![]() ![]() 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). ![]() Several nearby counties are also shown with names that would later be changed. See also: History of Northern Michigan 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. See List of Michigan county name etymologies. 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 languages). Otsego may be a Native American name meaning "place of the rock". The county was founded in 1840 and organized in 1875. As of the 2020 Census, the population was 25,091. ![]() Otsego County ( / ˌ ɒ t s iː ɡ oʊ/ ' aat- SEE-go'), formerly known as Okkuddo County, is a county located in the U.S. ![]()
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