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Otis is a town in Hancock County, named for its early proprietor James Otis, settled in 1805 and incorporated in1835 from the township T8 EPR

  1. March 19, 1835 incorporated as Otis

Villages, Locations and Settlements

  
  • New Trenton
  

Survey of 1876:
Otis.—First occupancy, 1805. Incorporated (22 town)

March 19, 1835. Named in honor of Otis, a proprietor;
Name, prior to incorporation, New Trenton. Population, 245. Wealth, per capita, $110. First settlers, Isaac Frazier, N. M. Jellison, James Gilpatrick and Allan Milliken. Decennary gain, 36. State valuation, $26,407. U. S. valuation, $38,636.

Union soldiers, 35 ; State aid, $470 ; town bounty, $4,975 ; cost per recruit, $155.