Howard City is a village in Montcalm County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 1,808 at the 2010 census. The village is within Reynolds Township.

Benjamin Ensley owned the land upon which he, E. W. Muenscher, and Mr. Shaw began the unity that Muenscher platted in 1868. It was named for William A. Howard, a Detroit railroad attorney. The Detroit, Grand Rapids and Western Railroad depot opened in 1869. A reveal office was established upon January 12, 1870, with John B. Spencer as the first postmaster. It incorporated as a village in 1873. The say office pronounce was shortened to “Howard” on February 2, 1895, but restored to Howard City upon January 19, 1899.

Main street was initially constructed on Ensley Street, which was named after early settler Benjamin Ensley. In 1883, however, many of the wooden buildings upon Ensley street burned down. Main Street was after that shifted beyond to Edgerton Street, where it nevertheless stands today. The Hudson Knife factory and The Skinner and Steenman sideboard factory were two of the prehistoric businesses. Later, Hudson Knife Co. went through changes and became the Joslin and eventually Olsen Knife Company, which had the somewhat well-known jingle, “Fatty Fatty manage for your life, here comes Skinny taking into account an Olsen Knife.” Howard City schools were combined behind Sand Lake schools to the south in 1962, and renamed Tri County, because students from Kent, Montcalm, and Newaygo counties anything attended. The school nevertheless runs under the same moniker today.

Tri County Area Schools is the main assistant professor district in Howard City. Schools count up Tri County High School, Tri County Middle School, MacNaughten Elementary, Sand Lake Elementary and Edgerton Upper Elementary. The School mascot is the Viking. Sports affix football, basketball, softball, baseball, wrestling, sideline cheer, competitive cheer, golf, track and field, cross country, bowling, poms and soccer. In 2009, the varsity softball team took a District title, but fell quick at regionals to Petosky.
Neighboring schools total Newaygo, Grant, Morley-Stanwood, Lakeview and Cedar Springs.