Gowen, Michigan

Montcalm Township is a civil township of Montcalm County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 3,178 at the 2000 census.Communities Gowen is an unincorporated community in the township on the Flat River at. The Gowen post office, with ZIP code 49326, serves areas in the northwestern area of Montcalm Township, as well as a small area in southern Pine Township and a large portion of eastern Spencer Township and a small area in northeast Oakfield Township in Kent County. 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 city of Greenville is to the south, and the Greenville post office, with ZIP code 48838, also serves a large portion of Montcalm Township. The city of Stanton is to the northeast, and the Stanton post office, with ZIP code 48888, also serves an area in northeast Montcalm Township. The village of Sheridan is to the east, and the Sheridan post office, with ZIP code 48884, also serves a small area in eastern Montcalm Township. The community of Sidney is to the east in Sidney Township, and the Sidney post office, with ZIP code 48885, also serves an area in eastern Montcalm Township.