County
Marquette County, Michigan
Use this county page to find cities, townships, and villages in Marquette 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
3
Townships
19
Villages
0
School districts
10
Primary home (PRE) rates, for homes with Michigan's Principal Residence Exemption, range from 18.7511 mills to 45.7906 mills.
Other property, often called non-homestead, usually means rentals, vacation homes, and second homes. Those rates range from 36.5392 mills to 63.7906 mills.
Rate rows come from the official Michigan Treasury millage-rate reports . Last reviewed June 8, 2026.
Local pages
Places in Marquette County
City
Ishpeming
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Marquette
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Negaunee
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Champion Township
2 school districts available.
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Chocolay Township
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Ely Township
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Ewing Township
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Forsyth Township
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Humboldt Township
2 school districts available.
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Ishpeming Township
4 school districts available.
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Marquette Township
2 school districts available.
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Michigamme Township
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Negaunee Township
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Powell Township
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Republic Township
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Richmond Township
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Sands Township
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Skandia Township
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Tilden Township
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Turin Township
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Wells Township
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West Branch Township
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Porch Notes
Local notes from Marquette County
Stories, practical notes, and local details tied to places in this county.
Marquette County · History and culture
Cudighi: The U.P.'s Sweet-Spiced Secret
The U.P.'s sweet-spiced Italian sausage sandwich — a Marquette County staple that Italy itself wouldn't recognize.
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How 'Yooper' Made It Into the Dictionary
It took one Yooper more than a decade of letters (and a few pasties) to get the word 'Yooper' into the dictionary.
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Laughing Whitefish Falls
One of the best names in Michigan, and a shape to match: the Laughing Whitefish River fans out about a hundred feet down a stepped limestone wall in a quiet, uncrowded state park.
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Manoomin — Wild Rice
Michigan's newest symbol is one of its oldest foods: in 2023 it became the first state to name an official native grain — manoomin, the wild rice at the heart of Anishinaabe history.
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Michigan Was an Iron Giant — and You Can Still Watch the Ore Pour Into the Freighters
Long before cars, Michigan led the nation in iron — and at Marquette you can still watch ore pour from a century-old dock into Lake Superior freighters.
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Stannard Rock: The Loneliest Lighthouse in America
Twenty-four miles out in open Lake Superior with no land in sight, America's most isolated lighthouse — built against brutal odds, and now a lonely climate-research station.
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