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Osceola County, Michigan

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County snapshot

Cities

2

Townships

16

School districts

7

Primary home (PRE) rates, for homes with Michigan's Principal Residence Exemption, range from 25.6746 mills to 46.1884 mills.

Other property, often called non-homestead, usually means rentals, vacation homes, and second homes. Those rates range from 43.6746 mills to 64.1884 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 Osceola 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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Porch Notes

Local notes from Osceola County

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Osceola County · Outdoors

Around Evart, the Muskegon River is smallmouth water

The Muskegon River bends through Evart at the upper end of a warmwater reach where Michigan DNR found self-sustaining smallmouth bass and moderate walleye populations.

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Osceola County · History and culture

Evart carries one pioneer's name — minus a letter

The town on the Muskegon River was named for early settler Frank Evart, a Civil War veteran, and the spelling stuck even though most accounts say his family name was really Everts.

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Osceola County · History and culture

Hersey held the county seat for 58 years, then Reed City took over

Hersey was Osceola County's first county seat from 1869 until 1927, when a long dispute ended with county government moving to Reed City.

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Osceola County · History and culture

Hersey was Osceola County's first seat

Osceola County organized in 1869 with Hersey as its first seat. Early accounts also record Delos Blodgett's effort to bar liquor sales from village lots.

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Osceola County · History and culture

LeRoy grew up shipping tan bark and potatoes by the railcar

The village of LeRoy sprang up along the Grand Rapids & Indiana Railroad in the early 1870s and made its living loading grain, potatoes, wood, and hemlock tan bark onto northbound trains.

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Osceola County · History and culture

Lincoln Township's old rail line: Ashton, Orono, and Milton Junction

Lincoln Township's website lists Ashton, Orono, and 'Melton Junction,' but an 1885 railroad handbook records Milton Junction and shows a branch beginning there.

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