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The county was founded 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 and was organized in 1875. Otsego may be a Native American name meaning "place of the rock". However, an alternative theory is that it derives from a lake and a county in New York state, which are said to bear the name derived from a Mohawk Iroquoian word meaning either "clear water" or "meeting place." It may be a neologism coined by Henry Schoolcraft, who was a borrower of words and pieces of words from many languages (including Arabic, Greek, Latin, and various American Indian dialects).
Adjacent Counties
- Cheboygan County
- Montmorency County
- Oscoda County
- Crawford County
- Antrim County
- Charlevoix County
- Kalkaska County
Cities, Villages & Communities
- Arbutus Beach
- Bagley
- Charlton
- Chester
- Corwith
- Dover
- Elmira
- Eyedylwild
- Gaylord (County Seat)
- Hayes
- Johannesburg
- Livingston
- Oak Grove
- Otsego Lake
- Sparr
- Vanderbilt
- Vienna Corners (part)
- Waters
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