Montcalm County, Michigan

Founding: 1850 (declared in 1831)
Parent county: Unorganized territory

Namesake: Louis-Joseph de Montcalm, French army general
Seat: Greenville (1850–1860); Stanton (1860–)

Land area: 705 square miles

Population (2020): 66,614

Population (historic): 891 (1850); 13,629 (1870); 32,754 (1890); 32,069 (1910); 27,471 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1850–1880; 1930–2020

Subdivisions: Three cities; six villages; 20 townships

National Register listings: Three

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 4,878 (17.2%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 56.8%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 10.6%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 13.1%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 10.3%
Average farmhouse value (1930): $1,363
Average outbuilding value (1930): $1,354
Average farmhouse size (1940): 6.5 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 4,493
Average farm size (1920): 59.9 acres
Sources of settlement: New York, Michigan, Ohio, Canada, Pennsylvania, Denmark, and Germany
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Stanton

Namesake: Edwin Stanton, U.S. Secretary of War during the Lincoln presidency

Founding: 1860 (platting); 1862 (post office); 1869 (incorporation)

Population (2020): 1,348

Population (historic): 600 (1870); 1,352 (1890); 1,012 (1910); 955 (1930)

Periods of population growth: 1860–1880; 1920s; 1940s; 1970–1990
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 188 (35.4%)
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Outstanding Buildings

1. Robert Edgar Farm (c. 1885). 11767 Howard City–Edmore Road. Cato. Queen Anne/Italianate.
2. School (c. 1885). 19256 Kendaville Road. Pierson. Gothic Revival.