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Attainment — these counties are at least equal to the national average on all three indicators. [1] To date, only six counties meet Attainment status, with five of them between Alabama and Georgia; the three that are in Georgia (Cherokee, Forsyth, and Gwinnett) are all part of the Atlanta metropolitan area. The other county that has reached ...
A few counties in Georgia have changed their names. Jasper County was originally named "Randolph County". Later, the present-day Randolph County was founded. Webster County was once named "Kinchafoonee County", and Bartow County was originally named "Cass County".
New Kent County was established in 1654 from York County, Virginia. Kent County, England: 26,134: 210 sq mi (544 km 2) Northampton County: 131: Eastville: 1634: Original county of the Colony under England, initially named Accomac Shire. In 1642, it was renamed Northampton County. However, in 1663, Northampton County was divided into two counties.
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. [1] [2]
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 majority of Georgia’s 159 counties saw a Republican shift in this year’s election, with Webster County seeing the largest change at over 10.5 points.
Throughout the country, there are 104 county-equivalents where over 50% of the population identified as Black (either alone or in combination). 25 of these were Mississippian counties, 22 more were counties in Georgia, and 11 of them were in Alabama. Moreover, there were nine counties in each South Carolina and Virginia with Black majorities.
Three county seats have later become the county seats of other counties: Pond Town was the temporary county seat of Lee County, Georgia when the county was first established from Muscogee (Creek) Nation lands in 1826. The county was very large and otherwise lacked European-American settlement. It was replaced in 1828.