Onaway is a city in Presque Isle County, just east of the Cheboygan–Presque Isle county parentage in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 880 at the 2010 census. Onaway is the Sturgeon Capital of Michigan, and there is a lake sturgeon streamside rearing facility on the within reach Black River, where the fish migrate alongside to the Cheboygan River and next to Lake Huron.

This cultivation community customary a say office open upon October 23, 1882 with civil engineer Thomas E. Shaw as postmaster. This office was named Shaw for him. Arriving in 1886, Merritt Chandler had platted the community below the pronounce of Onaway. Chandler took higher than as postmaster taking into consideration it varying its declare to Onaway upon March 29, 1890. On August 18, 1893, Shaw took back up the postmaster point of view and distorted the office’s broadcast to Adalaska. Once again, the say office was renamed urge on to Onaway on November 15, 1897. Onaway was incorporated as a village in 1899. Onaway soon became a city in 1903.
At the introduction of the twentieth century Onaway was home to one of the world’s largest wooden bicycle wheel manufacturers, producing nearly 65% of the world’s wooden bicycle wheels.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 1.57 square miles (4.07 km), all land. The boundary of Cheboygan and Presque Isle counties is just east of the city.

As of the census of 2010, there were 880 people, 394 households, and 214 families residing in the city. The population density was 560.5 inhabitants per square mile (216.4/km²). There were 495 housing units at an average density of 315.3 per square mile (121.7/km). The racial makeup of the city was 95.8% White, 0.7% African American, 0.9% Native American, 0.1% Asian, 0.3% from other races, and 2.2% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.6% of the population.