County
Kent County, Michigan
Use this county page to find cities, townships, and villages in Kent 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
21
Villages
0
School districts
32
Primary home (PRE) rates, for homes with Michigan's Principal Residence Exemption, range from 19.8829 mills to 51.2464 mills.
Other property, often called non-homestead, usually means rentals, vacation homes, and second homes. Those rates range from 37.8829 mills to 68.9896 mills.
Rate rows come from the official Michigan Treasury millage-rate reports . Last reviewed June 8, 2026.
Local pages
Places in Kent County
City
Cedar Springs
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East Grand Rapids
1 school district available.
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City
Grand Rapids
7 school districts available.
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Grandville
2 school districts available.
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Kentwood
4 school districts available.
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Lowell
1 school district available.
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Rockford
1 school district available.
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Walker
3 school districts available.
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Wyoming
8 school districts available.
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Township
Ada Township
3 school districts available.
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Algoma Township
3 school districts available.
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Alpine Township
3 school districts available.
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Bowne Township
4 school districts available.
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Byron Township
4 school districts available.
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Caledonia Township
3 school districts available.
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Cannon Township
3 school districts available.
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Cascade Township
3 school districts available.
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Courtland Township
2 school districts available.
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Gaines Township
3 school districts available.
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Grand Rapids Township
3 school districts available.
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Grattan Township
3 school districts available.
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Lowell Township
2 school districts available.
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Nelson Township
3 school districts available.
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Oakfield Township
4 school districts available.
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Plainfield Township
4 school districts available.
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Solon Township
4 school districts available.
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Sparta Township
3 school districts available.
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Spencer Township
3 school districts available.
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Tyrone Township
5 school districts available.
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Vergennes Township
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Porch Notes
Local notes from Kent County
Stories, practical notes, and local details tied to places in this county.
Kent County · History and culture
Eat a dozen chili dogs, join the Hall of Fame: Rockford's Corner Bar
Rockford's Corner Bar has run its Hot Dog Hall of Fame since 1968, burned to the walls in 2017, and reopened a year later to a line down Main Street.
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Kent County still has covered bridges (plural)
Rural Kent County keeps Michigan's best covered-bridge country — 1871 Fallasburg, 1867 Ada, and the rebuilt White's Bridge, all over the Flat and Thornapple rivers.
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Ninety-two miles, no cars: the White Pine Trail towns
The Fred Meijer White Pine Trail runs 92 miles from Grand Rapids' edge to Cadillac, giving a string of small towns a linear state park for a main street.
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Salmon in the river, 92 miles of trail: downtown Rockford's backyard
Rockford's downtown sits where the Fred Meijer White Pine Trail crosses the Rogue River — salmon and steelhead below the dam, and one of Michigan's longest rail-trails out the door.
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The Ridge: where most of Michigan's apples grow
The Fruit Ridge northwest of Grand Rapids — centered on Sparta — grows roughly six of every ten Michigan apples, with orchards, cider mills, and U-pick farms everywhere.
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West Michigan's answer to the Dream Cruise rolls down 28th Street
The 28th Street Metro Cruise fills Wyoming and Kentwood with 15,000 classic cars and a quarter-million spectators every August.
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