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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
County name State Name origin Abbeville County: South Carolina: The French town of Abbeville: Acadia Parish: Louisiana: The French colonial region of Acadia: Accomack County: Virginia: From accawmacke, a Native American word meaning across the water place, describing the Eastern Shore of Virginia and the Accawmack people who lived there.
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 ...
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 ...
List of U.S. county name etymologies (A–D) List of U.S. county name etymologies (E–I) ... List of U.S. counties named after presidents of the United States; R.
Cabarrus County, North Carolina; Cabell County, West Virginia; Cabo Rojo Municipality, Puerto Rico; Cache County, Utah; Caddo County, Oklahoma; Caddo Parish, Louisiana
[122] [121] The name "Virgin Islands of the United States" (U.S. Virgin Islands) was adopted in 1917 when the islands were purchased by the U.S. from Denmark. [123] [note 4] United States Minor Outlying Islands: Various: Various: Various: The name "United States Minor Outlying Islands" started to be used in 1986. [124]