Welcome to Luce County

Luce County is located in Michigan’s Eastern Upper Peninsula.  The 908 square mile county is a four season recreational mecca with over 300,000 acres of public access land, 15,000 acres of inland lakes, 658 miles of rivers and streams including Hemingway’s Big Two Hearted River, 32 miles of Lake Superior shoreline, the Crisp Point Lighthouse and the Tahquamenon Falls. An Act of Legislature dated March 17, 1887 organized Luce County from portions of Chippewa and Mackinac Counties.  Newberry, incorporated in 1885, was designated as the County Seat.  The county was named after then serving Michigan Governor, Cyrus G. Luce.

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