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History · Ocqueoc Township

Ocqueoc Township’s post office opened in 1885, and 2 of its places are on the National Register

2 places in town are on the National Register, among them a historic district with 8 buildings. Most of Ocqueoc Township was built recently: 2% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1975. Below: maps from 1957 on.

1885first post office
2on the National Register
2%homes built before 1940
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Quick answers

How Ocqueoc Township began

When was Ocqueoc Township founded?

1885

The Ocqueoc Township post office opened in 1885, the earliest record of the town by name. Another post office, Ocqueoc (1885), opened inside today’s town and later closed.

2020 census: 544141 years
Founding year: the first Ocqueoc Township post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Ocqueoc Township’s past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Ocqueoc Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Lost villages1 post office opened and closed inside today’s Ocqueoc Township, and 3 old place names are still on the map.
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Start Ocqueoc Township’s collection

The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Ocqueoc Township’s history is told.

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Places that used to be

Lost post offices, old corners, places now gone and burying grounds

Another post office, Ocqueoc, opened and closed inside today’s town.

Hamlets and corners on the map
Bell LandingHuron BeachOcqueoc
Gone or out of use
Ocqueoc Post Officepost office
3cemeteries and burying grounds inside Ocqueoc Township
MethodistOcqueocTrinity Lutheran

US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

The story so far

Ocqueoc Township, in brief

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Ocqueoc Township yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.

Ocqueoc Township ( AH-key-ock) is a civil township of Presque Isle County in the U.S. state of Michigan named after the Ocqueoc River. The population of Ocqueoc Township was 544 at the 2020 census, down from 655 at the 2010 census.

Its first post office opened in 1885. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 655 to 544 (-17%).

Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.

Timeline

Ocqueoc Township, 1885 to 1973

Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.

  1. 19th century
  2. 1885Post officeThe Ocqueoc post office opens
  3. 20th century
  4. 1957On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  5. 1973Post officeThe Ocqueoc post office closes
By decade

No old photos in the archives yet

Weddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.

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On the map

Ocqueoc Township on the map, 1957 to 1986

Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Ocqueoc Township. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.

Ocqueoc Township on the 1957 USGS mapOcqueoc Township on the 1986 USGS map1957Onaway sheet · 1:62,500

U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Ocqueoc Township.

On the National Register

2 listings protect 8 historic buildings

The country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.

places listed
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National Historic Landmarks
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historic buildings protected
8
each building in a district counts
first listed
1999
Ocqueoc Falls Highway-Ocqueoc River Bridge
Camp Black LakeOcqueoc Falls Highway-Ocqueoc River Bridge
DistrictsStructures

Architectural styles listings

Concrete Filled Spandrel Arch Bridge1
Camp Black LakeDistrict
All 2 listings
Ocqueoc Falls Highway-Ocqueoc River BridgeStructure · listed 1999

National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place’s page.

Famous people

Famous people close to Ocqueoc Township

Nobody well known was born in Ocqueoc Township itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.

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George Magoffin HumphreyAmerican politician · b. 1890
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Scott SiglerAmerican writer · b. 1969
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Marjorie MatthewsAmerican bishop · b. 1916
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Carol SmallwoodAmerican poet and writer · b. 1939
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Linda MenardAmerican politician · b. 1943
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Archibald RobertsUnited States Army officer · b. 1914
Stories next door

History across the town line

Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.

Rogers Township1 historic placenot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townNorth Allis Township1 historic placenot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townMoltke TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townCase TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townBearinger TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Ocqueoc Township’s history

What year was Ocqueoc Township founded?

The Ocqueoc Township post office opened in 1885, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

What is on the National Register in Ocqueoc Township?

Two places: the Camp Black Lake (listed 2021) and the Ocqueoc Falls Highway-Ocqueoc River Bridge (1999).

Memory lane

What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.

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Where this page comes from

Founding dates: Wikidata, Wikipedia, the U.S. post office records of Blevins & Helbock (CC0) and the Census. Homes by year built: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register of Historic Places: National Park Service (list of May 22, 2026). Old photos, postcards and papers: Wikimedia Commons, the Library of Congress and other public archives, credited on each item’s page. Maps: U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (via Esri) and Sanborn fire-insurance maps (Library of Congress). History text and census tables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Places that used to be: USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021). How TownRatings grades history →

From Wikidata (1), the National Register of Historic Places (2), U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, the US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock) and the USGS Geographic Names Information System. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.