County
Alpena County, Michigan
Use this county page to find cities, townships, and villages in Alpena 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
8
Villages
0
School districts
3
Primary home (PRE) rates, for homes with Michigan's Principal Residence Exemption, range from 20.8 mills to 38.7403 mills.
Other property, often called non-homestead, usually means rentals, vacation homes, and second homes. Those rates range from 38.5164 mills to 56.6557 mills.
Rate rows come from the official Michigan Treasury millage-rate reports . Last reviewed June 8, 2026.
Local pages
Places in Alpena County
City
Alpena
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Township
Alpena Township
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Township
Green Township
3 school districts available.
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Township
Long Rapids Township
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Township
Maple Ridge Township
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Ossineke Township
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Township
Sanborn Township
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Wellington Township
2 school districts available.
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Wilson Township
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Porch Notes
Local notes from Alpena County
Stories, practical notes, and local details tied to places in this county.
Alpena County · History and culture
Cement City and the Besser block
Alpena's cement industry and Jesse Besser's concrete-block machine helped shape construction far beyond northeast Michigan.
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Dinosaur Gardens in Ossineke
Dinosaur Gardens is a classic Ossineke roadside attraction, with concrete dinosaurs sculpted by Paul Domke beginning in the 1930s.
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Is there a city income tax in Alpena County?
Alpena County has no local income tax: Alpena is the county's only city, and it does not levy one.
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The Brown Trout Festival
Alpena's Michigan Brown Trout Festival brings a long-running Thunder Bay fishing tournament and summer waterfront events to the city each July.
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The sinkhole country
Rockport and the karst country north of Alpena reveal sinkholes, disappearing water, fossils, and dark-sky shoreland.
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Thunder Bay and the shipwreck sanctuary
Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary protects Lake Huron shipwrecks off Alpena, with museum and glass-bottom-boat access from downtown.
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