County
Iron County, Michigan
Use this county page to find cities, townships, and villages in Iron 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
4
Townships
7
Villages
0
School districts
3
Primary home (PRE) rates, for homes with Michigan's Principal Residence Exemption, range from 24.3862 mills to 45.2522 mills.
Other property, often called non-homestead, usually means rentals, vacation homes, and second homes. Those rates range from 42.3862 mills to 63.2522 mills.
Rate rows come from the official Michigan Treasury millage-rate reports . Last reviewed June 8, 2026.
Local pages
Places in Iron County
City
Caspian
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City
Crystal Falls
1 school district available.
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City
Gaastra
1 school district available.
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City
Iron River
1 school district available.
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Township
Bates Township
1 school district available.
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Township
Crystal Falls Township
1 school district available.
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Township
Hematite Township
1 school district available.
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Township
Iron River Township
1 school district available.
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Township
Mansfield Township
1 school district available.
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Township
Mastodon Township
2 school districts available.
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Township
Stambaugh Township
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Porch Notes
Local notes from Iron County
Stories, practical notes, and local details tied to places in this county.
Iron County · Outdoors
Bewabic State Park and the lakes the CCC loved
Just west of Crystal Falls, Bewabic State Park sits on a beautiful chain of glacial lakes -- a 1930s gem hand-built by the Civilian Conservation Corps, and the only Michigan state park with a tennis court.
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How Iron County got its name
Iron County's name is the most honest in Michigan: it's named for the iron ore that built it. It's also one of only two Upper Peninsula counties that don't touch a Great Lake.
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Iron River, the city that became three cities in one
Iron River is Iron County's largest city -- a former iron-mining hub that made Michigan history in 2000 by merging with neighboring Stambaugh and Mineral Hills into a single new city.
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Is there a city income tax in Crystal Falls?
Crystal Falls charges no city income tax -- neither do Iron River, Caspian, or Gaastra, and neither does anywhere else in the Upper Peninsula. The nearest one is Grayling, well over a hundred miles away.
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The courthouse Crystal Falls (says it) stole
Iron County's grand 1890 courthouse crowns a hill above Crystal Falls -- and local legend says the county seat itself was swiped from Iron River one frozen night, with a poker game as the decoy.
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The Humongous Fungus: Crystal Falls' giant underground neighbor
In the woods near Crystal Falls lives one of the largest and oldest living things on Earth -- a single fungus, sprawling for acres underground, that the town throws a festival for every summer.
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