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Montcalm County
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county in Michigan, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Michigan
- Founded
- 1738 (created), 1850 (organized)
- Named after
- Louis-Joseph de Montcalm
- Seat
- Stanton
- Largest city
- Greenville
- Total
- 721 sq mi (1,870 km )
- Land
- 705 sq mi (1,830 km )
- Water
- 15 sq mi (39 km ) 2.1%
- Estimate 2025
- 69,406
- Density
- 94.5/sq mi (36.5/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−5 ( Eastern )
- Summer dst
- UTC−4 ( EDT )
- Congressional district
- 2nd
- Website
- montcalm .us
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
Montcalm County (/ˈmɒntkɔːlm/ MONT-kawlm) is a county in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2020 Census, the population was 66,614. The county is geographically located in the West Michigan region of the Lower Peninsula. The county seat is Stanton, and the largest city is Greenville. The county is named for General Marquis Louis-Joseph de Montcalm, military commander of French troops during the French and Indian War. The county was set off in 1831 and organized in 1850.
Montcalm County is part of the Grand Rapids metropolitan area.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Montcalm County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.