Greenville is a city in Montcalm County of the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 8,816 at the 2020 census.

Greenville is named after its founder, John Green, who arranged in the wilderness of the southwest portion of Montcalm County in 1844. John Green build up a sawmill on the Flat River that is approved for attracting additional settlers. The newly formed Green’s Village attracted many people of Danish origin who followed another forward Danish settler’s sure letters house regarding the area. Because of the town’s heritage, Greenville celebrates the Danish Festival every year upon the third weekend of August. A publicize office was established upon January 20, 1848, with Abel French as the first postmaster. John Green had the village platted in 1853 and it was a station upon the Detroit, Grand Rapids and Western Railroad. Greenville incorporated as a village in 1867 and as a city in 1871.

Hendrik Meijer, founder of Meijer’s stores, moved to Greenville after immigrating to the USA from the Netherlands. He was initially a barber, but the Great Depression and nonappearance of a proper grocery upon his side of town led him to contact his own increase in 1934. Meijer corporation now operates stores throughout the Midwest. Hendrik’s son Fred Meijer, principal architect of the modern Meijer chain, is a native son.

Greenville is also home to the Fighting Falcon, the help plane of a wave of gliders during Operation Overlord. The Falcon was purchased later funds raised by the school kids of the town, and was designated the benefit aircraft in reply of this achievement.^{[citation needed]}