Saugatuck Township - Historical Archives

The Saugatuck Township Office has made available a collection of historical tax assessment rolls in a convenient computer format. These records contain real and personnel property information such as the name of owners, lot descriptions, and valuations of all the parcels throughout the Township, including the Villages of Saugatuck and Douglas.

Below is a link to the earliest assessment roll dated 1848, when the Saugatuck Township area was actually called Newark Township .

1848 Newark Township Tax Assessment Roll [16MB]

The entire collection consists of the following information and can be viewed and copied from the Township Office.

Newark Township Assessment Rolls including the Village of Kalamazoo from 1848, 1849, 1851.

Saugatuck Township Assessment Rolls including the Village of Saugatuck and the Village of Douglas from 1880-1915.

Parcel Map of the Saugatuck Township from 1873.

History of Saugatuck Township

For more history on the Saugatuck Township click here to view an essay by local historian Kit Lane commissioned by the Township Board in 1987 to honor the Sesquicentennial celebration of the State of Michigan.