County
Luce County, Michigan
Use this county page to find cities, townships, and villages in Luce 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
0
Townships
4
Villages
0
School districts
2
Primary home (PRE) rates, for homes with Michigan's Principal Residence Exemption, range from 25.5647 mills to 45.2806 mills.
Other property, often called non-homestead, usually means rentals, vacation homes, and second homes. Those rates range from 43.2081 mills to 62.924 mills.
Rate rows come from the official Michigan Treasury millage-rate reports . Last reviewed June 8, 2026.
Local pages
Places in Luce County
Township
Columbus Township
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Township
Lakefield Township
1 school district available.
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Township
McMillan Township
2 school districts available.
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Township
Pentland Township
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Porch Notes
Local notes from Luce County
Stories, practical notes, and local details tied to places in this county.
Luce County · Outdoors
Crisp Point Lighthouse and the Shipwreck Coast
Luce County's remote Lake Superior shore holds Crisp Point Lighthouse, the Two-Hearted River, and Muskallonge Lake State Park along the old Shipwreck Coast.
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Does Newberry have a city income tax?
Luce County has no local income tax -- Newberry is a village, not a city, and only Michigan cities can levy one.
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How Luce County got its name
Luce County was carved from Chippewa and Mackinac counties in 1887 and named for Cyrus G. Luce, the farmer who was serving as Michigan's governor at the time.
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Newberry, Michigan's Moose Capital
Newberry is Luce County's only town and Michigan's Official Moose Capital -- the southern gateway to Tahquamenon Falls, set deep in the Lake Superior State Forest.
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Newberry's iron and timber beginnings
Newberry sprang up in 1882 around a charcoal-iron furnace and a sawmill, named for a Detroit railroad man who likely never visited -- a logging boomtown whose story still lives in two local museums.
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Tahquamenon Falls, the Root Beer Falls (Newberry / Luce side)
Tahquamenon Falls, north of Newberry, is one of the largest waterfalls east of the Mississippi -- famous for its amber, root-beer-colored water and its huge state park.
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What to check next in Luce County
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