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The county was founded in 1840 and organized in 1855. 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.
Adjacent Counties
Cities, Villages & Communities
Benona | Bird | Claybanks | Colfax | Collinsville | Corbin' Mill | Cranston | Crystal | Crystal Valley | Elbridge | Elmwood | Elwood | Ferry | Flower Creek | Forest City | Gale | Golden | Grant | Greenwood | Hart (County Seat) | Hesperia (part) | Leavitt | Mears | New Era | Newfield | Otto | Pentwater | Rothbury | Shelby | Stony Lake | Walkerville | Weare
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Manistee National Forest (part)