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Created from part of Providence County. County of Kent, England 171,278: 168 sq mi (435 km 2) Newport County: 005: Newport: 1703: Formed as Rhode Island County in 1703. Renamed Newport County in 1729: Town of Newport, Essex, England 83,832: 102 sq mi (264 km 2) Providence County: 007: Providence: 1703: Formed in 1703 as Providence Plantations ...
Prior to the formation of Orange County, residents of Anaheim in 1870 pushed a bill in the state assembly for the creation of an Anaheim County. The proposal had the support of San Francisco. [10] An attempt in the late 19th century (1870-80?) to create San Antonio County in present-day Los Angeles and San Bernardino counties.
Rhode Island Convention Center: Providence: Rhode Island: 100,000 sq ft (9,300 m 2) 167,000 sq ft (15,500 m 2) Doggett Ford Park: Beaumont: Texas: 152,000 sq ft (14,100 m 2) 163,000 sq ft (15,100 m 2) Taylor County Expo Center: Abilene: Texas: 137,000 sq ft (12,700 m 2) 163,000 sq ft (15,100 m 2) Benton Convention Center: Winston-Salem: North ...
All the counties were created in 1905 from unorganized territory, seven years after the Territory of Hawaii was created. [2] [3] The county of Kalawao was historically exclusively used as a leper colony, and does not have many of the elected officials the other counties do. [4] Many services for Kalawao County are provided by Maui County.
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.
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Hawaii: 5: Rhode Island: Counties in Rhode Island have no governmental functions; local government is provided by eight cities and thirty-one towns: 4: Northern Mariana Islands: The Northern Mariana Islands has no counties. The 4 municipalities of the Northern Mariana Islands are counted as county-equivalents by the U.S. Census Bureau: 3: Delaware
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