Originated in the year 1875 Otsego County was named after the Otsego County, New York. Gaylord is the county seat of Otsego. The entire area of 525.98 sq mi consists of over 24.1K people with marvelous combination of races including White, Native American, black or African American, Asian, Hispanic or Latino, Pacific Islander, and others including 8.9K households and 6.5K families.

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