Saugatuck is a city in Allegan County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 865 at the 2020 census. The city is within Saugatuck Township, but is administratively autonomous.

Originally a lumber town and port, Saugatuck, along as soon as the next-door city of Douglas, became a noted art colony and tourist destination in the Arts and Crafts movement of the late 19th century. In the early 20th century, Saugatuck was home to the famous enormous Pavilion, a large dance hall that attracted bands and visitors from across the Midwest. The building was a popular destination upon Lake Michigan from its construction in 1909 until it burned down upon May 6, 1960.

Today, tourists are drawn to the art galleries, harbor, marinas, scenery, unusual stores, the view from atop Mount Baldhead, and tourist attractions as capably as Oval Beach on Lake Michigan, which enjoys a worldwide reputation. Nearby are Saugatuck Dunes State Park and Allegan State Game Area as is the city of Holland. Saugatuck is known as a popular vacation destination for the LGBT+ community with similar cultural attributes as Fire Island Pines and Provincetown, Massachusetts.

William C. Butler was the first European-American settler in 1830 of “Kalamazoo village”, as it was at first known. He bought home and had a village plat laid out in 1833. In 1836 the legislature gave Kalamazoo, formerly known as Bronson in great compliment of Titus Bronson, its current name. Thus the community was renamed after the township current name, Newark. The first postmaster suggested the reveal of Saugatuck, a indigenous American declare signifying a stream outlet, for the name office, and this make known was taken following Saugatuck was incorporated as a village in 1868 by the County Board of Supervisors. The village was reincorporated by the legislature in its 1869-1870 session.