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Welcome to Presque Isle ...

So far, we found very little information about Presque Isle. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Presque Isle to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Presque Isle, please Contact Us.

Presque Isle would have been located within present day Lucas County<2>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Presque Isle, you might consider that their post office opened in 1888.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Presque Isle is 630 feet [192 m] above sea level.<3>.

Time Zone: The area where Presque Isle was located is in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

The Area Codes where Presque Isle was located: 419 & 567<4>

Communities Also Named Presque Isle ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 7 communities that are also named Presque Isle - they are located in Louisiana, Maine, Michigan (2), Pennsylvania, Virginia and Wisconsin.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Presque Isle.

Communities near Presque Isle ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Presque Isle.

  • Toledo
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Bowling Green
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
  • Perrysburg
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Oregon
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Sylvania
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
  • Maumee
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Rossford
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Northwood
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Whitehouse
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Ottawa Hills
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Ottawa Hills is located in Lucas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ottawa Hills
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,534 people

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Presque Isle. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Presque Isle.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Presque Isle. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Presque Isle.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Presque Isle. See our Newspapers Page for Presque Isle.

Adding Presque Isle to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Presque Isle in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Presque Isle was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the Presque Isle post office opened in 1888. The Presque Isle post office closed in 1906.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Presque Isle.

Footnotes ...

<1>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Presque Isle, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>If you're interested in how the shape of Ohio's counties, including Lucas, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Presque Isle - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<4>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 419 code has been Overlayed with the 567 area code. New phone numbers in the Presque Isle area will be assigned with one of these codes: 419 or 567. As a result, placing a call in the Presque Isle area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<5>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<6>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/