County
Houghton County, Michigan
Use this county page to find cities, townships, and villages in Houghton 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
2
Townships
14
Villages
0
School districts
17
Primary home (PRE) rates, for homes with Michigan's Principal Residence Exemption, range from 25.1486 mills to 49.6634 mills.
Other property, often called non-homestead, usually means rentals, vacation homes, and second homes. Those rates range from 43.1486 mills to 67.6634 mills.
Rate rows come from the official Michigan Treasury millage-rate reports . Last reviewed June 8, 2026.
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Places in Houghton County
City
Hancock
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Houghton
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Adams Township
2 school districts available.
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Calumet Township
5 school districts available.
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Chassell Township
1 school district available.
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Duncan Township
2 school districts available.
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Elm River Township
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Franklin Township
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Hancock Township
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Laird Township
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Osceola Township
2 school districts available.
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Portage Township
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Quincy Township
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Schoolcraft Township
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Stanton Township
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Torch Lake Township
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Porch Notes
Local notes from Houghton County
Stories, practical notes, and local details tied to places in this county.
Houghton County · Outdoors
Canyon Falls and the 'Grand Canyon of Michigan'
A short walk off US-41 near L'Anse leads to a fifteen-foot plunge into a box-walled gorge — the start of the 'Grand Canyon of Michigan,' which downstream runs a mile wide and 300 feet deep.
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George Gipp: The Gipper from Laurium
The Gipper from Laurium became Notre Dame's first All-American — and the source of the most famous deathbed line in sports, true or not.
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Hungarian Falls
Above Hubbell in the old Copper Country, little Dover Creek puts on a big show — three drops totaling about ninety feet — a short walk from Michigan's tallest waterfall, Douglass Houghton.
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Mishipeshu, the Great Lynx Beneath the Waves
Mishipeshu, the Great Lynx of Anishinaabe tradition, is the underwater panther said to guard the copper of Lake Superior — the oldest "something in the water" story the Great Lakes have.
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One Michigan County Got 390 Inches of Snow in a Single Winter
The Keweenaw Peninsula got 390.4 inches of snow in the winter of 1978-79, likely the record east of the Rockies, marked by a giant roadside snow gauge.
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The Christmas Eve That Calumet Never Forgot
On Christmas Eve 1913, a false cry of "Fire!" at a crowded party in Calumet's Italian Hall killed 73 people, 59 of them children.
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