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Calhoun County, Michigan

Use this county page to find the right government office or narrow down to a city or township. The service directory covers common county jobs; the local pages add property-tax context, school-district rate ranges, nearby places, and Porch Notes tied to each community.

County snapshot

Cities

4

Townships

19

School districts

21

Primary home (PRE) rates, for homes with Michigan's Principal Residence Exemption, range from 21.8989 mills to 56.3859 mills.

Other property, often called non-homestead, usually means rentals, vacation homes, and second homes. Those rates range from 26.2135 mills to 74.3859 mills.

Rate rows come from the official Michigan Treasury millage-rate reports . Data used: 2025 Michigan Treasury Total Property Tax Rates. Last reviewed July 12, 2026.

Use this carefully: Michigan Porch uses the statewide published rates as a planning aid. The local assessor or treasurer controls parcel-specific values, due dates, and special assessments.

County service directory

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Official Calhoun County website

County websites are checked against the State of Michigan county website directory . State and court finders are used where one office or district can serve more than one county. Directory reviewed July 12, 2026. Office roles were checked against Michigan Vital Records, Michigan Treasury taxpayer resources, and State Tax Commission guidance.

Local pages

Places in Calhoun County

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Albion

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Battle Creek

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Marshall

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Springfield

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Albion Township

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Athens Township

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Bedford Township

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Burlington Township

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Clarence Township

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Clarendon Township

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Convis Township

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Eckford Township

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Emmett Township

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Fredonia Township

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Homer Township

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Lee Township

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Leroy Township

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Marengo Township

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Marshall Township

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Newton Township

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Pennfield Township

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Sheridan Township

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Tekonsha Township

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Porch Notes

Local notes from Calhoun County

Stories, practical notes, and local details tied to places in this county.

Calhoun County · Outdoors

Pennfield's park plan became a half-mile walking loop

Pennfield now has a dawn-to-dusk walking park beside Hicks Cemetery, with a half-mile path, pavilion, benches, grills, and room for a quiet lap.

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Calhoun County · History and culture

A cigar maker's café that outlived everything

Schuler's in Marshall began as a cigar maker's café, grew into a statewide restaurant chain under Win Schuler, and the original flagship still serves on Eagle Street.

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Calhoun County · History and culture

A dozen free turkeys became Turkeyville

Cornwell's Turkeyville near Marshall grew from a neighbor's gift of 12 turkeys in the 1940s into a turkey-dinner empire with a dinner theatre and ice cream parlor.

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Calhoun County · History and culture

A son's gift glowing in the middle of Marshall

Marshall's Brooks Memorial Fountain, modeled on Versailles and lit by General Electric, was a mayor's 1930 gift to his town in memory of his father.

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Calhoun County · History and culture

Albion was a foundry town at the forks

Albion grew at the forks of the Kalamazoo River and ran on the Albion Malleable Iron Company from 1888 to 1967; the town still throws a Festival of the Forks every fall.

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Calhoun County · Outdoors

Feeding a giraffe by hand south of Battle Creek

At Binder Park Zoo's Twiga Overlook, you can offer zoo-prepared romaine to a giraffe that chooses to come to the feeding deck.

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