| Marenisco, Michigan | |
| Settlement Type: | Census-designated place (CDP) & unincorporated community |
| Pushpin Map: | Michigan#USA |
| Pushpin Label Position: | right |
| Pushpin Label: | Marenisco |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location within the state of Michigan |
| Mapsize: | 250 |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | United States |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Name1: | Michigan |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Subdivision Name2: | Gogebic |
| Subdivision Type3: | Township |
| Subdivision Name3: | Marenisco |
| Unit Pref: | Imperial |
| Area Footnotes: | [1] |
| Area Total Km2: | 8.93 |
| Area Total Sq Mi: | 3.45 |
| Area Land Km2: | 8.93 |
| Area Land Sq Mi: | 3.45 |
| Area Water Km2: | 0.00 |
| Area Water Sq Mi: | 0.00 |
| Population As Of: | 2020 |
| Population Total: | 179 |
| Population Density Km2: | 20.05 |
| Population Density Sq Mi: | 51.94 |
| Timezone: | Eastern (EST) |
| Utc Offset: | -5 |
| Timezone Dst: | EDT |
| Utc Offset Dst: | -4 |
| Elevation Ft: | 1515 |
| Coordinates: | 46.3761°N -89.6961°W |
| Postal Code Type: | ZIP code(s) |
| Postal Code: | 49947 |
| Area Code: | 906 |
| Blank Name: | FIPS code |
| Blank Info: | 26-51540 |
| Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature ID |
| Blank1 Info: | 1620705 |
Marenisco is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Marenisco Township, Gogebic County, Michigan, in the United States. As of the 2010 census, the CDP had a population of 254,[2] out of a total population in the township of 1,727. The name of the community and the township was formed by combining the first three letters from Mary Enid Scott, the wife of E. H. Scott, a timber producer.[3]
The community is located in the western part of Marenisco Township, in the western part of Michigan's Upper Peninsula. U.S. Route 2 runs along the northern edge of the community, leading east to Watersmeet and west to Wakefield. Ironwood, Michigan, at the Wisconsin state line, is to the west on US 2. State highway M-64 passes through the center of Marenisco, leading south 9miles to the Wisconsin border.
The community of Marenisco was listed as a newly organized census-designated place for the 2010 census, meaning it now has officially defined boundaries and population statistics for the first time.[4] According to the United States Census Bureau, the Marenisco CDP has an area of 8.9sqkm, all of it land. The community is bounded to the east by the Presque Isle River, which flows to Lake Superior in northeastern Gogebic County.