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Livingston County, Michigan

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County snapshot

Cities

3

Townships

16

School districts

24

Primary home (PRE) rates, for homes with Michigan's Principal Residence Exemption, range from 14.7729 mills to 40.832 mills.

Other property, often called non-homestead, usually means rentals, vacation homes, and second homes. Those rates range from 14.7729 mills to 58.832 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 Livingston 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 Livingston County

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Livingston County · History and culture

Brighton built the Imagination Station in five days

Brighton's Imagination Station, a roughly 10,000-square-foot wooden playground beside the Mill Pond downtown, was raised in 1995 by hundreds of community volunteers and has anchored the riverfront since.

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Livingston County · Home and property

Buying on Hamburg's chain of lakes? You may help pay for the weeds

Many Hamburg Township lake homes sit on the Huron River chain of lakes, where a township special assessment district bills waterfront owners for invasive-weed and algae control each year.

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Livingston County · History and culture

Cleary started as a penmanship school in 1883

Cleary University, whose flagship campus sits in Genoa Township near Howell, began in 1883 in Ypsilanti as the Cleary School of Penmanship and grew into a private business university.

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Livingston County · History and culture

Fenton was named on a hand of cards

Fenton, first settled as Dibbleville in 1834, takes its name from William Fenton, who by local tradition won the naming rights in an 1837 card game; the loser got LeRoy Street.

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Livingston County · History and culture

Howell's downtown won a national Main Street award

Downtown Howell, anchored by its 1890 courthouse, won a national Great American Main Street Award in 2018 and topped a USA Today readers' poll for best main street in 2024.

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Livingston County · Outdoors

Island Lake: the state park where hot-air balloons take off

Island Lake Recreation Area in Green Oak Township spreads across roughly 4,000 acres along the Huron River, with paddling, mountain-bike trails, a shooting range, and a balloon launch field.

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