Mears, MI

Mears is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Golden Township, Oceana County, Michigan, United States. The 2020 census counted 332 residents. The community was founded by mill owner Charles Mears in 1873. A post office opened in May 1873. Mears's local map joins its older history to the places and landscapes that still shape the town today, all within the wider Michigan setting. The local scoop is how Mears's history still shows up in the places people visit, work, learn, and meet. The Silver Lake Sand Dunes are the biggest attraction in Mears, bringing in over a million visitors in a year. Mears is on the west side of the Lower Peninsula of Michigan, 3 miles west of Hart, 23 miles south of Ludington, and 39 miles north of Muskegon. Mears includes the Silver Lake.