Churches

Millersburg United Methodist Church

Community Information

The Presque Isle County Tourism Council

Exploring our Heritage through our Ancestors

Millersburg Early Mill Owners

Local History

Incorporated as a village in 1901.  Millersburg was probably the last Michigan village deliberately planned in the forest.  The site was where the D & M Railroad and the Ocqueoc River meet.  The first permanent settlers arrived in 1898 and by 1901 the village was home to over 1200 souls, five sawmills, five general stores, five sample rooms (bars), two drug stores, two jewelry stores, two hotels, two barbers, two doctors offices, two blacksmiths, a restaurant, bank, feeds store, meat market, photographers, newspaper, church, post office, school and the Presque Isle County Fair.

Fire was Millersburg's nemesis.  The July 1908 fires destroyed thousands of acres of timber.  The July 1911 fires destroyed much of the business section and two sawmills.  The November 1929 fire destroyed seven businesses of which only one rebuilt.

Since the 20's Millersburg's population has been around 300.  The village has prospered and suffered with the ever-changing agriculture, forest, mining and tourism industries but has managed to maintain a hundred years of charter village government, and continues to strive for a better quality of life.

Today, the Burg is home for eight retail stores, two sawmills, a post office, elementary school, state of the art volunteer fire and E.M.S. departments, a Baptist church, a United Methodist church, water and street department, and the Presque Isle County Fiar.

There are many reasons to visit this little town on the Ocqueoc.  Millersburg is home to many seasonal activities.  The village sits on the crossroads of three snowmobile trails:  the Silvercreek trail, the Millersburg Grade trail, and the Millersburg Elk Run Connector.  Seventeen inland lakes provide many fishing opportunities.  Millersburg historical society is in the process of restoring one of only two Railroad Depots in Northern Michigan to use as a museum for Ocqueoc City.

Above information courtesy of The Presque Isle County Tourism Council.

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