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William Vilas (1840–1908), officer in the Civil War United States Postmaster General (1885–88) United States Secretary of the Interior (1888–89) and Senator from Wisconsin (1891–97) 23,885: 856.60 sq mi (2,219 km 2) Walworth County: 127: Elkhorn: 1836: Milwaukee County: Reuben Hyde Walworth (1788–1867), jurist from New York: 105,822: ...
The following is a list of the 3,143 counties and county-equivalents in the 50 states and District of Columbia sorted by U.S. state, plus an additional 100 county-equivalents in the U.S. territories sorted by territory.
John McLean (1791–1830), United States Representative and United States Senator from Illinois (the latter from 1824–25 and 1829–30) 170,441: 1,183 sq mi (3,064 km 2) Menard County: 129: Petersburg: 1839: Sangamon County: Pierre Menard (1766–1844), prominent early settler and first Lieutenant Governor of Illinois: 11,954: 314 sq mi (813 ...
An enlargeable map of the 3,143 counties and county equivalents located in the 50 U.S. states and Washington, D.C. as of 2020. The 100 county equivalents in the U.S. territories are not on this map. There are 3,244 counties and county equivalents in the United States.
The Illinois side includes Henry County, Mercer County, and Rock Island County. [4] In extreme northwestern Illinois the Driftless Zone, a region of unglaciated and therefore higher and more rugged topography, occupies a small part of the state. Charles Mound, located in this region, is the state's highest elevation above sea level.
Baca County, Colorado; Bacon County, Georgia; Bailey County, Texas; Baker County: Florida; Georgia; Oregon; Baker Island, U.S. Minor Outlying Islands; Baldwin County ...
U.S. Census Bureau regions and divisions. Since 1950, the United States Census Bureau defines four statistical regions, with nine divisions. [1] [2] The Census Bureau region definition is "widely used... for data collection and analysis", [3] and is the most commonly used classification system.
The United States of America is a federal republic [1] consisting of 50 states, a federal district (Washington, D.C., the capital city of the United States), five major territories, and various minor islands. [2] [3] Both the states and the United States as a whole are each sovereign jurisdictions. [4]