Prudenville is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Roscommon County in the U.S. state of Michigan.

The name Edna existed until it was changed back to Prudenville on January 14, 1886.

The post office remains in operation and is located at 899 West Houghton Lake Drive (M-55).

[4] The Homestead Act of 1862, which granted free land to travelers moving west, prompted settlers to the Prudenville area in 1870 due to its plentiful lumber resources.

In 1882, the Roscommon Lumber Company built a "stand-alone" trestle railroad to assist logging crews in pushing timber into the east bay of Houghton Lake.

During its operation from 1882 to 1887, the company employed 700 workers and logged 175 million board feet of white and Norway pine.

[5] In 2004, the Roscommon Lumber Company and the community of Prudenville were dually listed as a Michigan State Historic Site.