County
Allegan County, Michigan
Use this county page to find cities, townships, and villages in Allegan County. Each local page gives you property-tax context, school-district rate ranges, official-source links, nearby places, and any Porch Notes tied to that community.
County snapshot
Cities
9
Townships
24
Villages
0
School districts
23
Primary home (PRE) rates, for homes with Michigan's Principal Residence Exemption, range from 24.1763 mills to 45.5782 mills.
Other property, often called non-homestead, usually means rentals, vacation homes, and second homes. Those rates range from 42.1763 mills to 63.5782 mills.
Rate rows come from the official Michigan Treasury millage-rate reports . Last reviewed June 8, 2026.
Local pages
Places in Allegan County
City
Allegan
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Fennville
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Holland
2 school districts available.
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Otsego
1 school district available.
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Plainwell
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Saugatuck
1 school district available.
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South Haven
1 school district available.
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Village of Douglas
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Wayland
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Township
Allegan Township
2 school districts available.
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Casco Township
3 school districts available.
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Cheshire Township
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Clyde Township
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Dorr Township
3 school districts available.
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Fillmore Township
2 school districts available.
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Ganges Township
2 school districts available.
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Gun Plain Township
3 school districts available.
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Heath Township
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Hopkins Township
4 school districts available.
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Laketown Township
3 school districts available.
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Lee Township
3 school districts available.
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Leighton Township
3 school districts available.
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Manlius Township
2 school districts available.
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Martin Township
3 school districts available.
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Monterey Township
3 school districts available.
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Otsego Township
5 school districts available.
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Overisel Township
2 school districts available.
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Salem Township
4 school districts available.
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Saugatuck Township
3 school districts available.
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Trowbridge Township
3 school districts available.
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Valley Township
2 school districts available.
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Watson Township
4 school districts available.
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Wayland Township
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Porch Notes
Local notes from Allegan County
Stories, practical notes, and local details tied to places in this county.
Allegan County · History and culture
An 1886 iron bridge, a giant antique market, and one of Michigan's oldest fairs
Allegan's downtown keeps an 1886 iron bridge as its centerpiece, hosts a 400-dealer antique market all summer, and throws a county fair dating to 1852.
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Blueberries, peaches, and the lake that makes them possible
Southwest Michigan's fruit belt grows a huge share of America's blueberries — South Haven calls itself the Blueberry Capital of the World and has thrown a festival since 1963.
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Gun Lake and Yankee Springs: Barry County's playground
Barry County centers on 2,600-acre Gun Lake and the 5,000-acre Yankee Springs Recreation Area — West Michigan's favorite lakes-and-trails weekend.
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Paper towns: how Otsego and Plainwell made America's pages
For a century the mills of Otsego and Plainwell made paper for the nation; the towns have spent the years since turning that heritage into new riverfronts.
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Plainwell, the Island City — where city hall is an old paper mill
Downtown Plainwell sits on an actual island between the Kalamazoo River and an 1856 millrace, and its city hall occupies the beautifully reborn paper mill.
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Yes, there's a ski resort in Otsego
Bittersweet Resort in Otsego Township has been southwest Michigan's ski hill since 1982, with six chairlifts and lights for night skiing.
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