Tuscola County, Michigan
Use this county page to find the right government office or narrow down to a city or township. The service directory covers common county jobs; the local pages add property-tax context, school-district rate ranges, nearby places, and Porch Notes tied to each community.
County snapshot
Cities
2
Townships
23
School districts
12
Primary home (PRE) rates, for homes with Michigan's Principal Residence Exemption, range from 21.6523 mills to 51.0449 mills.
Other property, often called non-homestead, usually means rentals, vacation homes, and second homes. Those rates range from 39.6523 mills to 69.0449 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.
Use this carefully: Michigan Porch uses the statewide published rates as a planning aid. The local assessor or treasurer controls parcel-specific values, due dates, and special assessments.
County service directory
Find the office before you make the trip
Some questions stay with the city or township. Others move to the county, a health district, or a court. Start with the job you need done, then confirm hours, fees, and forms with the office.
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Marriage licenses, local vital records, and elections
Tuscola County clerk
Start with the clerk for a marriage license, a county-filed birth or death record, election information, and other county records.
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Deeds, mortgages, and recorded land documents
Tuscola County register of deeds
Use this office for recorded property documents. It does not decide ownership disputes or tell you whether a deed is legally sufficient.
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Delinquent real-property tax and foreclosure questions
Tuscola County treasurer
Current bills usually begin with the city or township treasurer. After the local collection period, delinquent real-property tax moves to the county or the state foreclosing unit.
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Private wells, septic systems, and local health services
Local health department
Michigan has county and multi-county health departments. Use the state finder to see which department serves this county before applying or making an appointment.
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District, circuit, probate, or family-court business
Michigan trial courts serving this county
The court depends on the case type and sometimes the city or district. The judiciary directory lists court locations, websites, and contact information by county.
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Countywide assessment data and equalization
Tuscola County equalization
Your local assessor and Board of Review handle an individual parcel first. County equalization studies values across local units and supports assessment administration.
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.
Local pages
Places in Tuscola County
City
Caro
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Vassar
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Township
Akron Township
2 school districts available.
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Almer Township
3 school districts available.
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Arbela Township
3 school districts available.
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Columbia Township
5 school districts available.
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Dayton Township
2 school districts available.
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Denmark Township
3 school districts available.
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Elkland Township
2 school districts available.
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Ellington Township
2 school districts available.
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Elmwood Township
2 school districts available.
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Fairgrove Township
3 school districts available.
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Fremont Township
2 school districts available.
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Gilford Township
2 school districts available.
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Indianfields Township
1 school district available.
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Juniata Township
4 school districts available.
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Kingston Township
3 school districts available.
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Koylton Township
2 school districts available.
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Millington Township
1 school district available.
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Novesta Township
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Tuscola Township
3 school districts available.
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Vassar Township
3 school districts available.
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Watertown Township
2 school districts available.
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Wells Township
3 school districts available.
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Wisner Township
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Porch Notes
Local notes from Tuscola County
Stories, practical notes, and local details tied to places in this county.
Tuscola County · Outdoors
3,400 acres of game country that hunters paid for
The Vassar State Game Area covers about 3,400 acres of woods and Cass River bottomland — nearly all of it bought with hunters' own dollars, from license fees and a federal tax on firearms.
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A 37-mile paddle that earned a state designation
The Cass River Water Trail runs about 37.5 miles from above Vassar down to the Saginaw River, with rapids near Vassar and roughly 13 launch sites, and is a state-designated Pure Michigan Water Trail.
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A little fieldstone bank that's now the town's museum
Millington's 1890s bank, built of split fieldstone in a town of brick and frame, outlived the bank itself and now houses the Millington-Arbela Historical Society's museum.
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A lumber-camp dam that became a 2,500-acre hunting ground
Murphy Lake near Millington was widened in the 1850s by a dam built to float logs; today the state game area around it spreads across roughly 2,500 acres of woods, marsh, and small lakes.
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A town the railroad renamed, beside a village the Germans built
Denmark Township's first settlers were German Lutherans who founded Richville; a few miles off, a settlement first platted as Gates got renamed Reese in 1873 for a railroad superintendent.
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Akron made cheese boxes before it made much else
Akron didn't become a village until a railroad arrived in 1882; the new town platted that year came with sawmills and a cheese-box factory, the kind of small industry that followed Thumb dairy farms.
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What to check next in Tuscola County
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