County
Saginaw County, Michigan
Use this county page to find cities, townships, and villages in Saginaw 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
27
Villages
0
School districts
28
Primary home (PRE) rates, for homes with Michigan's Principal Residence Exemption, range from 29.6371 mills to 52.2546 mills.
Other property, often called non-homestead, usually means rentals, vacation homes, and second homes. Those rates range from 47.6371 mills to 70.2546 mills.
Rate rows come from the official Michigan Treasury millage-rate reports . Last reviewed June 8, 2026.
Local pages
Places in Saginaw County
City
Frankenmuth
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Saginaw
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Zilwaukee
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Albee Township
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Birch Run Township
4 school districts available.
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Blumfield Township
3 school districts available.
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Brady Township
2 school districts available.
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Brant Township
4 school districts available.
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Bridgeport Township
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Buena Vista Township
5 school districts available.
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Carrollton Township
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Chapin Township
3 school districts available.
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Chesaning Township
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Frankenmuth Township
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Fremont Township
3 school districts available.
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James Township
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Jonesfield Township
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Kochville Township
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Lakefield Township
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Maple Grove Township
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Marion Township
4 school districts available.
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Richland Township
2 school districts available.
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Saginaw Township
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Saint Charles Township
3 school districts available.
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Spaulding Township
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Swan Creek Township
4 school districts available.
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Taymouth Township
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Thomas Township
3 school districts available.
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Tittabawassee Township
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Zilwaukee Township
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Porch Notes
Local notes from Saginaw County
Stories, practical notes, and local details tied to places in this county.
Saginaw County · Outdoors
A great bird marsh where the rivers meet
Shiawassee National Wildlife Refuge protects a remnant of the Shiawassee Flats and is a major migratory-bird destination south of Saginaw.
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An authentic Japanese tea house, in the middle of Saginaw
Saginaw's Japanese garden and tea house grew from its sister-city friendship with Tokushima, Japan.
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Big rivers meet here, so check the flood maps
Saginaw County's low river corridors can put homes in mapped flood zones, so buyers should check FEMA and county flood maps.
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Contamination in the river, carried downstream
Downstream Saginaw River and Saginaw Bay buyers should know about dioxin cleanup history, fish advisories, and floodplain sediment.
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Frankenmuth, Michigan's Little Bavaria
Frankenmuth's Bavarian identity is rooted in its 1845 German Lutheran settlement and later tourism makeover.
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From lumber capital to car-parts town
Saginaw's history runs from white-pine lumber capital to General Motors factory town, with the Castle Museum telling the story downtown.
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