page_title: Otsego County, Michigan
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: Otsego County, Michigan / History
caption_attribution_description: English: Detail of A New Map of Michigan With Its Canals, Roads &amp; Distances by H.S. Tanner, 1842, showing: Meegisee County (misspelled "Negissee") (later renamed Antrim County) Okkuddo County (later renamed Otsego County) Cheonoquet County (later renamed Montmorency County) Wabassee County (misspelled "Wabbassee") (later renamed Kalkaska County) Shawono County (misspelled "Shawwano") (later renamed Crawford County) Oscoda County
context_page_description: Otsego County is a county located in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2010 census, the population was 24,164. The county seat is Gaylord. The county was founded in 1840 and organized in 1875.
context_section_description: The county was created in 1840 as Okkuddo County (meaning "sickly water," although the reason for using a name with such a negative meaning is lost). The name was changed to Otsego in 1843. It was organized in 1875.
caption: A detail from A New Map of Michigan with its Canals, Roads & Distances (1842) by Henry Schenck Tanner, showing Otsego County as Okkuddo County, its name from 1840 to 1843. Several nearby counties are also shown with names that would later be changed.
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