County
Grand Traverse County, Michigan
Use this county page to find cities, townships, and villages in Grand Traverse 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
13
Villages
0
School districts
9
Primary home (PRE) rates, for homes with Michigan's Principal Residence Exemption, range from 19.9512 mills to 37.0733 mills.
Other property, often called non-homestead, usually means rentals, vacation homes, and second homes. Those rates range from 37.6252 mills to 55.0733 mills.
Rate rows come from the official Michigan Treasury millage-rate reports . Last reviewed June 8, 2026.
Local pages
Places in Grand Traverse County
City
Traverse City
1 school district available.
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Township
Acme Township
2 school districts available.
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Blair Township
2 school districts available.
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East Bay Township
1 school district available.
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Fife Lake Township
4 school districts available.
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Garfield Township
1 school district available.
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Grant Township
4 school districts available.
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Green Lake Township
3 school districts available.
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Long Lake Township
1 school district available.
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Mayfield Township
2 school districts available.
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Paradise Township
2 school districts available.
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Peninsula Township
1 school district available.
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Union Township
3 school districts available.
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Whitewater Township
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Porch Notes
Local notes from Grand Traverse County
Stories, practical notes, and local details tied to places in this county.
Grand Traverse County · Outdoors
Grand Traverse Bay and cherry country
Grand Traverse Bay, Old Mission Peninsula, cherries, orchards, and wineries shape the county's bay-shore townships.
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Interlochen
Interlochen brings a world-famous arts campus, Michigan's first state-created park, and lake-and-woods living to Green Lake Township.
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Long Lake
Long Lake is Grand Traverse County's largest inland lake, with wooded islands, loon habitat, and in-demand lakefront west of Traverse City.
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No city income tax in Grand Traverse County
Traverse City does not levy a local city income tax, so Grand Traverse County residents do not file a separate city income-tax return.
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The Old Mission Peninsula
The Old Mission Peninsula is Peninsula Township's scenic spine of orchards, vineyards, bay views, and old Grand Traverse history.
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The southern villages and countryside
Southern Grand Traverse County centers on Kingsley, Fife Lake, rural townships, rail history, farms, woods, and more affordable country living.
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What to check next in Grand Traverse County
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