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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.
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.
Personal tools. Donate; Create account; ... Talk; Contents move to sidebar hide (Top) 1 By state. 2 By name. 3 By name origin. 4 By ... The 3,143 counties and county ...
20 county councils (landsting) 290 municipalities (kommuner) 2,523 registration districts: Switzerland: Federal 26 cantons [bz] 137 districts [citation needed] (not in all cantons, names vary) 2,131 municipalities or communes [35] (varies by canton) Syria: Unitary 14 governorates (muḥāfaẓāt) 60 districts subdistricts (nawaḥi) [citation ...
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 ...
This is a list of U.S. counties named after prominent Confederate historical figures.The counties are named primarily for Confederate politicians and military officers. Most counties are located in former Confederate States, whilst seven counties are located in what was the Indian Territory (present-day Oklahoma), a territory that was aligned and controlled by the Confedera
The county's licence plate code (where applicable) County's creation date/year; The county's origin (which counties it was formed out of) The etymology of the county name; Map= is the name of the image to used for the county map when the autmatically generated version doesn't work.
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