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The U.S. state of Texas is divided into 254 counties, more than any other U.S. state. [1] While only about 20% of Texas counties are generally located within the Houston—Dallas—San Antonio—Austin areas, they serve a majority of the state's population with approximately 22,000,000 inhabitants.
Location of counties with the five most popular names. This is a list of U.S. county names that are used in two or more states. Ranked are the 428 most common county names, which are shared by counties in two or more states each, accounting for 1,730 of the 3,140 counties and county-equivalents in the United States.
N= is the two-digit FIPS state code of the county's state, e.g. N=04 for Arizona, N=10 for Delaware, etc. The name of the state will be composed from this number. Num= is the three-digit fips county code for that county, e.g. N=001 or N=037 etc. Seat= is the county seat. The state's name is included automatically in the wikilink.
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.
County name State Origin Val Verde County: Texas: Named for the 1862 Civil War Battle of Val Verde (val verde meaning "green valley" in Spanish). Valdez-Cordova Census Area: Alaska: The port of Valdez was named after the Spanish naval officer Antonio Valdés y Basán; Cordova after the city of Córdoba, Spain.
An enlargeable map of the 254 counties of the State of Texas. The following is a list of Texas county seat name etymologies, taken from the Handbook of Texas. A separate list of Texas county name etymologies, covering Texas counties instead of its county seats, is also available.
County or equivalent State or equivalent 01001 Autauga County Alabama: 01003 Baldwin County: 01005 Barbour County: 01007 Bibb County: 01009 Blount County: 01011 Bullock County: 01013 Butler County: 01015 Calhoun County: 01017 Chambers County: 01019 Cherokee County: 01021 Chilton County: 01023 Choctaw County: 01025 Clarke County: 01027 Clay ...
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