Editing Mackinac Island, Michigan

{{short description|Historic resort community on a Michigan island}}
{{About|the city of Mackinac Island|the island of the same name|Mackinac Island}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=October 2015}}
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| leader_name        = [[Margaret Doud|Margaret M. Doud]]
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 |chapter = Local Act 437: An Act to Vacate the Township of Holmes and Village of Mackinac, in Mackinac County, State of Michigan, and to Incorporate the City of Mackinac Island in Said Mackinac County |title = Local Acts of the Legislature of the State of Michigan Passed at the Regular Session of 1899 with an Appendix |location = Lansing, MI |publisher = Robert Smith Printing Company |pages = 377–438 |oclc = 679994901 |via = [[Library of Michigan]]}}</ref><br>{{Start date and age|1900|3|20}} (city)<ref>{{cite book |author = Michigan Legislature |author-link = Michigan Legislature |year = 1899 |url = https://cdm16110.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/p16110coll6/id/98469
 |chapter = Local Act 437: An Act to Vacate the Township of Holmes and Village of Mackinac, in Mackinac County, State of Michigan, and to Incorporate the City of Mackinac Island in Said Mackinac County |title = Local Acts of the Legislature of the State of Michigan Passed at the Regular Session of 1899 with an Appendix |location = Lansing, MI |publisher = Robert Smith Printing Company |pages = 377–438 |oclc = 679994901 |via = [[Library of Michigan]]}}</ref>
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| population_total   = 583
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| postal_code        = 49757
| area_code          = [[Area code 906|906]]
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| blank_info         = 26-50280<ref name="GR2">{{cite web |url = https://www.census.gov |publisher = United States Census Bureau |access-date=January 31, 2008 |title = U.S. Census website}}</ref>
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'''Mackinac Island''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|m|æ|k|ə|n|ɔː}} {{respell|MAK|ə|naw}}, {{IPAc-en|local|ˈ|m|æ|k|ə|n|ə}} {{respell|MAK|ə|nə}}) is a city in [[Mackinac County, Michigan|Mackinac County]] in the U.S. state of [[Michigan]]. As of the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]], the city had a population of 583.

Established as an important [[fur trading]] center in the eighteenth century, with a predominately French-speaking population of French Canadians and [[Métis]], after the [[War of 1812]] the city gained more Anglo-American residents. The US put restrictions on Canadians for fur trading. From 1818 until 1882, the city served as the [[county seat]] of the former Michilimackinac County, which was later organized as Mackinac County, with [[St. Ignace, Michigan|St. Ignace]] designated as the county seat. The city includes all of [[Mackinac Island]] and also nearby [[Round Island (Michigan)|Round Island]] which is unpopulated, federally owned and part of the [[Hiawatha National Forest]].<ref>{{URL|www.cityofmi.org}}</ref> The state park and the national forest make up most of the city.

A unique [[local ordinance]] passed in 1895 prohibits the use of any [[motor vehicle]]s on the island. The only exceptions to this are city emergency vehicles (ambulance, police cars and fire trucks), city service vehicles and [[snowmobiles]] in the winter. Today the most common means of travel is by foot, bicycle, horse or [[horse-drawn carriage]]. Roller skates and roller blades are also allowed, except in the downtown area. Mackinac Island is home to the [[Grand Hotel (Mackinac Island)|Grand Hotel]], built during the late nineteenth century when the island started to be a summer destination. When the 1980 movie ''[[Somewhere in Time (film)|Somewhere in Time]]'' was filmed here, the city made an exception to allow the production company to use motorized vehicles on the island.

==History==
[[File:Grand Hotel1.jpg|thumb|Grand Hotel]]

Andrew Blackbird was the son of an [[Ottawa people|Ottawa]] chief and served as an official interpreter for the U.S. government in the late 19th century. According to his 1887 history of the indigenous peoples of Michigan, the people of Mackinac Island had been a small independent tribe known as ''Mi-shi-ne-macki naw-go''. They became affiliated with the larger tribe of [[Odawa|Ottawa]] from Ottawa Island (now [[Manitoulin Island]]) situated north of [[Lake Huron]].<ref name=blackbird1887 />

One winter the Mi-shi-ne-macki naw-go on Mackinac were nearly annihilated by the [[Seneca people|Seneca]], the westernmost nation of the [[Iroquois Confederacy]], then based in present-day New York and Pennsylvania. Two natives escaped by hiding in one of the natural caves on the island. To commemorate this tribe, the Ottawa and Chippewa (Ojibwe) named the island as ''Mi-shi-ne-macki-nong,'' also known as ''Michilimackinac'' (meaning "Great Turtle") by the 18th century.<ref name=blackbird1887>{{cite book |first = Andrew J. |last = Blackbird |year = 1887 |title = History of the Ottawa and Chippewa Indians of Michigan: Earliest Possible Known History of Mackinac Island |location = Ypsilanti, MI |publisher = Ypsilantian Job Printing House |url = https://books.google.com/books?id=bX8CAAAAYAAJ |pages = 19–20 |isbn = 9780722200902 |oclc = 29210477 |via = [[Google Books]]}}</ref>

In 1654 French Jesuit [[missionaries]] recorded French traders at the island, who were with a large party of Huron and Ottawa heading to Three Rivers. Another trader was said to have made a canoe voyage to the island in 1665.<ref name=Bailey1887>{{cite book |first=John R. |last=Bailey |year=1896 |title=Mackinac Formerly Michilimackinac |location=Lansing, MI |publisher=Darius D. Thorp & Son |edition=2nd Neosho |url=https://archive.org/stream/mackinacformerly00bail/mackinacformerly00bail_djvu.txt |ol=22885767M |via=[[Archive.org]]}}</ref> The French colonists continued in the [[fur trade]], which became extremely lucrative; they operated out of [[Montreal]] and Quebec, and established posts on ''Mi-shi-ne-macki-nong'' and throughout the Great Lakes area. After the French ceded their territory in North America to the British in 1763 following defeat in the [[Seven Years' War]], the British established [[Fort St. Joseph (Ontario)|Fort St. Joseph]] and an installation on what was known as Michilimackinac. During the [[American Revolutionary War]], they vacated the fort.

By 1782, the Americans established a garrison on what they called Mackinac Island, commanded by Captain [[Daniel Robertson (British Army officer)|Daniel Robertson]]; he had command until his death in 1787. In 1796 as a result of [[Jay's Treaty]] with Great Britain, settling the northern border, the island officially became part of the United States and its [[Northwest Territory]].

In the early 1800s Mackinac Island had a permanent population of about 250. Although it was part of the United States, most of the residents were of French-Canadian and [[Métis]] ancestry, based on its colonial history, and French was the predominant language. The fur trade was the dominant feature of the economy. Native American languages, particularly Ojibwe and Odawa, and dialects were spoken by some residents. In the summer trading season, the population could reach 4,000, attracting agents and Native Americans from the interior.<ref name="therese">{{cite journal |jstor = 4635227 |first = John E. |last = McDowell |title = Therese Schindler of Mackinac: Upward Mobility in the Great Lakes Fur Trade |journal = Wisconsin Magazine of History |location = Madison |volume = 61 |issue = 2 |date = Winter 1977–78 |pages=125–43 <!-- |access-date = September 12, 2014-->}}</ref>

After the [[War of 1812]], the United States prohibited British fur traders from operating in US territory, cutting off some of the relations between Canadians and Native Americans on the US side. Some fur trading families divided their operations with posts on each side of the border. The noted French writer [[Alexis de Tocqueville]] visited Mackinac Island in July 1831 on his tour of the United States. He wrote about its unique population with its strong French and Native American influence.<ref name="c-span">{{cite web |first1=Phil |last1=Porter |first2=Susan |last2=Swain |date=August 7, 1997 |url=http://www.c-span.org/video/?89124-1/tocqueville-mackinac-island |title=Tocqueville in Mackinac Island |type=Video |work=Tocqueville |publisher=[[C-SPAN]]}}</ref>

Under American rule, Michilimackinac (the island and adjacent areas) had a [[justice of the peace]], supervisor of roads, and two military captains until the borough was formed.<ref name="mitc1">{{cite news |last1=Lien |first1=Cathryn |date=July 14, 2017 |title=City of Mackinac Island Reaches 200th Anniversary |language=en |work=Mackinac Island Town Crier |url=http://www.mackinacislandnews.com/news/2017-07-14/Top_News/City_of_Mackinac_Island_Reaches_200th_Anniversary.html |url-status=dead |access-date=February 7, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180613084731/http://www.mackinacislandnews.com/news/2017-07-14/Top_News/City_of_Mackinac_Island_Reaches_200th_Anniversary.html |archive-date=Jun 13, 2018}}</ref> The island's people made a request through Indian Agent William Henry Puthuff on February 2, 1817, that a borough be established on the island and for building a jailhouse. In response on March 15, 1817, [[Michigan Territory]] Secretary William Woodbridge issued a proclamation forming the Township of Michilimackinac, giving the jurisdiction's distance from Detroit, the territorial capital. The governor and judges passed an act on April 6, 1817, forming the Borough of Michilimackinac.<ref name="mitc0">{{cite news|last1=Lien|first1=Cathryn|title=A History of the Borough of Michilimackinac, City of Mackinac|url=http://www.mackinacislandnews.com/news/2017-07-14/News/A_History_of_the_Borough_of_Michilimackinac_City_o.html|access-date=February 7, 2018|work=Mackinac Island Town Crier|date=July 14, 2017|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180208123444/http://www.mackinacislandnews.com/news/2017-07-14/News/A_History_of_the_Borough_of_Michilimackinac_City_o.html|archive-date=February 8, 2018|url-status=dead}}</ref> The borough organizational meeting was held in the Indian Council House, presided over by Puthuff on Monday, July 7, 1817. (The site was within the boundaries of the current Marquette Park). At this meeting, the residents selected the following officers, a warden, two [[Burgess (title)|burgesses]], a clerk, a marshal and a treasurer. Puthuff was selected as warden, the chief official similar to a mayor. The [[American Fur Company]] was formed on Main Street, now Market Street.<ref name="mitc1" />

With the 1818 formation of [[Mackinac County, Michigan|Michilimackinac County]] by Territorial Governor [[Lewis Cass]], this borough was named as the county seat. The Borough form was later replaced with that of a village.<ref name="mitc0" /> Waren Puthuff was authorized by [[Statute|borough act]] to build a wharf at the end of Cross Street, now named Astor Street after John Jacob Astor. This wharf is the longest-lasting wharf on the island and was later used as the coal dock.<ref name="mitc1" />

On March 16, 1847, the Michigan state legislature passed a law abolishing the borough, effective April 1. The legislature reversed this action and incorporated the island as the Village of Mackinac, effective March 25, 1847.<ref>{{cite book|title=Public and Local Acts of the Legislature of the State of Michigan|date=1847|publisher=State of Michigan|pages=68, 69, 119–124|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PlTiAAAAMAAJ&q=Borough+of+Michilimackinac&pg=PA68|access-date=February 7, 2018|language=en}}</ref>

In the late 19th century, Mackinac Island became a popular summer resort destination for travelers from major cities such as [[Chicago]] and later [[Detroit]], as well as more distant ones. The [[Grand Hotel (Mackinac Island)|Grand Hotel]] was built as a luxury venue. The seasonal peak of population in the summer, now made up of thousands of tourists and service workers, follows the earlier cycle of the fur trade. As then, it is a time of festivities and entertainment.

In 1860, the ''Augustus Pond vs. The People'' court case was held in the county courthouse. It clarified the self-defense legal principle informally expressed as “a man’s home is his castle.”<ref name="mitc1" /> Hubbard's Annex was platted on the former Ambrose Davenport farm west of the harbor in 1882 by Gurdon Saltonstall Hubbard.<ref name="mitc" /> The [[county seat]] was moved from the municipality in 1882 to [[St. Ignace, Michigan|St. Ignace]], as more population had moved into the western part of the county.<ref name="mitc1" />

Personal motor vehicles were banned in 1895 in order to protect the health of the island horses and residents. Soon after the first automobiles made their way onto the island, members of Mackinac Island Carriage Tours petitioned the Village of Mackinac Island to ban the automobile as the "dangerous horseless carriage" startled the horses. This ban remains in effect today with only exceptions being city emergency vehicles (ambulance, police cars and fire trucks), city service vehicles and snowmobiles in winter.<ref>{{Cite web|title=History of Mackinac Island Carriage Tours|url=https://www.mict.com/history.html|access-date=2021-04-16|website=www.mict.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2008-05-29|title=Mackinac Island Fact Sheet|url=http://www.mackinacisland.org/pdfs/mackinacislandfactsheet.pdf|access-date=2021-04-16|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080529014639/http://www.mackinacisland.org/pdfs/mackinacislandfactsheet.pdf|archive-date=May 29, 2008}}</ref>

The [[Michigan Legislature]] created the City of Mackinac Island on June 9, 1899, via act 437 as a special charter city, combining the [[Holmes Township, Mackinac County, Michigan|Township of Holmes]] and Village of Mackinac.<ref>{{cite book |author = Michigan Legislature |author-link = Michigan Legislature |year = 1899 |url = https://cdm16110.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/p16110coll6/id/98469
 |chapter = Local Act 437: An Act to Vacate the Township of Holmes and Village of Mackinac, in Mackinac County, State of Michigan, and to Incorporate the City of Mackinac Island in Said Mackinac County |title = Local Acts of the Legislature of the State of Michigan Passed at the Regular Session of 1899 with an Appendix |location = Lansing, MI |publisher = Robert Smith Printing Company |pages = 377–438 |oclc = 679994901 |via = [[Library of Michigan]]}}</ref> At that time, all of nearby [[Round Island (Michigan)|Round Island]] was included in the corporate limits, for reasons not clear today.

Round Island is owned and overseen by the [[United States Forest Service]] in its entirety, and is managed as part of the Round Island [[Wilderness area|Wilderness Area]] and the [[Hiawatha National Forest]]. The city limits include all of [[Mackinac Island State Park]], which area makes up 82 percent of Mackinac Island; it is governed by the [[Mackinac Island State Park Commission]].

==Geography==
[[File:Fort Mackinac from water.jpg|thumb|right|City and harbor]]
[[File:Mackinac Island, MI post office.jpg|thumb|right|U.S. Post Office in Mackinac Island]]
According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the city has a total area of {{convert|18.84|sqmi|sqkm|2}}, of which {{convert|4.35|sqmi|sqkm|2}} is land and {{convert|14.49|sqmi|sqkm|2}} is water.<ref name="Gazetteer files">{{cite web |title=US Gazetteer files 2010 |url=https://www.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/files/Gaz_places_national.txt |publisher=United States Census Bureau |access-date=November 25, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120112090031/http://www.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/files/Gaz_places_national.txt |archive-date=January 12, 2012 |df=mdy-all}}</ref> The City of Mackinac Island exists on the island of the same name, and it also nominally includes the entirety of nearby Round Island, situated in the Straits of Mackinac immediately to the south, which is uninhabited, and is owned and overseen by the United States Forest Service in its entirety, and is managed as part of the Round Island Wilderness Area and the Hiawatha National Forest.

While all of Mackinac Island, the landform, is located within the corporate limits of the City of Mackinac Island, today 82 percent of the island's landmass is owned by the [[Michigan|State of Michigan]] and managed by the [[Mackinac Island State Park Commission]] (MISPC). The city has direct jurisdiction over only 18 percent of the island. The City and the Commission work together on the many issues affecting both the City and the State Park, such as the longtime ban on motorized vehicles on the island.

Access to the island is by ferries across [[Lake Huron]]. The city of Mackinac Island is one of seven municipalities in the state of Michigan to consist entirely of islands, including [[Grosse Ile Township, Michigan|Grosse Ile]], [[Drummond Township, Michigan|Drummond]], [[Bois Blanc Township, Michigan|Bois Blanc]], [[St. James Township, Michigan|St. James]], [[Peaine Township, Michigan|Peaine]], and [[Sugar Island Township, Michigan|Sugar Island]] townships.

Mackinac Island is encircled by [[M-185 (Michigan highway)|M-185]], a [[Michigan State Trunkline Highway System|state highway]] that is only accessible to pedestrians, bicyclists, and [[horse-drawn vehicle]]s, as cars are banned on the island. In downtown Mackinac Island, the highway is known as "Main Street", while elsewhere it is known as "Lake Shore Road".

===Neighborhoods===
*'''Harrisonville''', also referred to as "the village", is a neighborhood of the city just past the Grand Hotel and up a hill.<ref name=fj>{{cite news |title = The 18 tiniest cities in Michigan |url = http://www.mlive.com/entertainment/index.ssf/2016/11/meet_michigans_smallest_cities.html#16 |access-date=December 5, 2016 |work = Flint Journal |page = 16 |date=December 4, 2016}}</ref>
*'''Hubbard's Annex''' is a summer cottage subdivision and historical district west of the harbor platted in 1882 by Gurdon Saltonstall Hubbard. The plans included a public park referred to as the Commons and a community building lot for the Eating House. [[Francis B. Stockbridge]] purchased a cottage on the bluff top in 1882, where the Dziabis cottage is now located.<ref name="mitc">{{cite news|last1=Straus|first1=Frank|title=A Look at History: Hubbard's Annex Is Historic District Within Mackinac Island|url=http://www.mackinacislandnews.com/news/2007-07-14/columnist/033.html|access-date=February 7, 2018|work=Mackinac Island Town Crier|date=July 14, 2007|language=en}}</ref>

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|1880= 720
|1890= 750
|1900= 665
|1910= 714
|1920= 493
|1930= 566
|1940= 508
|1950= 572
|1960= 942
|1970= 517
|1980= 479
|1990= 469
|2000= 523
|2010= 492
|2020= 583
|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census<ref name="DecennialCensus">{{cite web |url = https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html|title = Census of Population and Housing|publisher = United States Census Bureau|access-date=June 4, 2015}}</ref>
}}

===2020 census===
As of the [[census]] of 2020, there were 583 people, 220 households, and 120 families residing in the city. The [[population density]] was {{convert|134.02|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|1}}.

===2010 census===
As of the [[census]]<ref name="wwwcensusgov">{{cite web |title = U.S. Census website |url = https://www.census.gov |publisher = United States Census Bureau |access-date=November 25, 2012}}</ref> of 2010, there were 492 people, 240 households, and 128 families residing in the city. The [[population density]] was {{convert|113.1|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|1}}. There were 1,002 housing units at an average density of {{convert|230.3|/sqmi|/km2|1}}. The racial makeup of the city was 73.8% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 1.2% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 18.1% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 0.6% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 0.2% [[Race (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]], 0.2% from [[Race (U.S. Census)|other races]], and 5.9% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 2.2% of the population.

There were 240 households, of which 22.5% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 39.2% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 7.5% had a female householder with no husband present, 6.7% had a male householder with no wife present, and 46.7% were non-families. 37.5% of all households were made up of individuals, and 9.6% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.05 and the average family size was 2.69.

The median age in the city was 42.5 years. 17.7% of residents were under the age of 18; 7.6% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 27.4% were from 25 to 44; 33.9% were from 45 to 64; and 13.4% were 65 years of age or older. The gender makeup of the city was 52.8% male and 47.2% female.

===2000 census===

As of the [[census]]<ref name="GR2" /> of 2000, there were 523 people, 252 households, and 143 families residing in the city. The population density was {{convert|119.8|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 565 housing units at an average density of {{convert|129.4|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. The racial makeup of the city was 75.72% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 18.36% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 0.38% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 0.19% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 5.35% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 0.57% of the population.

There were 252 households, out of which 23.4% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 44.4% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 9.5% had a female householder with no husband present, and 42.9% were non-families. 36.1% of all households were made up of individuals, and 9.5% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.08 and the average family size was 2.69.

In the city, the population was spread out, with 18.0% under the age of 18, 6.5% from 18 to 24, 34.4% from 25 to 44, 28.9% from 45 to 64, and 12.2% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 41 years. For every 100 females, there were 109.2 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 106.3 males.

The median income for a household in the city was $36,964, and the median income for a family was $50,536. Males had a median income of $39,219 versus $25,313 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the city was $27,965. About 1.4% of families and 3.5% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 5.1% of those under age 18 and none of those age 65 or over.

==Arts and culture==
[[File:Mackinac_Island_courthouse_and_offices.jpg|thumb|right|Mackinac Island Courthouse and Community Hall & City Offices]] 
Mackinac Island is noted for its many [[fudge]] shops, a tourist attraction. The island has a large craft industry devoted to making fudge in a traditional manner, creating portions on cold marble slabs.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.originalmurdicksfudge.com/mackinac-island-great-lakes-location-and-climate-contribute-to-our-fudges-unique-taste-2/|title=Mackinac Island Great Lakes Location And Climate Contribute To Our Fudge's Unique Taste|date=11 December 2013|access-date=4 December 2023}}</ref>

Mackinac Island is the destination of both the annual [[Chicago Yacht Club Race to Mackinac]], run by the [[Chicago Yacht Club]], and the annual [[Port Huron to Mackinac Boat Race]], sponsored by the [[Bayview Yacht Club]] of [[Detroit]].

===Sites and buildings on the National Register of Historic Places===
{{colbegin}}
* [[Fort Mackinac]]
* [[Matthew Geary House]]
* [[Grand Hotel (Mackinac Island)|Grand Hotel]]
* [[Richard and Jane Manoogian Mackinac Art Museum|Indian Dormitory]]
* [[Mackinac Island]]
* [[Mission Church (Michigan)|Mission Church]]
* [[Mission House (Mackinac Island)|Mission House]]
* [[Round Island Light (Michigan)|Round Island Light]]
* [[Round Island Passage Light]]
* [[Robert Stuart House]]
* [[Michigan Governor's Summer Residence]]
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==Government==
The city has an elected council with six members and a mayor.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Ellison|first1=Garret|title=Impassioned preservation debate comes to a head on Mackinac Island with historic districts vote|url=http://www.mlive.com/business/index.ssf/2013/01/impassioned_preservation_debat.html|access-date=February 7, 2018|work=MLive.com|date=January 9, 2013}}</ref> The mayor is elected annually.<ref name="mitc1" />
[[Margaret Doud]] was appointed to fill a vacancy on the council in 1974. In 1975, she ran for mayor and won. Doud has continually won re-election to the office since then, and {{as of|2025|lc=y}}, she is the current [[List of longest-serving mayors in the United States|longest-serving mayor in the United States]].<ref name="mitc1" />

==Education==
The island is served by the [[Mackinac Island School District]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st26_mi/schooldistrict_maps/c26097_mackinac/DC20SD_C26097.pdf|title=2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Mackinac County, MI|publisher=[[U.S. Census Bureau]]|accessdate=2023-02-26}}</ref> which operates one school, (The Mackinac Island Public School), which houses grades Pre-K through 12 along with the school's administration.

==References==
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==External links==
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* {{Official website|www.cityofmi.org}}

{{Mackinac County, Michigan}}
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