page_title: Oceana County, Michigan
section_title: Townships
hierarchical_section_title: Oceana County, Michigan / Communities / Townships
caption_attribution_description: Oceana County, Michigan, Townships - Median Household Income Chart, created by Charles W. Thompson
context_page_description: Oceana County is a county located in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2010 census, the population was 26,570. The county seat is Hart. Long known as part of the large Ojibwe territory, the county was founded by European Americans in 1840 and organized in 1855.
  Settlers were attracted by access along the White River, which reaches its mouth on Lake Michigan in Muskegon County to the south. Two possibilities have been put forward to explain the county's name: Oceana County may have been named for Lake Michigan, a freshwater "ocean," which forms its western border; or it was named for the book Oceana, written by English author James Harrington in 1656.
  Oceana County is famous as the "Asparagus Capital of the World" for its high production of asparagus. The annual Asparagus Festival includes a parade and crowning of the Asparagus Queen.
context_section_description: Benona Township
  Claybanks Township
  Colfax Township
  Crystal Township
  Elbridge Township
  Ferry Township
  Golden Township
  Grant Township
  Greenwood Township
  Hart Township
  Leavitt Township
  Newfield Township
  Otto Township
  Pentwater Township
  Shelby Township
  Weare Township
caption: Oceana County, Michigan, Townships - Median House Income Chart
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