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Ingham 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

5

Townships

16

School districts

20

Primary home (PRE) rates, for homes with Michigan's Principal Residence Exemption, range from 32.5781 mills to 66.162 mills.

Other property, often called non-homestead, usually means rentals, vacation homes, and second homes. Those rates range from 32.5781 mills to 83.1078 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.

County service directory

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Official Ingham 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 Ingham County

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East Lansing

3 school districts available.

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Lansing

6 school districts available.

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Leslie

1 school district available.

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Mason

1 school district available.

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Williamston

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Alaiedon Township

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Aurelius Township

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Bunker Hill Township

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Delhi Township

5 school districts available.

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Ingham Township

2 school districts available.

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Lansing Township

3 school districts available.

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Leroy Township

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Leslie Township

5 school districts available.

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Locke Township

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Meridian Township

4 school districts available.

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Onondaga Township

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Stockbridge Township

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Vevay Township

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Wheatfield Township

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White Oak Township

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Williamstown Township

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Porch Notes

Local notes from Ingham County

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

Ingham County · History and culture

Lansing Township comes in five separate pieces

Annexation left Lansing Township as five noncontiguous sections totaling just over five square miles, all threaded between Lansing and East Lansing.

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Ingham County · Money and taxes

East Lansing's Income Tax Is Michigan's Newest, and a College Town Talked Itself Into It

East Lansing's income tax, live since 2019, is Michigan's most recently adopted, a college town's swap of higher property taxes for a broader levy on paychecks.

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Ingham County · History and culture

Beaumont Tower stands where the first ag classroom in America once did

The carillon tower at the heart of MSU marks the spot of College Hall, the first building in the country built to teach scientific farming — and the lawn around it has its own legend.

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Ingham County · Outdoors

Potter Park Zoo started with a couple of elk somebody gave the city

The zoo that calls itself Michigan's first grew out of a small herd of native animals kept in a Lansing park along the Red Cedar River, and it's still run by the county a century later.

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Ingham County · History and culture

There was a roller coaster on Lake Lansing for forty years

The county beach at Lake Lansing in Haslett was once a full amusement park with a coaster and a dance hall — and the old carousel building still stands as a reminder.

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Ingham County · History and culture

You can see the Mason courthouse dome from the farm fields

Ingham County's 1902-05 courthouse in Mason is a Beaux-Arts landmark with a clock tower visible from the surrounding farmland.

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