Welcome to the Hillsdale County Community Center!

This virtual community center is being created by citizens throughout the county of Hillsdale Michigan who are participating in a grant project entitled Information Technology for Community and Intergovernmental Cooperation (ITCIC). The ITCIC project is being developed with oversight from a broad Community and Intergovernmental Coordination Committee, comprised of representatives from the community, local units of governments, and key agency and business leaders.

Clicking on Community Information will provide links to information by category.

Clicking on Local Government provides links to information about the local jurisdictions in Hillsdale County. In addition to information about the offices, officials, office hours, etc, this is also where you can search for properties, find permit application forms, meeting agendas & minutes, ordinances, notices, and similar information.

Please remember to scroll down on this page too, as there may be more information below.

Be an Informed Voter

The next election in Hillsdale County will be on May 6, 2008. This election will primarily be to elect school board members and possibly some school millage issues. Then on August 5, the state wide General Primary Election will be held. November 4 will be the General Election, including voting for President.

Qualified electors (registered voters) in Hillsdale County who are interested in filing for the August 5, 2008 General Primary Election need to do so by May 13, 2008 by 4:00 p.m. The following county offices up for election are: Sheriff, Prosecutor, County Clerk, County Treasurer, Register of Deeds, Road Commissioner, Drain Commissioner, Surveyor, and County Commissioner (Districts 1 – 7). County positions are filed with the County Clerk.

The following offices up for election in each of the 18 townships are: Supervisor, Township Clerk, Township Treasurer and 2 Trustee positions. Filings for the township positions are done with the Township Clerk.

A Write-In Candidate Declaration may be filed no later than 4:00 p.m. on July 25, 2008, which is the second Friday immediately preceding the election.

If you have questions you may visit www.michigan.gov/sos and click on Elections on the left side. You may also call the Hillsdale County Clerk’s office at 517-437-3391 or visit the clerk’s web page at http://www.hillsdalecounty.info/government379863.asp

Map Index

Map Index: Takes you to an index of the maps uniquely available in the virtual Community Center and a tutorial to guide you in using these maps.

Please Note: We have had a couple of reports of problems with our maps. If you are unable to get the map section to work, please send us an email with details of what browser you are using, the version of the browser, what anti-virus you use, and what map your are unable to view. Send the email to webmaster@co.hillsdale.mi.us. Thank you for helping us to improve this site.

Don't Move Firewood.

Many people do not know that Hillsdale County is under a quarantine related to moving wood out of the county. In 2004, the Emerald Ash Borer was found in Hillsdale County, especially along the southern boarder. Many thousands of ash trees in the county are in the process of being cut down and destroyed in an effort to prevent the spread of this insect. But, many people take their wood from home to their campsite or cottage in other counties or even other states. This is prohibited by the quarantine. You must leave the wood on your property. For more information, contact the Michigan State University Extension office for Hillsdale County at 517-439-9301 or one of the following web pages

www.emeraldashborer.info

http://www.na.fs.fed.us/fhp/alb/

Planning Commission Survey

The Hillsdale County Planning Commission is now taking a survey of the county for what vision the community would like to see for our coummunity. Please help us with this effort by clicking on this link to the survey. Thank you.

This page last updated on 3/26/2008.

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