'[5] He served as the US Indian agent and was also a geographer, surveying and naming newly established counties and towns.

Much of the area is the Grayling outwash plain, a broad outwash plain including sandy ice-disintegration ridges, jack pine barrens, white pine-red pine forest, and northern hardwood forest.

At the 2000 United States census, 9,418 people, 3,921 households, and 2,717 families resided in the county.

Since 1884, the Republican Party nominee has carried the county vote in 86% (31 of 36) of the national elections through 2024.

Oscoda County operates the county jail, maintains rural roads, operates the major local courts, records deeds, mortgages, and vital records, administers public health regulations, and participates with the state in the provision of social services.

The county board of commissioners controls the budget and has limited authority to make laws or ordinances.

In Michigan, most local government functions – police and fire, building and zoning, tax assessment, street maintenance, etc.

current as of January 2022 The AuSable River, near Mio, provides opportunity for fishing, canoeing, kayaking, or tubing.

The Loud Creek Trail offers 7 different routes with varying difficulty levels.

Karefree Ranch Boarding Stables offers guided horseback rides in Huron National Forest.