County
Berrien County, Michigan
Use this county page to find cities, townships, and villages in Berrien 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
8
Townships
22
Villages
0
School districts
29
Primary home (PRE) rates, for homes with Michigan's Principal Residence Exemption, range from 17.5749 mills to 46.6849 mills.
Other property, often called non-homestead, usually means rentals, vacation homes, and second homes. Those rates range from 29.8559 mills to 64.6849 mills.
Rate rows come from the official Michigan Treasury millage-rate reports . Last reviewed June 8, 2026.
Local pages
Places in Berrien County
City
Benton Harbor
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Bridgman
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Buchanan
1 school district available.
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Coloma
1 school district available.
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New Buffalo
1 school district available.
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Niles
1 school district available.
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Saint Joseph
2 school districts available.
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Watervliet
1 school district available.
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Township
Bainbridge Township
5 school districts available.
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Baroda Township
4 school districts available.
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Benton Township
2 school districts available.
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Berrien Township
6 school districts available.
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Bertrand Township
4 school districts available.
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Buchanan Township
3 school districts available.
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Chikaming Township
2 school districts available.
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Coloma Township
3 school districts available.
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Galien Township
4 school districts available.
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Hagar Township
3 school districts available.
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Lake Township
3 school districts available.
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Lincoln Township
4 school districts available.
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New Buffalo Township
4 school districts available.
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Niles Township
3 school districts available.
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Oronoko Township
5 school districts available.
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Pipestone Township
4 school districts available.
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Royalton Township
3 school districts available.
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Saint Joseph Township
5 school districts available.
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Sodus Township
3 school districts available.
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Three Oaks Township
2 school districts available.
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Watervliet Township
3 school districts available.
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Weesaw Township
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Porch Notes
Local notes from Berrien County
Stories, practical notes, and local details tied to places in this county.
Berrien County · History and culture
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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Grand Mere: three hidden lakes behind the dunes
Grand Mere State Park near Stevensville hides three interdunal lakes behind Lake Michigan's dunes — a National Natural Landmark kept deliberately wild.
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Harbor Country: where Carl Sandburg wrote Lincoln among the goats
Chikaming Township's lakeside villages — Lakeside, Harbert, Union Pier — have drawn Chicago artists for a century; Carl Sandburg wrote his Pulitzer-winning Lincoln here.
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Michigan's original wine country is here, between the vines and the lake
The Lake Michigan Shore wine region covers Berrien and Van Buren counties, where lake-tempered winters ripen grapes for dozens of tasting rooms.
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Warren Dunes: the 240-foot sand mountains next door
Warren Dunes State Park in Lake Township stacks 240-foot dunes over three miles of Lake Michigan beach — one of Michigan's most-visited parks.
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When Chicago summered on Paw Paw Lake
A century ago, special trains delivered thousands of Chicagoans to Paw Paw Lake's hotels and dance pavilions; today the lake is Coloma and Watervliet's year-round backyard.
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