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Chippewa County, Michigan

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County snapshot

Cities

1

Townships

16

School districts

8

Primary home (PRE) rates, for homes with Michigan's Principal Residence Exemption, range from 22.1126 mills to 43.9009 mills.

Other property, often called non-homestead, usually means rentals, vacation homes, and second homes. Those rates range from 40.1126 mills to 61.9009 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.

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Official Chippewa 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.

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Local notes from Chippewa County

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Chippewa County · History and culture

How Chippewa County got its name

The Library of Michigan says the county was named for the Ojibwe, or Chippewa, people, whose tribal governments and treaty rights remain part of life here.

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Chippewa County · Money and taxes

Is there a city income tax in Sault Ste. Marie?

Sault Ste. Marie does not appear on Michigan Treasury's current list of 24 cities that levy income-related municipal taxes. Living in Chippewa County alone does not create a city income-tax bill.

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Chippewa County · Outdoors

Tahquamenon Falls State Park from the Paradise side

The park crosses Chippewa and Luce counties. Paradise is its eastern gateway, while DNR maps place the Upper and Lower falls west of the county line in Luce County.

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Chippewa County · History and culture

The Sault Tribe and Bay Mills: sovereign nations of the eastern U.P.

Two federally recognized Ojibwe tribes are based in Chippewa County -- the Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians, the largest tribe in Michigan, and the Bay Mills Indian Community near Brimley. Both are sovereign governments with their own land, institutions, and treaty rights.

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Chippewa County · History and culture

Whitefish Point and the Edmund Fitzgerald

At Whitefish Point, Lake Superior's oldest operating lighthouse and the Great Lakes Shipwreck Museum remember the ships and crews lost along this stretch of coast.

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Chippewa County · History and culture

Michigan's oldest city is older than the United States

Sault Ste. Marie's 1668 French mission date makes it Michigan's oldest city. Anishinaabeg had gathered at Bahweting, the rapids, for millennia before Europeans arrived.

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