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Monroe County, Michigan

Use this county page to find cities, townships, and villages in Monroe 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

15

Villages

0

School districts

21

Primary home (PRE) rates, for homes with Michigan's Principal Residence Exemption, range from 21.9862 mills to 50.8861 mills.

Other property, often called non-homestead, usually means rentals, vacation homes, and second homes. Those rates range from 39.9862 mills to 68.8555 mills.

Rate rows come from the official Michigan Treasury millage-rate reports . Last reviewed June 8, 2026.

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Local notes from Monroe County

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Monroe County · History and culture

Carleton: the town that named itself after a poem

Ash Township's village of Carleton took its name in 1872 from Will Carleton, the Michigan farm poet its founder admired.

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Monroe County · History and culture

Maybee: definitely a real town

Exeter Township's village of Maybee — named for settler Abram Maybee in 1873 — has a railroad past, a century-old limestone quarry, and the most quotable name in Monroe County.

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Monroe County · History and culture

Milk in glass bottles, delivered: Calder Dairy

The Calder family dairy near Carleton has bottled milk in glass and run home delivery since 1946, and welcomes families out to the farm.

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Monroe County · History and culture

Muskrat dinners: Monroe County's proudest acquired taste

Monroe County's 'Muskrat French' families have eaten marsh muskrat since the 1780s — a Lenten tradition that's still served at lodge dinners today.

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Monroe County · Outdoors

Out of Monroe's harbors, the world's best walleye water

Western Lake Erie's walleye fishery is so productive that anglers call it the Walleye Capital of the World — and Monroe County's harbors are Michigan's front door to it.

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Monroe County · Outdoors

Pointe Mouillee: a world-class marsh rebuilt at Lake Erie's edge

Berlin Township borders Pointe Mouillee State Game Area, one of North America's great freshwater marsh restorations and host of a waterfowl festival running since the 1940s.

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