Boyne City is a city in Charlevoix County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 3,816 at the 2020 census. The city is located at the southeastern decline of Lake Charlevoix where Boyne River drains into the lake.

The Place was first fixed as in advance as 1856 by the families of John Dixon and John Miller in 1856, which was allowance of Emmet County until Charlevoix County was organized in 1869. Miller first named the unity Boyne, as it was close the already-named Boyne River, which derived its say from a river in Ireland. A read out office named Boyne opened upon September 29, 1869 bearing in mind Miller serving as the first postmaster. Others moved to the Place with the foundation of the Pine Lake House by A. J. Hall in 1879. The community incorporated as a village in 1885 and was renamed Boyne City in 1904. It incorporated as a city in 1907.

Boyne City was house to the Buelah Home, which was built by Herman Swift in 1902. It served as a housing faculty for delinquent boys. By 1910, the Buelah Home housed nearly 200 boys, who were then reviled by the community for committing numerous crimes and causing mischief. Soon after, Swift was accused of molesting numerous boys under his care, and criminal charges were filed. It became a cause célèbre in northern Michigan, and it made headlines throughout the country. Many boys who accused Swift of the charges dropped out of the feat to avoid public scrutiny. The accomplishment dragged upon for three years in the past eventually making its way to the Michigan Supreme Court under chief justice Joseph H. Steere. Swift was acquitted, but it led to the Buelah Home being closed in 1912 and demolished in 1920.

The city contains three listings on the National Register of Historic Places. The downtown Place along Lake Street and Water Street has been included into the Boyne City Central Historic District. The municipal Boyne City Water Works Building was constructed in 1910 bearing in mind the city was experiencing a tremendous addition in population, and the building continues to help its want as a city water system booster station. The Chicago and West Michigan Railroad Charlevoix Station was built in 1892 as a station along the Chicago and Michigan Lake Shore Railroad, and it now serves as a museum and rental hall.