Standish is a city in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 1,458 at the 2020 census. It is the county chair of Arenac County.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 2.15 square miles (5.57 km), all land.

Standish is located as regards 5.2 miles from the Saginaw Bay.

The town was platted by John D. Standish in 1871, who owned whatever of the home in the vicinity. Before the plat was formally recorded, Standish sold off some of his land in the area. The town was initially named “Granton”. John Standish owned the town’s first business, a sawmill, he unconventional had the town proclaim changed back up to Standish. Jackson and Lansing Railroad reached the community in 1871. The first hotel was built in Standish in 1871 and named The Standish House, by a sheriff of Bay County. The hotel went through several owners previously it burned next to in March 1902. In 1888 the railroad depot was built by local farmers in the area, each bringing their own materials to assist with the construction. In 1898 the State Bank of Standish opened, (now Citizens Bank). Standish was incorporated as a village in 1893 with James Austin as its president, and well ahead a city in 1903, with Mr. H. Randall was as its first mayor. In 1907 Standish got its first automobile dealership, a Buick dealership. By 1912 the city got its first announcement electric lighting for homes and businesses, with power being to hand between 7 A.M. to Midnight. By 1926 the city was receiving 24-hour electricity help supplied by the Northern Power Company. In 1918, the first gravel road surrounded by Pinconning and Standish was built, being a wandering dirt road beforehand. The similar year that prohibition upon alcohol took effect, 1920, three illegal moonshine stills were confiscated by the sheriff, and local arrests were made. By 1938 the population of Standish was 913. The city expected the skill to Woodmere Cemetery in 1940. On September 22, 1970 the charter of the city of Standish was adopted, making Standish a home-rule city.