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Boyne City sits at the eastern end of Lake Charlevoix, Michigan's third largest inland lake, in Charlevoix County.

The city takes its name from the Boyne River, which flows through it into Lake Charlevoix and was itself named for the River Boyne in Leinster, Ireland.

Boyne City was first settled in 1856 by the families of John Dixon and John Miller, and a post office named Boyne opened on September 29, 1869, with Miller as the first postmaster.

Boyne City incorporated as a village in 1885, was renamed from Boyne to Boyne City in 1904, and incorporated as a city in 1907.

Boyne City boomed during the lumber era and its population peaked at 5,218 in 1910, well above the 3,816 residents counted in the 2020 census.

With 3,816 residents in the 2020 census, Boyne City is the largest city in Charlevoix County.

The 2020 census counted 1,687 households and 2,298 housing units in Boyne City, and 26.6 percent of those housing units were vacant, reflecting the city's many seasonal lake homes.

Boyne City's official motto is 'Where Life Meets Lake.'

Boyne City's downtown along Lake Street and Water Street forms the Boyne City Central Historic District on the National Register of Historic Places, and the municipal Water Works Building, built in 1910, is also listed and still serves as a city water booster station.

Boyne City hosts the National Morel Mushroom Festival every May, celebrating the prized morel mushrooms hunted in the surrounding northern Michigan forests.