Editing Gladwin County, Michigan (section)

===European arrival===
The earliest documented visitors to the area were surveyors who platted the lands under provision of the 1787 [[Northwest Ordinance]]. Most of the early work was completed during the 1830s, although some of the survey work was faulty - the surveyors reportedly doubted that the area would ever be settled.

The earliest census to mention residents in the area was in 1860.

The county is named for [[Henry Gladwin]],<ref>{{cite book |url = https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_9V1IAAAAMAAJ |title = The Origin of Certain Place Names in the United States |publisher = Govt. Print. Off. |author = Gannett, Henry |year = 1905 |page = [https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_9V1IAAAAMAAJ/page/n137 138] }}</ref> British military commandant at Detroit in 1763 during [[Pontiac's War]]. The county was set off and named in 1831, and its government was organized in 1875.<ref name=clarke>{{cite web |url = https://www.cmich.edu/library/clarke/AccessMaterials/Bibliographies/MichiganLocalHistory/Pages/gladwin.aspx |publisher = [[Clarke Historical Library]], [[Central Michigan University]] |title = Bibliography on Gladwin County |access-date = January 19, 2013 }}</ref>