List of Michigan State Historic Sites
Iosco County
Table:
Name

Image

Location

City

Listing date

Alabaster Quarry Informational site

US Gypsum Co. Quarry, intersection of Benson and Turtle roads

Alabaster

August 8, 1963

Alabaster Historic District†

Bounded by Lake Huron, Gypsum, Keystone, and Rempert Rds.

Alabaster

December 16, 1977

Edward A. Brackenridge House

218 West Dwight Street

Oscoda

November 26, 1985

Louis Chevalier Claim Informational Site

295 Harbor Street

Au Sable

July 29, 1980

Cooke Hydroelectric Plant†

1201 Cooke Dam Rd.

Oscoda

August 2, 1996

Dock Reserve Informational Site

Beach at end of Michigan, River Road, Dwight and Park streets

Oscoda

July 21, 1988

Five Channels Dam Archeological District†

6051 State Route 65

Glennie

March 13, 2002

Green Pack House

5014 N US-23

Oscoda

January 27, 1983

Ladies Literary Club Building

316 Newman Street

East Tawas

April 5, 1974

Lumbering on the Huron Shore Informational Designation

Tawas Point State Park

East Tawas

July 19, 1956

Lumberman's Memorial

5401 Monument Rd.

Oscoda Township

February 19, 1958

Pioneer Township Cemetery

4252 Old State Rd.

Grant Township

September 1, 1963

Tawas Point Light Station†

Tawas Point Road

East Tawas vicinity

April 23, 1971

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Alabaster Township is a civil township of Iosco County in the U.S. state of Michigan . the 2010 census has the township population of 487 .
Oscoda is an unincorporated community in the U.S. state of Michigan located on the northern side of the Au Sable River where it enters Lake Huron . The community of Au Sable is on the other side of the river . Oscoda is in Oscoda Township in Iosco County , and not in Oscoda County , which is to the northwest . The 1990 census population was 1,061 , although 3,000 personnel were stationed at nearby Wurtsmith Air Force Base . Oscoda is a census-designated place ( CDP ) for statistical purposes . As of the 2000 census ( several years after the closure of the air force base ) , the population was 992 , and in 2010 the population was 903 . The post office at Oscoda first opened with the name AuSable on September 23 , 1856 . The name changed to Oscoda on July 1 , 1875 . Nearby is the Lumberman 's Monument , in honor of the lumberjacks that first populated the area . The state of Michigan has designated Oscoda as the official home of Paul Bunyan due to the earliest documented publications in the Oscoda Press , August 10 , 1906 , by James MacGillivray ( later revised and published in The Detroit News in 1910 ) . Wurtsmith Air Force Base ( originally Camp Skeel ) was located just northwest of the community from 1923 to 1993 . Wurtsmith was the site of the Strategic Air Command 's 379th Bombardment Wing , consisting of one nuclear-armed B-52 bomber squadron and one air refueling squadron equipped with KC-135s .
Au Sable Charter Township is a charter township of Iosco County in the U.S. state of Michigan . As of the 2000 census , the township population was 2,230 . The unincorporated community of Au Sable is within the township .
Cooke Dam is a hydro-electric dam on the Au Sable River in Michigan . It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1996 as the Cooke Hydroelectric Plant .
Curtis Township is a civil township of Alcona County in the U.S. state of Michigan . The population was 1,236 at the 2010 census . Curtis Township was organized in 1881 and named for its first settler , E.D . Curtis . There were several lumber camps in the township area around Curtisville .
East Tawas is a city in Iosco County in the U.S. state of Michigan . The population was 2,808 at the 2010 census .
Tawas Point State Park is a public recreation area located on Lake Huron in Northern Michigan near the city of East Tawas , Michigan . The state park encompasses 183 acres ( 74 ha ) at the end of a sand spit that forms Tawas Bay . It has been referred to as the Cape Cod of the Midwest and is a notable bird-watching site . The park is home to the Tawas Point Light , which , although it has been remodeled several times , serves as the sole representative of a true Victorian-era style station built on the Great Lakes .
Oscoda Charter Township is a charter township of Iosco County in the U.S. state of Michigan . The population was 7,248 at the 2000 census .
Grant Township is a civil township of Iosco County in the U.S. state of Michigan . At the 2000 census the township population was 1,560 .
Tawas Point Light is located in the Tawas Point State Park off Tawas Bay in Lake Huron in Baldwin Township in Northern Michigan .