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Cass 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

2

Townships

15

School districts

11

Primary home (PRE) rates, for homes with Michigan's Principal Residence Exemption, range from 18.2563 mills to 43.9086 mills.

Other property, often called non-homestead, usually means rentals, vacation homes, and second homes. Those rates range from 36.2563 mills to 61.9086 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.

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Official Cass 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 Cass County

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Porch Notes

Local notes from Cass County

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

Cass County · History and culture

The day kitty litter was invented in Cassopolis

Cat litter was invented in Cassopolis in 1947 when Edward Lowe handed a neighbor a bag of absorbent clay instead of sand — the start of a billion-dollar industry.

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Cass County · History and culture

Edwardsburg started as a cabin where two trails crossed

Edwardsburg grew from Ezra Beardsley's 1826 cabin at the junction of two Indian trails, on the Detroit-to-Chicago road, and lost the 'h' off its name by a postmaster's order in 1845.

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Cass County · Outdoors

Sister Lakes: a Chicago resort town that grew a monster

Sister Lakes, a cluster of resort lakes straddling three counties near Dowagiac, drew Chicagoans by rail from the 1880s — and made global headlines in 1964 over a Bigfoot scare.

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Cass County · Outdoors

Dr. T.K. Lawless Park's international dark-sky designation

Dr. T.K. Lawless County Park near Vandalia earned an International Dark Sky Park designation after upgrading its outdoor lighting and documenting night-sky conditions. Check current park hours before visiting after dark.

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Cass County · Outdoors

Fred Russ Forest, and the 40 acres that never met an axe

Fred Russ Forest near Decatur is an MSU research forest and Cass County park that protects Newton Woods, a rare old-growth oak-hickory stand in southern Michigan.

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Cass County · History and culture

The Newton House: a farmhouse that forgot to change

The George Newton House in Volinia Township, built in 1844, is a Michigan State Historic Site run as a museum by the Cass County Historical Society.

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