Montcalm Township is a civil township of Montcalm County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 3,394 at the 2020 census, Gowen began circa 1847 as a lumbering center and was first known as "Gregor's Mills", and later as "Kaywood". Colonel James Gowen, from Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, founded the present community and platted it in 1871. A post office was established on March 4, 1872, with Samuel N. Peck as the first postmaster. It was a station on the Detroit, Grand Rapids and Western Railroad. The Gowen post office, with ZIP code 49326, serves the western part of Montcalm Township, as well as portions of townships to the west, southwest, and north.
Demographics
As of the census