Howard City is a village in Montcalm County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 1,835 at the 2020 census. The village is within Reynolds Township. Benjamin Ensley owned the land on which he, E. W. Muenscher, and Mr. Shaw began the settlement that Muenscher platted in 1868. It was named for William A. Howard, a Detroit railroad attorney…
Howard City is a village in Montcalm County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 1,835 at the 2020 census. The village is within Reynolds Township. Benjamin Ensley owned the land on which he, E. W. Muenscher, and Mr. Shaw began the settlement that Muenscher platted in 1868. It was named for William A. Howard, a Detroit railroad attorney. The Detroit, Grand Rapids and Western Railroad depot opened in 1869. A post office was established on January 12, 1870, with John B. Spencer as the first postmaster. It incorporated as a village in 1873. The post office name was shortened to "Howard" on February 2, 1895, but restored to Howard City on January 19, 1899.
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