Stanton

History

Stanton was organized in 1860 when the people of Montcalm County voted to move the county seat here from Greenville, which had been the original county seat since 1840. At that time, the County Board purchased from Fred Hall of Ionia and named the location "Fred" in his honor. The family of Levi Camburn was the first to settle here, and he became its first postmaster on March 10, 1862. The city was renamed for U.S. Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton in 1863. Stanton was platted in 1865, incorporated as a village in 1869, and as a city in 1881. The Hotel Montcalm was established in 1863.

Geography

Stanton is in central Montcalm County, by road northeast of Greenville, the largest city in the county. Stanton is located at the corners of four townships, incorporating land from each: Day Township to the northeast, Evergreen Township to the southeast, Sidney Township to the southwest, and Douglass Township to the northwest. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , all land.

Race & ethnicity

Most-observed species

• Mourning Dove

  Zenaida macroura (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  1,283
• American Robin

  Turdus migratorius Linnaeus, 1766 · Aves
  1,265
• American Crow

  Corvus brachyrhynchos C.L.Brehm, 1822 · Aves
  1,237
• Canada Goose (canadensis Group)

  Branta canadensis (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  1,211
• Northern Cardinal

  Cardinalis cardinalis (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  1,160
• Black-capped Chickadee

  Poecile atricapillus (Linnaeus, 1766) · Aves
  1,112
• Blue Jay

  Cyanocitta cristata (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  1,085
• Red-winged Blackbird

  Agelaius phoeniceus (Linnaeus, 1766) · Aves
  1,067