County
Newaygo County, Michigan
Use this county page to find cities, townships, and villages in Newaygo 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
4
Townships
24
Villages
0
School districts
18
Primary home (PRE) rates, for homes with Michigan's Principal Residence Exemption, range from 22.6994 mills to 46.5161 mills.
Other property, often called non-homestead, usually means rentals, vacation homes, and second homes. Those rates range from 23.3439 mills to 64.3001 mills.
Rate rows come from the official Michigan Treasury millage-rate reports . Last reviewed June 8, 2026.
Local pages
Places in Newaygo County
City
Fremont
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Grant
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City
Newaygo
1 school district available.
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City
White Cloud
1 school district available.
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Township
Ashland Township
3 school districts available.
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Barton Township
3 school districts available.
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Beaver Township
2 school districts available.
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Big Prairie Township
3 school districts available.
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Bridgeton Township
4 school districts available.
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Brooks Township
2 school districts available.
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Croton Township
2 school districts available.
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Dayton Township
2 school districts available.
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Denver Township
4 school districts available.
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Ensley Township
4 school districts available.
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Everett Township
2 school districts available.
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Garfield Township
3 school districts available.
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Goodwell Township
3 school districts available.
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Grant Township
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Home Township
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Lilley Township
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Lincoln Township
2 school districts available.
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Merrill Township
4 school districts available.
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Monroe Township
3 school districts available.
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Norwich Township
3 school districts available.
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Sheridan Township
1 school district available.
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Sherman Township
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Troy Township
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Wilcox Township
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Porch Notes
Local notes from Newaygo County
Stories, practical notes, and local details tied to places in this county.
Newaygo County · History and culture
Fremont: the home of Gerber baby food
Fremont is the birthplace and headquarters of Gerber, the baby food company that grew from a local cannery into a national brand.
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Good news on city income tax in Newaygo County
Fremont, Grant, Newaygo, and White Cloud do not levy a city income tax, so Newaygo County has no local income tax on paychecks.
Read this note ->Newaygo County · Outdoors
Loda Lake: the only wildflower sanctuary in a national forest
Loda Lake is a national-forest wildflower sanctuary north of White Cloud, with an easy trail through woods, lake edge, and marsh.
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Newaygo and the Muskegon River
Newaygo grew up on the Muskegon River and is still one of the county's main gateways for tubing, paddling, fishing, and river parks.
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The great dams of the Muskegon River
Hardy and Croton dams turned the Muskegon River into a power source and still shape Newaygo County's river country.
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Wells and septic in Newaygo County: what buyers should know
Newaygo County does not require point-of-sale well and septic inspections, so rural buyers should make their own checks part of the offer.
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