convinced the state legislature to split Rogers Township into two smaller townships. One of which was named Bearinger to which he was supposedly able to pay lower taxes. Based on a petition of 13 freeholders in October of 1918 and with the approval of three-fifths of the supervisors of Presque Isle County part of section 36N 3E was split off from Bearinger Township and appended to Ocqueoc Township. If you extend the lower boundary of Bearinger Township east to the lower boundary of Rogers Township you can visualize the section split off and providing Lake Huron access. Bearinger Township has the Black Mallard River and numerous creeks running to Lake Huron along with several small lakes.

The nearest cities and villages surrounding Bearinger Township are Onaway, Rogers City, Posen, and Millersburg. Please enjoy your website experience. It was designed with you in mind. If you should have any questions or concerns, please feel free to contact anyone on the contacts page. Thank you again for connecting with us!

There are ten recognized Michigan historical markers in Presque Isle County.

• 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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