Marenisco, MI

Marenisco is a civil township of Gogebic County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The 2020 census counted 455 residents. The unincorporated community of Marenisco is within the township on the Presque Isle River near the junction of U.S. Highway 2 and M-64 at 46°22′35″N 89°41′47″W. Wakefield is about 15 miles northwest, and Watersmeet about 27 miles southeast on US 2. Taken together, these details give a newcomer a usable picture of Marenisco, where its history, geography, and current gathering places meet. For Marenisco, the memorable detail is the way older history and current gathering places share one local map. The name was formed by combining the first three letters of the first, middle, and last names of Mary Enid Scott, the wife of E. Marenisco is the second-largest township in land area in Michigan. The climate is described as Humid Continental by the Köppen Climate System, abbreviated as Dfb.