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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 ...
Sixteen (possibly seventeen) of the twenty four Lincoln Counties in the United States are named for Abraham Lincoln, the sixteenth President; five other Lincoln counties are named for Benjamin Lincoln, a leading general in the American Revolutionary War and distant relative of Abraham. Lincoln County, Arkansas; Lincoln County, Colorado
Rutherford B. Hayes, 19th President of the United States (1877–1881) Hays County: Texas: John Coffee Hays, a Texas Ranger and an officer during the Mexican–American War Haywood County: North Carolina: John Haywood, North Carolina state treasurer Haywood County: Tennessee: Judge John Haywood (1762–1826), called "the father of Tennessee ...
Local lore has it that when the county was formed in 1870, locals suggested the name Benton to the Reconstruction legislature as being Thomas Hart Benton, a U.S. senator from Missouri who pushed for westward expansion of the United States, but the county was actually named for the Confederate general.
County name (years established) State Name origin Modern counties Baine County (1866–1868) Alabama: David W. Baine, Confederate General [1] Etowah County: Baker County (1868–1874) Alfred Baker, founder of Clanton, Alabama [2] Chilton County: Benton County (1832–1858) Thomas Hart Benton, U.S. Senator from Missouri [3] Calhoun County ...
Pages in category "U.S. county name etymologies" The following 13 pages are in this category, out of 13 total. ... List of U.S. counties named after presidents of the ...
The county name also refers to the fact that New York City was wholly contained in the county until it combined with other areas in the 1880s. New York County today is thus simply referred to as Manhattan, the island that forms almost all the area of the county. Newaygo County: Michigan
Hokendauqua (Lehigh County) Both the village and creek are named for a combination of the Lenape words Hackiun and dochwe, which together mean "stream searching for land." Keewaydin Keewaydin is not definite, but may have derived from an Indian word meaning "the north wind" or "home wind," (for when the wind blew from that direction the trail ...