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Every county's object in this SVG has its FIPS code in the object id field, with the county name and 2-letter postal state abbreviation in the title field. In cases where there is a county in a state that also has a county-equivalent city of the same name, "Co." is appended to the county name.
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.
Union County, North Carolina: Named as a compromise between Whigs, who wanted to name the new county after Henry Clay, and Democrats, who wanted to name it after Andrew Jackson. [3] [4] Union County, Ohio: Named because it is a union of portions of Delaware, Franklin, Logan, and Madison counties. Union County, Oregon; Union County, Pennsylvania
These are lists of U.S. county name etymologies.Many U.S. states have counties named after U.S. presidents such as Washington, Madison, Polk, Jefferson, etc. Counties are also commonly named after famous individuals, local Native American tribes once in the area (Washoe County, Nevada), cities located within the county, and land or water features (Cerro Gordo County, Iowa, meaning "Fat Hill ...
Theodore Washington Brevard, a Florida State Controller in the 1850s; it was originally named St. Lucia County [2] Brewster County: Texas: Henry Percy Brewster, a secretary of war for the Republic of Texas and soldier in the American Civil War: Briscoe County: Texas: Andrew Briscoe, a soldier during the Texas Revolution: City of Bristol: Virginia
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.
Union County: Oregon: The name, which is taken from the city of Union within the county's borders, references the Union states, or Northern States, of the American Civil War. [15] Union County: Pennsylvania: The name is an allusion to the Federal Union. Union County: South Carolina: Received its name from the old Union Church near Monarch Mill ...
Every county's object in this SVG has its FIPS code (preceded by a "c") in the object id field , with the county name and 2-letter postal state abbreviation in the title tag. In cases where there is a county in a state that also has a county-equivalent city of the same name, the word "Co." is appended to the county name.