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County in Michigan, United States

Alpena County comprises the Alpena, MI Micropolitan Statistical Area.

[[Image:1842 Okkuddo Cheonoquet Anamickee Shawwano Oscoda Negwegon counties Michigan. jpg|thumb|A detail from A New Map of Michigan with its Canals, Roads & Distances (1842) by Henry Schenck Tanner, showing Alpena County as Anamickee, the county's name from 1840 to 1843. then renamed in 1843 to Alpena County, a pseudo Native American word — a neologism coined by Henry Schoolcraft, meaning "a good partridge country." The Thunder Bay Band of Chippewa and Ottawa, the original indigenous inhabitants of the area, merged with the Mackinac Bands of Chippewa and Ottawa Indians in the mid 1800s under Chief Way ge maw waw be. The county was officially organized in 1857. Alpena County is in the northeast of the mitten shaped Lower Peninsula of Michigan. Lake Huron and Thunder Bay are to the east, Alcona County to the south, Oscoda County to the southwest, Montmorency County to the west, and Presque Isle County to the north. Most of the county is drained by the Thunder Bay River and its tributaries. The Mackinaw State Forest occupies large tracts of land in the county. The Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary is offshore adjacent to the county. The 45th parallel bisects the county, meaning it is halfway between the North Pole and the equator. Several islands in Thunder Bay are part of the Michigan Islands National Wildlife Refuge. There are automated lighthouses on Middle Island and Thunder Bay Island.

serves Alpena on its way along the Lake Huron shoreline. To the north, it passes past Long Lake and Grand Lake, thence to Rogers City, Michigan, through Cheboygan, Michigan, and on to Mackinaw City, Michigan, where it ends and connects to I 75 and the Mackinac Bridge. ends its 100 mile (161 km) easterly cross peninsular route from Lake Michigan to Lake Huron within downtown Alpena at an intersection with US 23.
is a more direct route to the south than US 23, which meanders along the lake shore through many villages and towns. M 65 goes north to Rogers City.

The Alpena News is the daily newspaper of record for much of Northeast lower peninsula of Michigan. For a complete list of other media, see Alpena, Michigan.