Editing Howard City, Michigan (section)

==Geography==
Howard City is in northwestern Montcalm County, in the southeast corner of [[Reynolds Township, Michigan|Reynolds Township]]. A small portion of the village extends south into [[Pierson Township, Michigan|Pierson Township]]. The [[U.S. Route 131 in Michigan|U.S. 131]] freeway passes {{convert|2|mi|0}} west of the village, with access from Exit 118. U.S. 131 leads south-southwest {{convert|34|mi}} to [[Grand Rapids, Michigan|Grand Rapids]] and north {{convert|63|mi}} to [[Cadillac, Michigan|Cadillac]]. [[Greenville, Michigan|Greenville]], the largest city in Montcalm County, is {{convert|25|mi}} southeast of Howard City.

According to the [[U.S. Census Bureau]], the village has a total area of {{convert|2.44|sqmi|sqkm|2}}, of which  {{convert|0.03|sqmi|sqkm|2}}, or 1.39%, are water.<ref name="CenPopGazetteer2023"/> Tamarack Creek, a west-flowing tributary of the [[Little Muskegon River]], passes through the north side of the village.

The Howard City post office, with ZIP code 49329, also serves much of southern [[Reynolds Township, Michigan|Reynolds Township]], as well as a large part of [[Winfield Township, Michigan|Winfield Township]] to the east, a small area of [[Maple Valley Township, Montcalm County, Michigan|Maple Valley Township]] to the southeast, portions of [[Pierson Township, Michigan|Pierson Township]] to the south. It also serves parts of [[Croton Township, Michigan|Croton Township]] to the west and [[Ensley Township, Michigan|Ensley Township]] to the southwest in [[Newaygo County, Michigan|Newaygo County]].<ref>[http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/ReferenceMapFramesetServlet?_bm=y&-geo_id=86000US49329&-_yp=Census%202000&-tree_id=420&-_lang=en ZCTA Reference Map for 49329] {{Webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20200210234437/http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/ReferenceMapFramesetServlet?_bm=y&-geo_id=86000US49329&-_yp=Census%202000&-tree_id=420&-_lang=en |date=February 10, 2020 }}, U.S. Census Bureau, 2000 census</ref>