Otsego County, Michigan

Founding: 1875 (declared in 1840)
Parent county: Unorganized territory

Namesake: Uncertain—perhaps Otsego Lake or Otsego County, New York
Seat: Otsego Lake (1875–1877); Gaylord (1877–)

Land area: 514 square miles

Population (2020): 25,091

Population (historic): 1,974 (1880); 6,175 (1900); 5,554 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1880–1910; 1930–2020

Subdivisions: One city; one village; nine townships

National Register listings: Three

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 811 (5.5%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 49.3%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 6.7%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 4.2%
Average farmhouse value (1930): $690
Average outbuilding value (1930): $658
Average farmhouse size (1940): 5.7 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 573
Average farm size (1920): 57.4 acres
Sources of settlement: Michigan, Canada, New York, and Poland
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Gaylord

Namesake: Augustine Gaylord, railroad attorney

Founding: 1874 (platting); 1874 (post office)

Population (2020): 4,286

Population (historic): 292 (1880); 1,561 (1900); 1,627 (1930)

Periods of population growth: 1874–1900; 1910s; 1930–2000; 2010s
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 252 (13.2%)
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