County
Chippewa County, Michigan
Use this county page to find cities, townships, and villages in Chippewa 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
1
Townships
16
Villages
0
School districts
9
Primary home (PRE) rates, for homes with Michigan's Principal Residence Exemption, range from 22.1126 mills to 43.9009 mills.
Other property, often called non-homestead, usually means rentals, vacation homes, and second homes. Those rates range from 40.1126 mills to 61.9009 mills.
Rate rows come from the official Michigan Treasury millage-rate reports . Last reviewed June 8, 2026.
Local pages
Places in Chippewa County
City
Sault Sainte Marie
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Bay Mills Township
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Bruce Township
2 school districts available.
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Chippewa Township
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Dafter Township
3 school districts available.
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Detour Township
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Drummond Township
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Hulbert Township
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Kinross Township
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Pickford Township
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Raber Township
3 school districts available.
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Rudyard Township
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Soo Township
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Sugar Island Township
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Superior Township
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Trout Lake Township
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Whitefish Township
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Porch Notes
Local notes from Chippewa County
Stories, practical notes, and local details tied to places in this county.
Chippewa County · History and culture
How Chippewa County got its name
Chippewa County is named for the Chippewa -- also known as the Ojibwe or Anishinaabe -- the Native people whose homeland this has been for centuries and who remain a strong presence in the county today.
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Is there a city income tax in Sault Ste. Marie?
Sault Ste. Marie -- the only city in Chippewa County -- does not charge a city income tax, and neither does anywhere else in the Upper Peninsula. The nearest one is Grayling, well over a hundred miles away.
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Sault Ste. Marie and the Soo Locks
Michigan's oldest city sits where Lake Superior pours down into Lake Huron. The Soo Locks let ships make that 21-foot drop -- and carry more cargo than any other lock system on earth, including the iron ore from the rest of the U.P.
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Tahquamenon Falls, the 'Root Beer Falls' (Paradise / Chippewa side)
Most of Tahquamenon Falls State Park lies in Chippewa County, where the amber-colored Tahquamenon River pours over the Upper Falls -- one of the biggest waterfalls east of the Mississippi -- on its way to Lake Superior.
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The Sault Tribe and Bay Mills: sovereign nations of the eastern U.P.
Two federally recognized Ojibwe tribes are based in Chippewa County -- the Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians, the largest tribe in Michigan, and the Bay Mills Indian Community near Brimley. Both are sovereign governments with their own land, institutions, and treaty rights.
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What to know about well and septic in Chippewa County
Outside Sault Ste. Marie, most of Chippewa County is on private well and septic. Michigan has no statewide septic code, and the county doesn't force an inspection just because a property is sold -- so it's on the buyer to check the system before closing.
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