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Gladwin County, Michigan

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County snapshot

Cities

2

Townships

15

School districts

6

Primary home (PRE) rates, for homes with Michigan's Principal Residence Exemption, range from 23.5471 mills to 43.2563 mills.

Other property, often called non-homestead, usually means rentals, vacation homes, and second homes. Those rates range from 41.3437 mills to 61.1572 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 Gladwin 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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Porch Notes

Local notes from Gladwin County

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

Gladwin County · History and culture

Marvel Secord, Dick's Fork, and the township that carries his name

Gladwin County histories place Marvel Secord and his family at the start of the county's Euro-American settlement story: they arrived by canoe in 1861, and a log house followed at Dick's Fork in 1864.

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Gladwin County · Outdoors

Ross Lake and Beaverton's city-owned dam

Ross Lake is a 294-acre impoundment held by a hydroelectric dam that the City of Beaverton owns and operates.

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Gladwin County · History and culture

The Art Deco courthouse the oil boom helped build

Gladwin's 1939 courthouse turned oil-boom revenue into an Art Deco county building whose stone panels and lobby floor tell local stories.

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Gladwin County · History and culture

The county is named for a man who never set foot in it

Gladwin County and its county seat carry the name of Major Henry Gladwin, the British officer who held Fort Detroit through Pontiac's five-month siege in 1763.

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Gladwin County · Outdoors

The Gladwin forest shaped for bird-dog trials

The 4,750-acre Gladwin Field Trial Area traces its start to 1916 and is managed for cover-dog trials with wild grouse and woodcock.

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Gladwin County · Outdoors

The Trail of Two Cities links Gladwin and Beaverton

A paved, eight-mile non-motorized trail built by a county authority since 2016 now connects Gladwin and Beaverton, open year-round and free for walking, biking, skiing, and snowshoeing.

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