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Lists of U.S. county name etymologies

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Miscellaneous

List of U.S. counties named after prominent Confederate historical figures

List of the most common U.S. county name etymologies

List of U.S. counties named after animals

List of U.S. counties named after other U.S. counties

List of U.S. counties named after personal first names

List of U.S. counties named after plants

List of U.S. counties named after rivers

List of U.S. counties named after women

List of U.S. counties that share names with U.S. states

List of U.S. counties named after U.S. Presidents

See also

U.S. state

County (United States)

List of U.S. state name etymologies

List of U.S. place names of Spanish origin

External links

GEOBOPological Survey: The most popular county names, from Washington to Buffalo

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County name State Origin

Abbeville County South Carolina Named for the French town of Abbeville.

Acadia Parish Louisiana Named for the French colonial region of Acadia.

Accomack County Virginia Named for accawmacke, a Native American word meaning across the water place, describing the Eastern Shore of Virginia.

Ada County Idaho Named for Ada Riggs, the first pioneer child born in the area and the daughter of H.C. Riggs, a cofounder of Boise, Idaho.

Adair County Iowa Named for John Adair, a general in the War of 1812 and the eighth governor of Kentucky.

Adair County Kentucky

Adair County Missouri

Adair County Oklahoma Named for the Adair family of the Cherokee tribe.

Adams County Colorado Named for Alva Adams, the fifth governor of Colorado.

Adams County Idaho Named for John Adams, the second president of the United States.

Adams County Illinois Named for John Quincy Adams, the sixth president of the United States.

Adams County Indiana Named for John Quincy Adams, the sixth president of the United States.

Adams County Iowa Named for John Adams, the second president of the United States; or his son, John Quincy Adams, the sixth president of the United States.

Adams County Mississippi Named for John Adams, the second president of the United States.

Adams County Nebraska Named for John Adams, the second president of the United States.

Adams County North Dakota Named for John Quincy Adams, a railroad agent who was instrumental in having the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway be built through North Dakota.

Adams County Ohio Named for probably John Adams, the second president of the United States; although his son John Quincy Adams has also been suggested as the county's namesake.

Adams County Pennsylvania Named for John Adams, the second president of the United States.

Adams County Washington Named for John Adams, the second president of the United States.

Adams County Wisconsin Named for John Quincy Adams, the sixth president of the United States.

Addison County Vermont Named for Joseph Addison, the English writer and politician.

Aiken County South Carolina Named for William Aiken, the first president of the South Carolina Canal and Rail Road Company.

Aitkin County, Minnesota: Aitkin is named for William Alexander Aitken, a fur trader in the region.

Alachua County, Florida: Alachua is named for a Native American word meaning "sinkhole" in either the Muskogee or Timucua languages.

Alamance County, North Carolina: Alamance is named for the Battle of Alamance, which occurred on Big Alamance Creek, which was named for a local Native American word for the blue mud found in the creek.

Alameda County, California: Alameda is named for a Spanish word for avenue shaded by trees or cottonwood grove.

Alamosa County, Colorado: Alamosa is named for a Spanish word meaning cottonwood grove.

Albany County, New York: Albany is named for King James II of England, who also was the Duke of York and Albany.

Albany County, Wyoming: Albany is named for the city of Albany, New York.

Albemarle County, Virginia: Albemarle was named after Willem Anne van Keppel, 2nd Earl of Albemarle, a British nobleman.

Alcona County, Michigan: Alcona is named for a word invented by Henry Rowe Schoolcraft meaning the excellent plain with al from Arabic for the, co the root of a word for plain or prairie, and na for excellent.

Alcorn County, Mississippi: Alcorn is named for James Lusk Alcorn, the twenty-eighth governor of Mississippi.

Aleutians East Borough, Alaska: Aleutians East is named for its location in the eastern segment of the Aleutian Islands.

Aleutians West Census Area, Alaska: Aleutians West is named for its location in the western segment of the Aleutian Islands.

Alexander County, Illinois: Alexander is named for William M. Alexander, a pioneer in the county.

Alexander County, North Carolina: Alexander is named for the Alexander family, of whom several members were leaders in colonial North Carolina.

Alexandria, Virginia: Alexandria is named for John Alexander, the original owner of the land that the town is located on, and his family.

Alfalfa County, Oklahoma: Alfalfa is named for William Henry David "Alfalfa Bill" Murray, the ninth governor of Oklahoma.

Alger County, Michigan: Alger is named for Russell Alexander Alger, the twentieth governor of Michigan.

Allamakee County, Iowa: Allamakee is named for either Allan Makee, a trapper and trader, or an uncertain Native American origin.

Allegan County, Michigan: Allegan is named for probably a word invented by Henry Rowe Schoolcraft meaning the lake with al from Arabic for the and egan from sa-gi-e-gan, the Chippewa word for lake. Other meanings often given are fine river or fair river.

Allegany County, Maryland: Allegany is named for oolikhanna, a Lenape Native American word meaning beautiful stream. The word is the origin of the name of the Allegheny River.

Allegany County, New York: Allegany is named for a variant spelling of the Allegheny River.

Alleghany County, North Carolina: Alleghany is named for oolikhanna, a Lenape Native American word meaning beautiful stream. The word is the origin of the name of the Allegheny River.

Alleghany County, Virginia: Alleghany is named for the Allegheny Mountains.

Allegheny County, Pennsylvania: Allegheny is named for oolikhanna, a Lenape Native American word meaning beautiful stream. The word is the origin of the name of the Allegheny River.

Allen County, Indiana: Allen is named for John Allen, a lawyer, legislator, and lieutenant colonel killed in the Battle of River Raisin in the War of 1812.

Allen County, Kansas: Allen is named for William Allen, a United States senator from Ohio.

Allen County, Kentucky: Allen is named for John Allen, a lawyer, legislator, and lieutenant colonel killed in the Battle of River Raisin in the War of 1812.

Allen County, Ohio: Allen is named for either Ethan Allen, the leader of the Green Mountain Boys during the American Revolutionary War; or John Allen, a lawyer, legislator, and lieutenant colonel killed in the Battle of River Raisin in the War of 1812.

Allen Parish, Louisiana: Allen is named for Henry Watkins Allen, the nineteenth governor of Louisiana.

Allendale County, South Carolina: Allendale is named for the Allens family of the area, of which one member, Paul H. Allens, was the county seat's first postmaster.

Alpena County, Michigan: Alpena is named for a word invented by Henry Rowe Schoolcraft meaning the bird with al from Arabic for the and either pinai for partridge or penaissee for bird.

Alpine County, California: Alpine is named for its location high in the Sierra Nevada mountains.

Amador County, California: Amador is named for Jose Maria Amador, a soldier, rancher and miner, who in 1848 established a successful gold mining camp near the present town of Amador City, California. In Spanish, the word amador means one who loves.

Amelia County, Virginia: Amelia is named for Princess Amelia of Great Britain, a daughter of George II.

Amherst County, Virginia: Amherst is named for Jeffrey Amherst, 1st Baron Amherst, a colonial governor of Virginia and general in the French and Indian War.

Amite County, Mississippi: Amite is named for the Amite River, which is located in the county.

Anchorage, Alaska: Anchorage is named for the fact that Cook Inlet, which Anchorage is located on, once was a popular anchorage for ships.

Anderson County, Kansas: Anderson is named for Joseph C. Anderson, a Kansas state legislator.

Anderson County, Kentucky: Anderson is named for Richard Clough Anderson, Jr., a Kentucky legislator and congressman who was the first ambassador from the United States to Colombia.

Anderson County, South Carolina: Anderson is named for Robert Anderson, a soldier in the American Revolutionary War.

Anderson County, Tennessee: Anderson is named for Joseph Anderson, a U.S. senator from Tennessee.

Anderson County, Texas: Anderson is named for Kenneth Lewis Anderson, the last vice president of the Republic of Texas.

Andrew County, Missouri: Andrew is named for Andrew Jackson Davis, an important citizen in St. Louis, Missouri and Savannah, Missouri.

Andrews County, Texas: Andrews is named for Richard Andrews, the first Texan soldier to die in the Texas Revolution.

Androscoggin County, Maine: Androscoggin is named for the Androscoggin Native American tribe.

Angelina County, Texas: Angelina is named for a Hainai Native American woman who assisted early Spanish missionaries and was named Angelina by them.

Anne Arundel County, Maryland: Anne Arundel is named for Anne Arundell, the wife of Cæcilius Calvert, 2nd Baron Baltimore and daughter of Thomas Arundell, 1st Baron Arundell of Wardour.

Anoka County, Minnesota: Anoka is named for a Dakota word meaning on both sides.

Anson County, North Carolina: Anson is named for George Anson, 1st Baron Anson, a British admiral assigned to defend North Carolina's shipping from pirates.

Antelope County, Nebraska: Antelope is named for the pronghorn antelope in the area.

Antrim County, Michigan: Antrim is named for County Antrim in Ireland.

Apache County, Arizona: Apache is named for the Apache Native American tribe.

Appanoose County, Iowa: Appanoose is named for Appanoose [disambiguation needed], a chief of the Sac and Fox Native American tribes who headed the peace party during the Black Hawk War.

Appling County, Georgia: Appling is named for Daniel Appling, a soldier in the War of 1812.

Appomattox County, Virginia: Appomattox is named for the Appomattox River, in turn named for the Appamatucks Native American tribe.

Aransas County, Texas: Aransas is named for the Rio Nuestra Senora de Aranzazu, a Spanish outpost in early Texas.

Arapahoe County, Colorado: Arapahoe is named for the Arapaho Native American tribe.

Archer County, Texas: Archer is named for Branch Tanner Archer, a commissioner for the Republic of Texas.

Archuleta County, Colorado: Archuleta is named for Antonio D. Archuleta, a Colorado state senator.

Arenac County, Michigan: Arenac is named for a word invented by Henry Rowe Schoolcraft meaning sandy earth with arena from Latin for sandy and ac from a Native American language for earth.

Arkansas County, Arkansas: Arkansas is named for the Arkansa Native American tribe.

Arlington County, Virginia: Arlington is named for the Arlington estate associated with the Washington, Custis, and Lee families. The estate, in turn, was named for the original Arlington estate in Northampton County, Virginia, established sometime before 1680, which was, in turn again, named for Henry Bennet, 1st Earl of Arlington.

Armstrong County, Pennsylvania: Armstrong is named for John Armstrong, a general in the American Revolutionary War and delegate to the Continental Congress from Pennsylvania.

Armstrong County, Texas: Armstrong is named for any one of several Texas pioneer families.

Aroostook County, Maine: Aroostook is named for a Native American word meaning beautiful river.

Arthur County, Nebraska: Arthur is named for Chester A. Arthur, the twenty-first president of the United States.

Ascension Parish, Louisiana: Ascension is named for a colonial ecclesiastical district in the area.

Ashe County, North Carolina: Ashe is named for Samuel Ashe, the ninth governor of North Carolina.

Ashland County, Ohio: Ashland is named for Ashland, the farm and mansion of Henry Clay at Lexington, Kentucky.

Ashland County, Wisconsin: Ashland is named for Ashland, the farm and mansion of Henry Clay at Lexington, Kentucky.

Ashley County, Arkansas: Ashley is named for Chester Ashley, a U.S. Senator from Arkansas.

Ashtabula County, Ohio: Ashtabula is named for either the Ashtabula River, or an Algonquian Native American word meaning variously fish, fish river, river of many fish, there are always enough moving, or half-way place.

Asotin County, Washington: Asotin is named for the Nez Percé Native American name for Eel Creek.

Assumption Parish, Louisiana: Assumption is named for a colonial ecclesiastical district in the area.

Atascosa County, Texas: Atascosa is named for the Spanish word for boggy.

Atchison County, Kansas: Atchison is named for David Rice Atchison, a U. S. senator from Missouri.

Atchison County, Missouri: Atchison is named for David Rice Atchison, a U. S. senator from Missouri.

Athens County, Ohio: Athens is named for Athens, Greece, the location of the state university.

Atkinson County, Georgia: Atkinson is named for William Yates Atkinson, the fifty-eighth governor of Georgia.

Atlantic County, New Jersey: Atlantic is named for the Atlantic Ocean, on the shores of which the county is located.

Atoka County, Oklahoma: Atoka is named for its county seat of Atoka, Oklahoma, named in turn for Atoka, a Choctaw leader.

Attala County, Mississippi: Attala is named for Attala [disambiguation needed], a fictional Native American heroine.

Audrain County, Missouri: Audrain is named for James H. Audrain, a Missouri state legislator.

Audubon County, Iowa: Audubon is named for John James Audubon, the famous naturalist and painter.

Auglaize County, Ohio: Auglaize is named for either the Auglaize River or a Native American word meaning variously fallen timbers, overgrown with brush, or at the lick.

Augusta County, Virginia: Augusta is named for Augusta of Saxe-Gotha, the wife of Frederick, Prince of Wales and mother of George III of Great Britain.

Aurora County, South Dakota: Aurora is named for Aurora, the Ancient Roman goddess of the dawn who was called Eos by the Ancient Greeks.

Austin County, Texas: Austin is named for Stephen Fuller Austin, the person who facilitated the Anglo American colonization of Texas and is known as the Father of Texas.

Autauga County, Alabama: Autauga is named for the Native American village of Atagi, which was located at the confluence of Autauga Creek and the Alabama River.

Avery County, North Carolina: Avery is named for Waightstill Avery, a Revolutionary War colonel and attorney general of the state of North Carolina.

Avoyelles Parish, Louisiana: Avoyelles is named for the Avoyels Native American tribe.

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Baca County, Colorado: Baca is named for the prominent Baca family of Trinidad, Colorado, a member of which had settled early in the area.

Bacon County, Georgia: Bacon is named for Augustus Octavius Bacon, a U. S. senator from Georgia.

Bailey County, Texas: Bailey is named for Peter James Bailey, a defender of the Alamo.

Baker County, Florida: Baker is named for James McNair Baker, a Confederate senator.

Baker County, Georgia: Baker is named for John Baker, a hero of the American Revolutionary War.

Baker County, Oregon: Baker is named for Edward Dickinson Baker, a U. S. Representative from Illinois, Senator from Oregon, and close friend of Abraham Lincoln.

Baldwin County, Alabama: Baldwin is named for Abraham Baldwin, a signer of the United States Constitution and U.S. congressman from Georgia.

Baldwin County, Georgia: Baldwin is named for Abraham Baldwin, a signer of the United States Constitution and U.S. congressman from Georgia.

Ballard County, Kentucky: Ballard is named for Bland W. Ballard, a scout for George Rogers Clark who was killed at the Battle of River Raisin in the War of 1812.

City of Baltimore, Maryland - Both the city and, indirectly, its adjacent county are named for Cæcilius Calvert, 2nd Baron Baltimore, the founder of the Colony of Maryland.

Baltimore County, Maryland - Named for the City of Baltimore, which was detached from Baltimore County in 1851.

Bamberg County, South Carolina: Bamberg is named for either Francis Marion Bamberg, a soldier in the American Civil War; or William Seaborn Bamberg, a local resident along with other members of his family.

Bandera County, Texas: Bandera is named for Bandera Pass, named in turn for the Spanish word for flag.

Banks County, Georgia: Banks is named for Richard Banks, a prominent physician.

Banner County, Nebraska: Banner is named for the hope of the early settlers to make the county the "banner county" of the state.

Bannock County, Idaho: Bannock is named for the Bannock Native American tribe.

Baraga County, Michigan: Baraga is named for Frederic Baraga, a missionary who worked with local Native Americans.

Barber County, Kansas: Barber is named for Thomas W. Barber, a free-stater killed in Douglas County during the "troubles" near Lawrence, Kansas which came to be known as Bloody Kansas.

Barbour County, Alabama: Barbour is named for James Barbour, the nineteenth governor of Virginia.

Barbour County, West Virginia: Barbour is named for Philip Pendleton Barbour, a Speaker of the United States House of Representatives from Virginia.

Barnes County, North Dakota: Barnes is named for Alanson Hamilton Barnes, a justice of the Dakota territorial supreme court.

Barnstable County, Massachusetts: Barnstable is named for probably its county seat of Barnstable, Massachusetts.

Barnwell County, South Carolina: Barnwell is named for a Barnwell family.

Barren County, Kentucky: Barren is named for large treeless expanses found by early explorers caused by Native Americans burning tracts of forest.

Barron County, Wisconsin: Barron is named for Henry D. Barron, a Wisconsin state legislator and judge.

Barrow County, Georgia: Barrow is named for David Crenshaw Barrow, an official of the University of Georgia.

Barry County, Michigan: Barry is named for William Taylor Barry, a United States Postmaster General.

Barry County, Missouri: Barry is named for William Taylor Barry, a United States Postmaster General.

Bartholomew County, Indiana: Bartholomew is named for Joseph Bartholomew, a hero of the Battle of Tippecanoe and U.S. senator; he was an Indiana state senator at the time of Bartholomew County's formation.

Barton County, Kansas: Barton is named for Clara Barton, the organizing founder of the American Red Cross.

Barton County, Missouri: Barton is named for David Barton, a U.S. Senator from Missouri.

Bartow County, Georgia: Bartow is named for Francis S. Bartow, an American Civil War general killed at the First Battle of Bull Run.

Bastrop County, Texas: Bastrop is named for Felipe Enrique Neri, Baron de Bastrop, an early German settler in Texas.

Bates County, Missouri: Bates is named for Frederick Bates, the second governor of Missouri.

Bath County, Kentucky - Named for springs in the area thought to have medicinal value.

Bath County, Virginia - Named either for the many warm springs within its borders or the city of Bath, England.

Baxter County, Arkansas: Baxter is named for Elisha Baxter, the thirteenth governor of Arkansas.

Bay County, Florida: Bay is named for St. Andrews Bay, which the county is located on.

Bay County, Michigan: Bay is named for Saginaw Bay, which the county is located on.

Bayfield County, Wisconsin: Bayfield is named for Henry Bayfield, a British naval officer who performed the first survey of the Great Lakes region.

Baylor County, Texas: Baylor is named for Henry Weidner Baylor, a surgeon in the Texas Rangers during the Mexican-American War.

Beadle County, South Dakota: Beadle is named for William Henry Harrison Beadle, a leading figure and surveyor-general of the Dakota Territory.

Bear Lake County, Idaho: Bear Lake is named for Bear Lake, which lies partly within the county and partly within Utah.

Beaufort County, North Carolina: Beaufort is named for Henry Somerset, 2nd Duke of Beaufort, a Lord Proprietor of Carolina.

Beaufort County, South Carolina: Beaufort is named for Henry Somerset, 2nd Duke of Beaufort, a Lord Proprietor of Carolina.

Beauregard Parish, Louisiana: Beauregard is named for Pierre Gustave Toutant de Beauregard, the American Civil War Confederate general.

Beaver County, Oklahoma: Beaver is named for its county seat of Beaver, Oklahoma and the Beaver River, which flows through the county.

Beaver County, Pennsylvania: Beaver is named for the Beaver River.

Beaver County, Utah: Beaver is named for the area's many beavers.

Beaverhead County, Montana: Beaverhead is named for a rock in the Jefferson River shaped like a beaver's head.

Becker County, Minnesota: Becker is named for George Loomis Becker, a Minnesota state legislator and mayor of St. Paul, Minnesota.

Beckham County, Oklahoma: Beckham is named for John Crepps Wickliffe Beckham, the thirty-fifth governor of Kentucky.

The City of Bedford and Bedford County, Virginia are both named for John Russell, 4th Duke of Bedford, a Secretary of State for the Southern Department of Great Britain.

Bedford County, Pennsylvania: Named for Fort Bedford, which was in turn named for the aforementioned 4th Duke of Bedford.

Bedford County, Tennessee: Bedford is named for Thomas Bedford, a soldier in the American Revolutionary War.

Bee County, Texas: Bee is named for Barnard Elliott Bee, Sr., a secretary of state of the Republic of Texas.

Belknap County, New Hampshire: Belknap is named for Jeremy Belknap, an early New Hampshire historian.

Bell County, Kentucky: Bell is named for Joshua Fry Bell, a lawyer and Kentucky state legislator.

Bell County, Texas: Bell is named for Peter Hansborough Bell, the third governor of Texas.

Belmont County, Ohio: Belmont is named for the French word for beautiful mountain or fine mountain, describing the scenery in the area.

Beltrami County, Minnesota: Beltrami is named for Giacomo Costantino Beltrami, an Italian who explored the northern reaches of the Mississippi River.

Ben Hill County, Georgia: Ben Hill is named for Benjamin Harvey Hill, a Georgia state, Confederate, and U.S. congressman.

Benewah County, Idaho: Benewah is named for Benewah, a Coeur d'Alene leader.

Bennett County, South Dakota: Bennett is named for either Granville C. Bennett, a prominent South Dakota politician; or John E. Bennett, a judge of the South Dakota Supreme Court.

Bennington County, Vermont: Bennington is named for the city of Bennington, Vermont, named in turn for Benning Wentworth, governor of the New Hampshire Grants in modern-day Vermont.

Benson County, North Dakota: Benson is named for Bertil W. Benson, a North Dakota state senator.

Bent County, Colorado: Bent is named for Bent's Fort which was located on the north bank of the Arkansas River, near present day La Junta, and the Bent brothers who founded the fort.

Benton County, Arkansas: Benton is named for Thomas Hart Benton, a U.S. senator from Missouri who pushed for westward expansion of the United States.

Benton County, Indiana: Benton is named for Thomas Hart Benton, a U.S. senator from Missouri who pushed for westward expansion of the United States.

Benton County, Iowa: Benton is named for Thomas Hart Benton, a U.S. senator from Missouri who pushed for westward expansion of the United States.

Benton County, Minnesota: Benton is named for Thomas Hart Benton, a U.S. senator from Missouri who pushed for westward expansion of the United States.

Benton County, Mississippi: Benton is named for Confederate Brigadier General Samuel Benton from Holly Springs, Mississippi. 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.

Benton County, Missouri: Benton is named for Thomas Hart Benton, a U.S. senator from Missouri who pushed for westward expansion of the United States.

Benton County, Oregon: Benton is named for Thomas Hart Benton, a U.S. senator from Missouri who pushed for westward expansion of the United States.

Benton County, Tennessee: Benton is named for either David Benton, a soldier in the colonial Tennessee Militia; or Thomas Hart Benton, a U.S. senator from Missouri who pushed for westward expansion of the United States.

Benton County, Washington: Benton is named for Thomas Hart Benton, a U.S. senator from Missouri who pushed for westward expansion of the United States.

Benzie County, Michigan: Benzie is named for an anglicization of the French name, Riviere Aux-Bec-Scies, for the Betsie River.

Bergen County, New Jersey: Bergen is named for possibly either Bergen op Zoom, The Netherlands; or Bergen, Norway.

Berkeley County, South Carolina: Berkeley is named for John Berkeley and William Berkeley, two Lord Proprietors of Carolina.

Berkeley County, West Virginia: Berkeley is named for Norborne Berkeley, Baron de Botetourt, a colonial governor of Virginia.

Berks County, Pennsylvania: Berks is named for the English county of Berkshire.

Berkshire County, Massachusetts: Berkshire is named for the English county of Berkshire.

Bernalillo County, New Mexico: Bernalillo is named for either the nearby settlement of Bernalillo, New Mexico or the Gonzales-Bernal family.

Berrien County, Georgia: Berrien is named for John MacPherson Berrien, the tenth United States Attorney General.

Berrien County, Michigan: Berrien is named for John MacPherson Berrien, the tenth United States Attorney General.

Bertie County, North Carolina: Bertie is named for either James Bertie or Henry Bertie, two Lord Proprietors of Carolina.

Bethel Census Area, Alaska: Bethel is named for the town of Bethel, Alaska which is located in the census area.

Bexar County, Texas: Bexar is named for San Antonio de Béjar, the capital of Mexican Texas; Béjar is present-day San Antonio, Texas.

Bibb County, Alabama: Bibb is named for William Wyatt Bibb, the first governor of Alabama who was a native of Georgia.

Bibb County, Georgia: Bibb is named for William Wyatt Bibb, the first governor of Alabama who was a native of Georgia.

Bienville Parish, Louisiana: Bienville is named for Jean Baptiste de la Moyne, Sieur de Bienville, a French colonial governor of Louisiana.

Big Horn County, Montana: Big Horn is named for the bighorn sheep in the area.

Big Horn County, Wyoming: Big Horn is named for the bighorn sheep in the area.

Big Stone County, Minnesota: Big Stone is named for Big Stone Lake.

Billings County, North Dakota: Billings is named for Frederick H. Billings, the president of the Northern Pacific Railroad when the county was formed.

Bingham County, Idaho: Bingham is named for Henry Harrison Bingham, a U.S. congressman from Pennsylvania.

Black Hawk County, Iowa: Black Hawk is named for Black Hawk, the Sac and Fox Native American chief who led a revolt against resettlement of his tribe in the Black Hawk War.

Blackford County, Indiana: Blackford is named for Isaac Newton Blackford, a speaker of the first Indiana General Assembly and judge on the Indiana Supreme Court.

Bladen County, North Carolina: Bladen is named for Martin Bladen, a British politician and Commissioner of Trade and Plantations.

Blaine County, Idaho: Blaine is named for James G. Blaine, the American statesman, secretary of state, U.S. senator, and presidential candidate.

Blaine County, Montana: Blaine is named for James G. Blaine, the American statesman, secretary of state, U.S. senator, and presidential candidate.

Blaine County, Nebraska: Blaine is named for James G. Blaine, the American statesman, secretary of state, U.S. senator, and presidential candidate.

Blaine County, Oklahoma: Blaine is named for James G. Blaine, the American statesman, secretary of state, U.S. senator, and presidential candidate.

Blair County, Pennsylvania: Blair is named for John Blair, a signer of the United States Constitution and Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from Pennsylvania.

Blanco County, Texas: Blanco is named for the Blanco River. Blanco means white in Spanish.

Bland County, Virginia: Bland is named for Richard Bland, a colonial delegate to the Continental Congress from Virginia.

Bleckley County, Georgia: Bleckley is named for Logan Edwin Bleckley, a soldier and judge on the South Carolina Supreme Court.

Bledsoe County, Tennessee: Bledsoe is named for Anthony Bledsoe, a soldier in the American Revolutionary War and early settler in the area.

Blount County, Alabama: Blount is named for William Blount, the only governor of the Southwest Territory (modern-day Tennessee).

Blount County, Tennessee: Blount is named for William Blount, the only governor of the Southwest Territory (modern-day Tennessee).

Blue Earth County, Minnesota: Blue Earth is named for the Blue Earth River, named in turn for blue-green earth found near its mouth and used by Dakota Native Americans as a pigment.

Boise County, Idaho: Boise is named for the Boise River. Boisé is French for wooded.

Bolivar County, Mississippi: Bolivar is named for Simón Bolívar, the great South American revolutionary and general.

Bollinger County, Missouri: Bollinger is named for George F. Bollinger, a pioneer and Missouri state legislator.

Bon Homme County, South Dakota: Bon Homme is named for an unknown man whose grave was found on an island in the Missouri River located in the county. A wooden cross marked the grave simply "Bon Homme," the French words for "good man."

Bond County, Illinois: Bond is named for Shadrach Bond, the first governor of Illinois.

Bonner County, Idaho: Bonner is named for Edwin L. Bonner, a pioneer ferry operator in the area.

Bonneville County, Idaho: Bonneville is named for Benjamin Louis Eulalie de Bonneville, a French explorer of the Great Basin area.

Boone County, Arkansas: Boone is named for Daniel Boone, the famous frontiersman.

Boone County, Illinois: Boone is named for Daniel Boone, the famous frontiersman.

Boone County, Indiana: Boone is named for Daniel Boone, the famous frontiersman.

Boone County, Iowa: Boone is named for Daniel Boone, the famous frontiersman, and his son, Daniel Nathan Boone, a colonel in the U. S. Dragoons.

Boone County, Kentucky: Boone is named for Daniel Boone, the famous frontiersman.

Boone County, Missouri: Boone is named for Daniel Boone, the famous frontiersman.

Boone County, Nebraska: Boone is named for Daniel Boone, the famous frontiersman.

Boone County, West Virginia: Boone is named for Daniel Boone, the famous frontiersman.

Borden County, Texas: Borden is named for Gail Borden, Jr., a businessman, publisher, and surveyor in Texas who invented condensed milk.

Bosque County, Texas: Bosque is named for the Bosque River.

Bossier Parish, Louisiana: Bossier is named for presumably Pierre Jean Baptiste Evariste Bossier, a U.S. representative from Louisiana.

Botetourt County, Virginia: Botetourt is named for Norborne Berkeley, Baron de Botetourt, a colonial governor of Virginia.

Bottineau County, North Dakota: Bottineau is named for Pierre Bottineau, a Métis guide and frontiersman in the area.

Boulder County, Colorado: Boulder is named for the abundance of boulders in the area.

Boundary County, Idaho: Boundary is named for the fact that it borders Washington on the west, Montana on the east, and Canada (British Columbia) on the north.

Bourbon County, Kansas: Bourbon is named for Bourbon County, Kentucky.

Bourbon County, Kentucky: Bourbon is named for the French House of Bourbon.

Bowie County, Texas: Bowie is named for James Bowie, the legendary knife fighter who died at the Battle of the Alamo.

Bowman County, North Dakota: Bowman is named for Edward M. Bowman, a U.S. representative from the Dakota Territory.

Box Butte County, Nebraska: Box Butte is named for a large box-shaped butte located in the county.

Box Elder County, Utah: Box Elder is named for the area's many box elder trees.

Boyd County, Kentucky: Boyd is named for Linn Boyd, a U. S. congressman and Speaker of the U. S. House of Representatives from Kentucky.

Boyd County, Nebraska: Boyd is named for James E. Boyd, the eighth governor of Nebraska.

Boyle County, Kentucky: Boyle is named for John Boyle, a U. S. congressman and district judge from Kentucky.

Bracken County, Kentucky: Bracken is named for Bracken Creek and Little Bracken Creek, two streams located in the county.

Bradley County, Arkansas: Bradley is named for Hugh Bradley, a soldier in the War of 1812.

Bradley County, Tennessee: Bradley is named for Edward Bradley, a Tennessee militia officer in the War of 1812.

Branch County, Michigan: Branch is named for John Branch, the eighth United States Secretary of the Navy.

Brantley County, Georgia: Brantley is named for Benjamin D. Brantley, a member of a prominent local family; or William Goodman Brantley, a Georgia state senator.

Braxton County, West Virginia: Braxton is named for Carter Braxton, a signer of the United States Declaration of Independence from Virginia.

Brazoria County, Texas: Brazoria is named for the Brazos River.

Brazos County, Texas: Brazos is named for the Brazos River.

Breathitt County, Kentucky: Breathitt is named for John Breathitt, the eleventh governor of Kentucky.

Breckinridge County, Kentucky —Named for John Breckinridge, the fifth United States Attorney General and a U. S. senator from Kentucky.

Bremer County, Iowa: Bremer is named for Fredricka Bremer, a Swedish novelist.

Brevard County, Florida: Brevard is named for Theodore Washington Brevard, a Florida State Controller in the 1850s; it was originally named St. Lucia County.[1]

Brewster County, Texas: Brewster is named for Henry Percy Brewster, a secretary of war for the Republic of Texas and soldier in the American Civil War. (His middle name has been also given as Persy.)

Briscoe County, Texas: Briscoe is named for Andrew Briscoe, a soldier during the Texas Revolution.

City of Bristol, Virginia: Bristol is named for the city of Bristol, England.

Bristol County, Massachusetts: Bristol is named for the city of Bristol, England.

Bristol County, Rhode Island: Bristol is named for the city of Bristol, England.

Bristol Bay Borough, Alaska: Bristol Bay is named for Bristol Bay, which is located in the borough.

Broadwater County, Montana: Broadwater is named for Charles A. Broadwater, a pioneer in the area and soldier in the United States Army.

Bronx County, New York: Bronx is named for Jonas Bronck, an early settler in the region.

Brooke County, West Virginia: Brooke is named for Robert Brooke, the tenth governor of Virginia.

Brookings County, South Dakota: Brookings is named for Wilmot W. Brookings, a pioneer who was one of the first settlers in the Dakota Territory.

Brooks County, Georgia: Brooks is named for Preston Smith Brooks, a U. S. congressman from South Carolina who famously attacked Charles Sumner, a fellow senator, with a cane.

Brooks County, Texas: Brooks is named for John Abijah Brooks, a Texas Ranger and Texas state legislator.

Broome County, New York: Broome is named for John Broome, a lieutenant governor of New York.

City and County of Broomfield, Colorado: Named for the quantity of broom corn grown in the area. The city was incorporated in 1961, and obtained county status in 2001.

Broward County, Florida: Broward is named for Napoleon Bonaparte Broward, the nineteenth governor of Florida.

Brown County, Illinois: Brown is named for Jacob Jennings Brown, a general in the War of 1812.

Brown County, Indiana: Brown is named for Jacob Jennings Brown, a general in the War of 1812.

Brown County, Kansas: Brown is named for Albert Gallatin Brown, the fourteenth governor of Mississippi and a U.S. senator from Mississippi.

Brown County, Minnesota: Brown is named for Joseph Renshaw Brown, a prominent pioneer, newspaperman, and Minnesota territorial legislator.

Brown County, Nebraska: Brown is named for any two of five members of the Nebraska state legislature named Brown at the time of the county's formation.

Brown County, Ohio: Brown is named for Jacob Jennings Brown, a general in the War of 1812.

Brown County, South Dakota: Brown is named for Alfred Brown, a Dakota territorial legislator.

Brown County, Texas: Brown is named for Henry Stevenson Brown, a commander at the Battle of Velasco prior to the Texas Revolution.

Brown County, Wisconsin: Brown is named for Jacob Jennings Brown, a general in the War of 1812.

Brule County, South Dakota: Brule is named for probably the Brulé, a branch of the Sioux Native American tribe.

Brunswick County, North Carolina: Brunswick is named for King George I of Great Britain, Duke of Brunswick.

Brunswick County, Virginia: Brunswick is named for the region of Brunswick in present-day Germany.

Bryan County, Georgia: Bryan is named for Jonathan Bryan, a Georgia colonial legislator in the 17th century.

Bryan County, Oklahoma: Bryan is named for William Jennings Bryan, the lawyer, forty-first United States Secretary of State, and thrice-time presidential candidate.

Buchanan County, Iowa: Buchanan is named for James Buchanan, the fifteenth president of the United States.

Buchanan County, Missouri: Buchanan is named for James Buchanan, the fifteenth president of the United States.

Buchanan County, Virginia: Buchanan is named for James Buchanan, the fifteenth president of the United States.

Buckingham County, Virginia: Buckingham is named for either the English county of Buckinghamshire; or an unknown Duke of Buckingham (extinct at the time of the county's formation).

Bucks County, Pennsylvania: Bucks is named for the English county of Buckinghamshire.

City of Buena Vista, Virginia: Buena Vista is named for the Buena Vista Company, which raised the money for the city's founding.

Buena Vista County, Iowa: Buena Vista is named for the Battle of Buena Vista in the Mexican-American War.

Buffalo County, Nebraska: Buffalo is named for the American Bison which once roamed the present county.

Buffalo County, South Dakota: Buffalo is named for probably the American Bison.

Buffalo County, Wisconsin: Buffalo is named for the Buffalo River.

Bullitt County, Kentucky: Bullitt is named for Alexander Scott Bullitt, a co-author of the Kentucky state constitution and the first lieutenant governor of Kentucky.

Bulloch County, Georgia: Bulloch is named for Archibald Bulloch, the second governor of Georgia.

Bullock County, Alabama: Bullock is named for Edward C. Bullock, a soldier in the Confederate States Army.

Buncombe County, North Carolina: Buncombe is named for Edward Buncombe, a soldier in the American Revolutionary War.

Bureau County, Illinois: Bureau is named for Pierre de Bureo, a French trader with Native American in the area.

Burke County, Georgia: Burke is named for Edmund Burke, a member of the British Parliament who advised the repeal of the Stamp Act in the 1760s and reconciliation with the American colonies.

Burke County, North Carolina: Burke is named for Thomas Burke, the third governor of North Carolina.

Burke County, North Dakota: Burke is named for John Burke, the tenth governor of North Dakota.

Burleigh County, North Dakota: Burleigh is named for Walter Atwood Burleigh, a U.S. representative from the Dakota Territory.

Burleson County, Texas: Burleson is named for Edward Burleson, a general and statesman of the Texas Revolution.

Burlington County, New Jersey: Burlington is named for a corruption of the name of Bridlington, England.

Burnet County, Texas: Burnet is named for David Gouverneur Burnet, the first president of the Republic of Texas.

Burnett County, Wisconsin: Burnett is named for Thomas P. Burnett, a Wisconsin state legislator.

Burt County, Nebraska: Burt is named for Francis Burt, the first governor of the Nebraska Territory.

Butler County, Alabama: Butler is named for William Butler, a soldier who fought in the Creek War.

Butler County, Iowa: Butler is named for William Orlando Butler, a Kentucky statesman, U.S. representative, vice presidential candidate, and general in the Mexican-American War.

Butler County, Kansas: Butler is named for Andrew Pickens Butler, a U.S. senator from South Carolina.

Butler County, Kentucky: Butler is named for Richard Butler, a general who was killed at the Battle of Fallen Timbers.

Butler County, Missouri: Butler is named for William Orlando Butler, a Kentucky statesman, U.S. representative, vice presidential candidate, and general in the Mexican-American War.

Butler County, Nebraska: Butler is named for either David Butler, the first governor of Nebraska; or William Orlando Butler, a Kentucky statesman, U.S. representative, vice presidential candidate, and general in the Mexican-American War who also declined an appointment to become the first governor of the Nebraska Territory.

Butler County, Ohio: Butler is named for Richard Butler, a general who was killed at the Battle of the Wabash.

Butler County, Pennsylvania: Butler is named for Richard Butler, who was killed at the Battle of Fallen Timbers.

Butte County, California: Butte is named for either the Marysville Buttes or Sutter Buttes.

Butte County, Idaho: Butte is named for the buttes scattered throughout the county.

Butte County, South Dakota: Butte is named for one or more unknown buttes.

Butts County, Georgia: Butts is named for Sam Butts, a soldier killed in the War of 1812.

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Cabarrus County, North Carolina: Cabarrus is named for Stephen Cabarrus, a North Carolina state legislator.

Cabell County, West Virginia: Cabell is named for William H. Cabell, the fourteenth governor of Virginia.

Cache County, Utah: Cache is named for the caches of furs collected in the area by Rocky Mountain Fur Company trappers.

Caddo County, Oklahoma: Caddo is named for the Caddo Native American tribe.

Caddo Parish, Louisiana: Caddo is named for the Caddo Native American tribe.

Calaveras County, California: Calaveras is named for calaveras, the Spanish word for skulls, reportedly for the bones of fighters left behind after a Native American war that were discovered by Captain Gabriel Moraga.

Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana: Calcasieu is named for supposedly Calcasieu, an Atakapas Native American leader, whose name is said to mean crying eagle.

Caldwell County, Kentucky: Caldwell is named for John Caldwell, a U. S. senator and the second lieutenant governor of Kentucky.

Caldwell County, Missouri: Caldwell is named for either John Caldwell, a Native American scout; John Caldwell, a U. S. senator and the second lieutenant governor of Kentucky; or Mathew Caldwell, a signer of the Texas Declaration of Independence and soldier during the Texas Revolution.

Caldwell County, North Carolina: Caldwell is named for Joseph Caldwell, the first president of the University of North Carolina, who advocated public school and railroad systems in North Carolina.

Caldwell County, Texas: Caldwell is named for probably Mathew Caldwell, a signer of the Texas Declaration of Independence and soldier during the Texas Revolution.

Caldwell Parish, Louisiana: Caldwell is named for the locally prominent Caldwell family.

Caledonia County, Vermont: Caledonia is named for the Latin name for Scotland.

Calhoun County, Alabama - All Calhoun Counties in the United States are named for John C. Calhoun, the U.S. statesman, seventh vice president of the United States, and Secretary of State from South Carolina.

Calhoun County, Arkansas

Calhoun County, Florida

Calhoun County, Georgia

Calhoun County, Illinois

Calhoun County, Iowa

Calhoun County, Michigan

Calhoun County, Mississippi

Calhoun County, South Carolina

Calhoun County, Texas

Calhoun County, West Virginia

Callahan County, Texas: Callahan is named for James Hughes Callahan, a soldier during the Texas Revolution.

Callaway County, Missouri: Callaway is named for James Callaway, a "Missouri ranger" killed by Native Americans during the War of 1812.

Calloway County, Kentucky: Calloway is named for Richard Calloway, an early pioneer in Kentucky.

Calumet County, Wisconsin: Calumet is named for calumet, the French word for a Menominee peace pipe.

Calvert County, Maryland: Calvert is named for the Calvert family, whose male members bore the title of Baron Baltimore and included the founders of the colony of Maryland.

Camas County, Idaho: Camas is named for the local camassia plant.

Cambria County, Pennsylvania: Cambria is named for its original status as Cambria Township of Somerset County, Pennsylvania; Cambria is an ancient name for Wales.

Camden County, Georgia: Camden is named for Charles Pratt, 1st Earl Camden, a member of the British Parliament who opposed the Stamp Act in the 1760s.

Camden County, Missouri: Camden is named for Charles Pratt, 1st Earl Camden, a member of the British Parliament who opposed the Stamp Act in the 1760s.

Camden County, New Jersey: Camden is named for Charles Pratt, 1st Earl Camden, a member of the British Parliament who opposed the Stamp Act in the 1760s.

Camden County, North Carolina: Camden is named for Charles Pratt, 1st Earl Camden, a member of the British Parliament who opposed the Stamp Act in the 1760s.

Cameron County, Pennsylvania: Cameron is named for Simon Cameron, the twenty-sixth Secretary of War of the United States in the first year of the American Civil War and a U.S. senator from Pennsylvania.

Cameron County, Texas: Cameron is named for Ewen Cameron [disambiguation needed], a soldier during the Texas Revolution.

Cameron Parish, Louisiana: Cameron is named for Simon Cameron, the twenty-sixth Secretary of War of the United States in the first year of the American Civil War and a U.S. senator from Pennsylvania.

Camp County, Texas: Camp is named for John Lafayette Camp, a Texas state politician.

Campbell County, Kentucky: Campbell is named for John Campbell, a soldier in the American Revolutionary War, founder of Louisville, Kentucky, and Kentucky state senator.

Campbell County, South Dakota: Campbell is named for an uncertain source.

Campbell County, Tennessee: Campbell is named for Authur Campbell, a Virginia House of Burgesses representative.

Campbell County, Virginia: Campbell is named for William Campbell, a Continental general of the American Revolutionary War.

Campbell County, Wyoming: Campbell is named for jointly John Archibald Campbell, a governor of the Wyoming Territory and associate justice of the United States Supreme Court; and Robert Campbell, an explorer of the area.

Canadian County, Oklahoma: Canadian is named for the Canadian River, which flows through the county.

Candler County, Georgia: Candler is named for Allen Daniel Candler, the fifty-ninth governor of Georgia.

Cannon County, Tennessee: Cannon is named for Newton Cannon, the tenth governor of Tennessee.

Canyon County, Idaho: Canyon is named for either the Boise River or Snake River canyons.

Cape Girardeau County, Missouri: Cape Girardeau is named for supposedly Sieur Jean Baptiste de Girardot, an early French colonial officer in the area.

Cape May County, New Jersey: Cape May is named for Cape May, which in turn is named for Cornelius Jacobsen Mey, the sea captain who discovered the cape.

Carbon County, Montana: Carbon is named for coal deposits in the region.

Carbon County, Pennsylvania: Carbon is named for coal deposits in the region.

Carbon County, Utah: Carbon is named for coal deposits in the region.

Carbon County, Wyoming: Carbon is named for coal deposits in the region.

Caribou County, Idaho: Caribou is named for the Caribou Mountains.

Carlisle County, Kentucky: Carlisle is named for John Griffin Carlisle, a Speaker of the U. S. House of Representatives and Secretary of the Treasury of the United States from Kentucky.

Carlton County, Minnesota: Carlton is named for Reuben B. Carlton, a pioneer in the area.

Caroline County, Maryland: Caroline is named for Lady Caroline Eden, the daughter of Charles Calvert, 5th Baron Baltimore, sister of Frederick Calvert, 6th Baron Baltimore, and wife of Robert Eden, the last colonial governor of Maryland.

Caroline County, Virginia: Caroline is named for Caroline of Ansbach, the consort of King George II of Great Britain.

Carroll County, Arkansas: Carroll is named for Charles Carroll of Carrollton, the last surviving and only Catholic signer of the United States Declaration of Independence.

Carroll County, Georgia: Carroll is named for Charles Carroll of Carrollton, the last surviving and only Catholic signer of the United States Declaration of Independence.

Carroll County, Illinois: Carroll is named for Charles Carroll of Carrollton, the last surviving and only Catholic signer of the United States Declaration of Independence.

Carroll County, Indiana: Carroll is named for Charles Carroll of Carrollton, the last surviving and only Catholic signer of the United States Declaration of Independence.

Carroll County, Iowa: Carroll is named for Charles Carroll of Carrollton, the last surviving and only Catholic signer of the United States Declaration of Independence.

Carroll County, Kentucky: Carroll is named for Charles Carroll of Carrollton, the last surviving and only Catholic signer of the United States Declaration of Independence.

Carroll County, Maryland: Carroll is named for Charles Carroll of Carrollton, the last surviving and only Catholic signer of the United States Declaration of Independence.

Carroll County, Mississippi: Carroll is named for Charles Carroll of Carrollton, the last surviving and only Catholic signer of the United States Declaration of Independence.

Carroll County, Missouri: Carroll is named for Charles Carroll of Carrollton, the last surviving and only Catholic signer of the United States Declaration of Independence.

Carroll County, New Hampshire: Carroll is named for Charles Carroll of Carrollton, the last surviving and only Catholic signer of the United States Declaration of Independence.

Carroll County, Ohio: Carroll is named for Charles Carroll of Carrollton, the last surviving and only Catholic signer of the United States Declaration of Independence.

Carroll County, Tennessee: Carroll is named for William Carroll, the sixth governor of Tennessee.

Carroll County, Virginia: Carroll is named for Charles Carroll of Carrollton, the last surviving and only Catholic signer of the United States Declaration of Independence.

Carson City, Nevada: Carson City is named for Christopher Houston (Kit) Carson, the famous frontier scout and soldier.

Carson County, Texas: Carson is named for Samuel Price Carson, the first secretary of state of the Republic of Texas.

Carter County, Kentucky: Carter is named for William Grayson Carter, a Kentucky state senator.

Carter County, Missouri: Carter is named for Zimri A. Carter, a pioneer in the area.

Carter County, Montana: Carter is named for Thomas Henry Carter, a United States senator from Montana.

Carter County, Oklahoma: Carter is named for Ben W. Carter, a captain in the United States Army and a Cherokee who married and settled among the Chickasaws whose son was a state senator for over forty years following statehood.

Carter County, Tennessee: Carter is named for Landon Carter, a speaker of the senate of the State of Franklin.

Carteret County, North Carolina: Carteret is named for George Carteret, a Lord Proprietor of the Province of Carolina.

Carver County, Minnesota: Carver is named for Jonathan Carver, an early explorer in the area.

Cascade County, Montana: Cascade is named for the Great Falls of the Missouri River which were located in the county.

Casey County, Kentucky: Casey is named for William Casey, an early pioneer in western Kentucky.

Cass County, Illinois: Cass is named for

Cass County, Indiana: Cass is named for Governor of Michigan and U.S. Cabinet member Lewis Cass.

Cass County, Iowa: Cass is named for

Cass County, Michigan: Cass is named for Lewis Cass

Cass County, Minnesota: Cass is named for

Cass County, Missouri: Cass is named for

Cass County, Nebraska: Cass is named for

Cass County, North Dakota: Cass is named for George Washington Cass, who was the president of the Northern Pacific Railroad.

Cass County, Texas: Cass is named for

Cassia County, Idaho: Cassia is named for

Castro County, Texas: Castro is named for

Caswell County, North Carolina: Caswell is named for

Catahoula Parish, Louisiana: Catahoula is named for the Louisiana state dog, the catahoula leopard dog.

Catawba County, North Carolina: Catawba is named for

Catoosa County, Georgia: Catoosa is named for Catoosa [disambiguation needed], a Native American chief.

Catron County, New Mexico: Catron is named for Thomas B. Catron, advocate for statehood and first U.S. Senator.

Cattaraugus County, New York: Cattaraugus is named for

Cavalier County, North Dakota: Cavalier is named for

Cayuga County, New York: Cayuga is named for

Cecil County, Maryland: Cecil is named for Cecilius Calvert (1605-1675), Second Lord Baltimore, and founder of the Maryland colony.

Cedar County, Iowa: Cedar is named for

Cedar County, Missouri: Cedar is named for

Cedar County, Nebraska: Cedar is named for

Centre County, Pennsylvania: Centre is named for its geographical location in reference to the rest of the counties in the state

Cerro Gordo County, Iowa: Cerro Gordo is named for the Battle of Cerro Gordo

Chaffee County, Colorado: Chaffee is named for Jerome B. Chaffee, a pioneer and one of Colorado's first two United States Senators

Chambers County, Alabama: Chambers is named for

Chambers County, Texas: Chambers is named for

Champaign County, Illinois: Champaign was named by John W. Vance of Vermilion County, Illinois in 1833. It was named after Champaign County, Ohio, where Vance was originally from.

Champaign County, Ohio: Champaign is named for

Chariton County, Missouri: Chariton is named for

Charles City County, Virginia: Charles City is named for King Charles I of England.

Charles County, Maryland: Charles is named for Charles Calvert, the 3rd Baron Baltimore.

Charles Mix County, South Dakota: Charles Mix is named for

Charleston County, South Carolina: Charleston is named for King Charles II of England

Charlevoix County, Michigan: Charlevoix is named for

Charlotte County, Florida - Directly named for Charlotte Harbor, a bay of the Gulf of Mexico that borders on the county, which in turn was named for Charlotte, queen consort of King George III. (The bay had been named "Carlos" by the area's earlier Spanish explorers.)

Charlotte County, Virginia - Also named for the aforementioned Queen Charlotte.

City of Charlottesville, Virginia - Also named for the aforementioned Queen Charlotte.

Charlton County, Georgia: Charlton is named for Robert Milledge Charlton, a US Senator from Georgia.

Chase County, Kansas: Chase is named for

Chase County, Nebraska: Chase is named for

Chatham County, Georgia: Chatham is named for

Chatham County, North Carolina: Chatham is named for

Chattahoochee County, Georgia: Chattahoochee is named for

Chattooga County, Georgia: Chatooga is named for

Chautauqua County, Kansas: Chautauqua is named for

Chautauqua County, New York: Chautauqua is named for

Chaves County, New Mexico: Chaves is named for José Francisco Chaves, a 19th Century New Mexico political and military figure.

Cheatham County, Tennessee, is named for Tennessee state legislator Edward Cheatham.

Cheboygan County, Michigan: Cheboygan is named for

Chelan County, Washington: Chelan is named for

Chemung County, New York: Chemung is named for

Chenango County, New York: Chenango is named for

Cherokee County, Alabama: Cherokee is named for

Cherokee County, Iowa: Cherokee is named for

Cherokee County, Kansas: Cherokee is named for

Cherokee County, North Carolina: Cherokee is named for

Cherokee County, Oklahoma: Cherokee is named for

Cherokee County, South Carolina: Cherokee is named for

Cherokee County, Texas: Cherokee is named for

Cherry County, Nebraska: Cherry is named for

City of Chesapeake, Virginia: Chesapeake is named for

Cheshire County, New Hampshire: Cheshire is named for

Chester County, Pennsylvania: Chester is named for the English county of Cheshire

Chester County, South Carolina: Chester is named for

Chester County, Tennessee, is named for Tennessee state legislator Robert I. Chester.

Chesterfield County, South Carolina: Chesterfield is named for

Chesterfield County, Virginia: Chesterfield is named for

Cheyenne County, Colorado: Cheyenne is named for the Cheyenne Native American tribe.

Cheyenne County, Kansas: Cheyenne is named for

Cheyenne County, Nebraska: Cheyenne is named for

Chickasaw County, Iowa: Chickasaw is named for

Chickasaw County, Mississippi: Chickasaw is named for

Chicot County, Arkansas: Chicot is named for

Childress County, Texas: Childress is named for

Chilton County, Alabama: Chilton is named for

Chippewa County, Michigan: Chippewa is named for

Chippewa County, Minnesota: Chippewa is named for

Chippewa County, Wisconsin: Chippewa is named for

Chisago County, Minnesota: Chisago is named for

Chittenden County, Vermont: Chittenden is named for Thomas Chittenden, Vermont's first governor.

Choctaw County, Alabama: Choctaw is named for

Choctaw County, Mississippi: Choctaw is named for

Choctaw County, Oklahoma: Choctaw is named for

Chouteau County, Montana: Choteau is named for

Chowan County, North Carolina: Chowan is named for

Christian County, Illinois: Christian is named for

Christian County, Kentucky: Christian is named for

Christian County, Missouri: Christian is named for

Churchill County, Nevada: Churchill is named for

Cibola County, New Mexico: Cibola is named for

Cimarron County, Oklahoma: Cimarron is named for

Citrus County, Florida: Citrus is named for

Clackamas County, Oregon: Clackamas is named for

Claiborne County, Mississippi: Claiborne is named for

Claiborne County, Tennessee, is named for Governor of Louisiana and Governor of Mississippi Territory William C. C. Claiborne (1775-1817).

Claiborne Parish, Louisiana: Claiborne is named for the first governor of Louisiana, W.C.C. Claiborne, who was governor from 1812-1816. He was a Virginia native.

Clallam County, Washington: Clallam is named for

Clare County, Michigan: Clare is named for

Clarendon County, South Carolina: Clarendon is named for

Clarion County, Pennsylvania: Clarion is named after the Clarion River. The name Clarion was given by surveyor Daniel Stanard in 1817, who said "The ripple of the river sounds like a distant clarion." [2]

Clark County, Arkansas - Named for William Clark, most famous for the Lewis and Clark Expedition. He was the governor of the Missouri Territory, which then included modern-day Arkansas, when the county was formed.

Clark County, Idaho - Named for Sam K. Clark, an Idaho state senator and early settler in that area.

Clark County, Illinois - Named for George Rogers Clark, the hero of the western front of the American Revolutionary War, and also older brother of William Clark.

Clark County, Indiana - Also named for George Rogers Clark.

Clark County, Kansas

Clark County, Kentucky - Also named for George Rogers Clark.

Clark County, Missouri - Also named for William Clark.

Clark County, Nevada - Named for William Andrews Clark, a Montana copper magnate and United States Senator who was largely responsible for the building of the Los Angeles and Salt Lake Railroad through the area.

Clark County, Ohio - Also named for George Rogers Clark

Clark County, South Dakota

Clark County, Washington - Also named for William Clark of Lewis and Clark fame.

Clark County, Wisconsin

Clarke County, Alabama: Clarke is named for

Clarke County, Georgia: Clarke is named for

Clarke County, Iowa: Clarke is named for

Clarke County, Mississippi: Clarke is named for

Clarke County, Virginia: Clarke is named for

Clatsop County, Oregon: Clatsop is named for

Clay County, Alabama: Clay is named for

Clay County, Arkansas: Clay is named for

Clay County, Florida: Clay is named for

Clay County, Georgia: Clay is named for

Clay County, Illinois: Clay is named for

Clay County, Indiana - Named for U.S. Speaker of the House Henry Clay.

Clay County, Iowa: Clay is named for

Clay County, Kansas: Clay is named for

Clay County, Kentucky - Named for Green Clay (1757-1826), a Kentucky politician and cousin of Henry Clay who also fought in the Revolutionary War and War of 1812.

Clay County, Minnesota: Clay is named for

Clay County, Mississippi: Clay is named for

Clay County, Missouri: Clay is named for

Clay County, Nebraska: Clay is named for

Clay County, North Carolina: Clay is named for

Clay County, South Dakota: Clay is named for

Clay County, Tennessee, is named for U.S. Speaker of the House Henry Clay (1777-1852).

Clay County, Texas: Clay is named for

Clay County, West Virginia: Clay is named for

Clayton County, Georgia: Clayton is named for

Clayton County, Iowa: Clayton is named for

Clear Creek County, Colorado: Clear Creek is named for the river Clear Creek, which runs through the county.

Clearfield County, Pennsylvania: Clearfield is named for

Clearwater County, Idaho: Clearwater is named for

Clearwater County, Minnesota: Clearwater is named for

Cleburne County, Alabama: Cleburne is named for

Cleburne County, Arkansas: Cleburne is named for

Clermont County, Ohio: Clermont is named for

Cleveland County, Arkansas: Cleveland is named for

Cleveland County, North Carolina: Cleveland is named for

Cleveland County, Oklahoma: Cleveland is named for

Clinch County, Georgia: Clinch is named for

Cloud County, Kansas: Cloud is named for

Coahoma County, Mississippi: Coahoma is named for

Coal County, Oklahoma: Coal is named for

Cobb County, Georgia: Cobb is named for Thomas Willis Cobb, a US representative and senator.

Cochise County, Arizona: Cochise is named for

Cochran County, Texas: Cochrane is named for

Cocke County, Tennessee, is named for William Cocke (1747-1828), one of Tennessee's first U.S. Senators.

Coconino County, Arizona: Coconino is named for

Codington County, South Dakota: Codington is named for

Coffee County, Alabama: Coffee is named for

Coffee County, Georgia: Coffee is named for

Coffee County, Tennessee, is named for John Coffee (1772-1833), frontiersman, planter, and veteran of the Creek War and War of 1812.

Coffey County, Kansas: Coffey is named for

Coke County, Texas: Coke is named for

Colbert County, Alabama: Colbert is named for

Cole County, Missouri: Cole is named for

Coleman County, Texas: Coleman is named for

Coles County, Illinois: Coles is named for

Colfax County, Nebraska: Colfax is named for

Colfax County, New Mexico: Colfax is named for

Colleton County, South Carolina: Colleton is named for

Collier County, Florida: Coller is named for

Collin County, Texas: Collin is named for

Collingsworth County, Texas: Collingsworth is named for

City of Colonial Heights, Virginia - Stems from an incident during the American Revolutionary War. In 1781, French troops under the command of Lafayette, known as the Coloniels, retreated north from Petersburg and deployed artillery on the heights overlooking Petersburg from across the Appomattox River. The area thus came to be known as "Colonial Heights", and in 1906 the name was given to the area that would eventually become the city.

Colorado County, Texas: Colorado is named for

Colquitt County, Georgia: Colquitt is named for

Columbia County, Arkansas: Columbia is named for

Columbia County, Florida: Columbia is named for

Columbia County, Georgia: Columbia is named for

Columbia County, New York: Columbia is named for

Columbia County, Oregon: Columbia is named for

Columbia County, Pennsylvania: Columbia is named for

Columbia County, Washington: Columbia is named for

Columbia County, Wisconsin: Columbia is named for

Columbiana County, Ohio: Columbiana is named for

Columbus County, North Carolina: Columbus is named for

Colusa County, California: Colusa is named for

Comal County, Texas: Comal is named for

Comanche County, Kansas: Comanche is named for

Comanche County, Oklahoma: Comanche is named for

Comanche County, Texas: Comanche is named for

Concho County, Texas: Concho is named for

Concordia Parish, Louisiana: Concordia is named for

Conecuh County, Alabama: Conecuh is named for

Conejos County, Colorado: Conejos is named for the Spanish word for "rabbit"; the swift-moving Conejos River also runs through the county.

Contra Costa County, California: Contra Cosa is named for

Converse County, Wyoming: Converse is named for

Conway County, Arkansas: Conway is named for

Cook County, Georgia: Cook is named for

Cook County, Illinois: Cook is named for the early Illinois statesman Daniel Pope Cook.

Cook County, Minnesota: Cook is named for

Cooke County, Texas: Cooke is named for

Cooper County, Missouri: Cooper is named for

Coos County, New Hampshire: Coos is named for

Coos County, Oregon: Coos is named for

Coosa County, Alabama: Coosa is named for

Copiah County, Mississippi: Copiah is named for

Corson County, South Dakota: Corson is named for

Cortland County, New York: Cortland is named for

Coryell County, Texas: Coryell is named for

Coshocton County, Ohio - Named for a Lenape village

Costilla County, Colorado: Costilla is named for the settlement of Costilla, New Mexico (at the time the county was named (1861), the settlement was in Colorado- an 1868 boundary revision placed it in New Mexico).

Cottle County, Texas: Cottle is named for

Cotton County, Oklahoma: Cotton is named for

Cottonwood County, Minnesota: Cottonwood is named for

City of Covington, Virginia: Covington is named for

Covington County, Alabama: Covington is named for

Covington County, Mississippi: Covington is named for

Coweta County, Georgia: Coweta is named for

Cowley County, Kansas: Cowley is named for

Cowlitz County, Washington: Cowlitz is named for

Craig County, Oklahoma: Craig is named for

Craig County, Virginia: Craig is named for

Craighead County, Arkansas: Craighead is named for

Crane County, Texas: Crane is named for

Craven County, North Carolina: Craven is named for

Crawford County, Arkansas: Crawford is named for

Crawford County, Georgia: Crawford is named for

Crawford County, Illinois: Crawford is named for

Crawford County, Indiana: Crawford is named for either U.S. Treasury Secretary William H. Crawford or Col. William Crawford, a friend of George Washington's.

Crawford County, Iowa: Crawford is named for

Crawford County, Kansas: Crawford is named for

Crawford County, Michigan: Crawford is named for

Crawford County, Missouri: Crawford is named for

Crawford County, Ohio: Crawford is named for William Crawford

Crawford County, Pennsylvania: Crawford is named for William Crawford

Crawford County, Wisconsin: Crawford is named for

Creek County, Oklahoma: Creek is named for

Crenshaw County, Alabama: Crenshaw is named for

Crisp County, Georgia: Crisp is named for

Crittenden County, Arkansas: Crittenden is named for

Crittenden County, Kentucky: Crittenden is named for

Crook County, Oregon: Crook is named for

Crook County, Wyoming: Crook is named for

Crosby County, Texas: Crosby is named for

Cross County, Arkansas: Cross is named for

Crow Wing County, Minnesota: Crow Wing is named for

Crowley County, Colorado: Crowley is named for state senator John H. Crowley.

Culberson County, Texas: Culberson is named for

Cullman County, Alabama: Cullman is named for

Culpeper County, Virginia: Culpeper is named for

Cumberland County, Illinois: Cumberland is named for the Cumberland Road.

Cumberland County, Kentucky: Cumberland is named for the Cumberland River.

Cumberland County, Maine: Cumberland is named for Prince William, Duke of Cumberland

Cumberland County, New Jersey: Cumberland is named for Prince William, Duke of Cumberland.

Cumberland County, North Carolina: Cumberland is named for Prince William, Duke of Cumberland.

Cumberland County, Pennsylvania: Cumberland is named for Cumberland, England.

Cumberland County, Tennessee, is named for the Cumberland Mountains.

Cumberland County, Virginia: Cumberland is named for Prince William, Duke of Cumberland.

Cuming County, Nebraska: Cuming is named for

Currituck County, North Carolina: Currituck is named for

Curry County, New Mexico: Curry is named for

Curry County, Oregon: Curry is named for

Custer County, Colorado: Custer is named for General George Armstrong Custer, who died at the Battle of the Little Bighorn eight months before the county was created.

Custer County, Idaho: Custer is named for

Custer County, Montana: Custer is named for

Custer County, Nebraska: Custer is named for

Custer County, Oklahoma: Custer is named for

Custer County, South Dakota: Custer is named for

Cuyahoga County, Ohio: Cuyahoga is named for its location at the mouth of the Cuyahoga River

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Dade County, Georgia: Dade is named for

Dade County, Missouri: Dade is named for

Daggett County, Utah: Daggett is named for

Dakota County, Minnesota: Dakota is named for

Dakota County, Nebraska: Dakota is named for

Dade County, Florida: former name of Miami-Dade County, Florida

Dale County, Alabama: Dale is named for

Dallam County, Texas: Dallam is named for

Dallas County, Alabama: Dallas is named for

Dallas County, Arkansas: Dallas is named for

Dallas County, Iowa: Dallas is named for

Dallas County, Missouri: Dallas is named for

Dallas County, Texas: Dallas is named for George Mifflin Dallas, eleventh vice president of the United States.

Dane County, Wisconsin: Dane is named for

Daniels County, Montana: Daniels is named for

Danville, Virginia: Danville is named for

Dare County, North Carolina: Dare is named for

Darke County, Ohio: Darke is named for

Darlington County, South Carolina: Darlington is named for

Davidson County, North Carolina: Davidson is named for

Davidson County, Tennessee, is named for William Lee Davidson (1746-1781), a Brigadier General who died at the Revolutionary War Battle of Cowan's Ford.

Davie County, North Carolina: Davie is named for Revolutionary War Calvary leader & NC statesman William Richardson Davie

Daviess County, Indiana: Daviess is named for military man Joseph Daviess.

Daviess County, Kentucky: Daviess is named for

Daviess County, Missouri: Daviess is named for

Davis County, Iowa: Davis is named for

Davis County, Utah: Davis is named for

Davison County, South Dakota: Davison is named for

Dawes County, Nebraska: Dawes is named for

Dawson County, Georgia: Dawson is named for jurist and politician William Crosby Dawson

Dawson County, Montana: Dawson is named for

Dawson County, Nebraska: Dawson is named for

Dawson County, Texas: Dawson is named for

Day County, South Dakota: Day is named for

De Kalb County, Georgia: De Kalb is named for Baron Johann de Kalb

De Kalb County, Indiana: De Kalb is named for Baron Johann de Kalb

DeKalb County, Alabama: DeKalb is named for Baron Johann de Kalb

DeKalb County, Illinois: DeKalb is named for

DeKalb County, Missouri: DeKalb is named for Baron Johann de Kalb

DeKalb County, Tennessee, is named for Johann de Kalb (1721-1780), a German-born baron who assisted the Continentals during the American Revolutionary War.

De Soto County, Mississippi: De Soto is named for Spanish explorer Hernando de Soto

De Soto Parish, Louisiana: De Soto is named for Spanish explorer Hernando de Soto.

DeSoto County, Florida: DeSoto is named for Spanish explorer Hernando de Soto

DeWitt County, Illinois: DeWitt is named for

DeWitt County, Texas: DeWitt is named for

De Baca County, New Mexico: De Baca is named for

Deaf Smith County, Texas: Deaf Smith is named for

Dearborn County, Indiana: Dearborn is named for U.S. Secretary of War Henry Dearborn.

Decatur County, Georgia: Decatur is named for

Decatur County, Indiana: Decatur is named for Stephen Decatur, a naval leader in the War of 1812.

Decatur County, Iowa: Decatur is named for

Decatur County, Kansas: Decatur is named for

Decatur County, Tennessee, is named for U.S. naval officer Stephen Decatur (1779-1820).

Deer Lodge County, Montana: Deer Lodge is named for

Defiance County, Ohio: Defiance is named for the city of Defiance, Ohio, which was built on the site of Fort Defiance, built by General "Mad" Anthony Wayne in the late 18th century.

Del Norte County, California: Del Norte is named for

Delaware County, Indiana: Delaware is named for the Delaware Native American people.

Delaware County, Iowa: Delaware is named for

Delaware County, New York: Delaware is named for

Delaware County, Ohio: Delaware is named for

Delaware County, Oklahoma: Delaware is named for

Delaware County, Pennsylvania: Delaware is named for

Delta County, Colorado: Delta is named for the town of Delta, Colorado, which itself is named its location on the broad river delta formed by the Gunnison River and the Uncompahgre River.

Delta County, Michigan: Delta is named for

Delta County, Texas: Delta is named for

Dent County, Missouri: Dent is named for

Denton County, Texas: Denton is named for John B. Denton, a preacher, lawyer, and soldier.

City and County of Denver, Colorado: Denver is named for James W. Denver, a former governor of the Kansas Territory which the place was part of at the time.

Des Moines County, Iowa: Des Moines is named for

Deschutes County, Oregon: Deschutes is named for

Desha County, Arkansas: Desha is named for

Deuel County, Nebraska: Deuel is named for

Deuel County, South Dakota: Deuel is named for

Dewey County, Oklahoma: Dewey is named for

Dewey County, South Dakota: Dewey is named for

Dickens County, Texas: Dickens is named for

Dickenson County, Virginia: Dickenson is named for

Dickey County, North Dakota: Dickey is named for

Dickinson County, Iowa: Dickinson is named for

Dickinson County, Kansas: Dickinson is named for

Dickinson County, Michigan: Dickinson is named for

Dickson County, Tennessee, is named for U.S. Representative William Dickson (1770-1816).

Dillingham Census Area, Alaska: Dillingham is named for

Dillon County, South Carolina: Dillon is named for

Dimmit County, Texas: Dimmit is named for

Dinwiddie County, Virginia: Dinwiddie is named for

Divide County, North Dakota: Divide is named for

Dixie County, Florida: Dixie is named for

Dixon County, Nebraska: Dixon is named for

Doddridge County, West Virginia: Doddridge is named for

Dodge County, Georgia: Dodge is named for

Dodge County, Minnesota: Dodge is named for

Dodge County, Nebraska: Dodge is named for

Dodge County, Wisconsin: Dodge is named for

Dolores County, Colorado: Dolores is named for the Dolores River, itself originally named by Spanish explorers as El Río de Nuestra Señora de Delores ("The River of Our Lady of Sorrows")

Doña Ana County, New Mexico: Doña Ana is named for

Doniphan County, Kansas: Doniphan is named for

Donley County, Texas: Donley is named for

Dooly County, Georgia: Dooly is named for

Door County, Wisconsin: Door is named for

Dorchester County, Maryland: Dorchester is named for

Dorchester County, South Carolina: Dorchester is named for

Dougherty County, Georgia: Dougherty is named for

Douglas County, Colorado: Douglas is named for United States Senator and Presidential candidate Stephen A. Douglas, who died five months before the county's creation.

Douglas County, Georgia: Douglas is named for

Douglas County, Illinois: Douglas is named for

Douglas County, Kansas: Douglas is named for

Douglas County, Minnesota: Douglas is named for

Douglas County, Missouri: Douglas is named for

Douglas County, Nebraska: Douglas is named for

Douglas County, Nevada: Douglas is named for

Douglas County, Oregon: Douglas is named for

Douglas County, South Dakota: Douglas is named for

Douglas County, Washington: Douglas is named for

Douglas County, Wisconsin: Douglas is named for

Drew County, Arkansas: Drew is named for

Du Page County, Illinois

Dubois County, Indiana: Dubois is named for Toussaint Dubois, who fought in the War of 1812.

Dubuque County, Iowa

Duchesne County, Utah

Dukes County, Massachusetts: Originally part of New York, Dukes was named in honor of James, Duke of York in 1683, and was formed at the same time Kings, Queens, and Dutchess Counties in New York were established. (The City and Province of New York had already been named for James in 1664.)

Dundy County, Nebraska

Dunklin County, Missouri

Dunn County, North Dakota

Dunn County, Wisconsin

Duplin County, North Carolina: British nobleman Thomas Hay, Viscount Dupplin, then Earl of Kinnoull.

Durham County, North Carolina

Dutchess County, New York: Dutchess was named in honor of Mary of Modena, the Dutchess of York, in 1683.

Duval County, Florida

Duval County, Texas

Dyer County, Tennessee, is named for Tennessee state legislator Robert Henry Dyer.

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Eagle County, Colorado, is named for the Eagle River, which runs through the county.

Early County, Georgia

East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana, is named for the largest city therein and the state capitol, Baton Rouge. The name Baton Rouge is French for "red stick". Records of D'Iberville describe large reddened poles erected by Indians with fish and bear heads attached in sacrifice. These may have designated boundaries at a point separating the hunting grounds of the Bayou Goula and the Houma Indian tribes.

East Carroll Parish, Louisiana

East Feliciana Parish, Louisiana: Feliciana is Spanish for "Happy Land" and the name is said to have its origin from "Felicite", the wife of Don Bernado de Galvez, the governor of Spanish Louisiana.

Eastland County, Texas

Eaton County, Michigan

Eau Claire County, Wisconsin

Echols County, Georgia

Ector County, Texas

Eddy County, New Mexico

Eddy County, North Dakota

Edgar County, Illinois

Edgecombe County, North Carolina

Edgefield County, South Carolina

Edmonson County, Kentucky

Edmunds County, South Dakota

Edwards County, Illinois

Edwards County, Kansas

Edwards County, Texas

Effingham County, Georgia

Effingham County, Illinois

El Paso County, Colorado: El Paso County is named for Ute Pass (known to early Spanish settlers as El Paso or "The Pass"), an important mountain pass through the Front Range.

El Paso County, Texas

Elbert County, Colorado: Elbert County is named for Samuel Hitt Elbert, the 6th Territorial Governor of Colorado.

Elbert County, Georgia

Elk County, Kansas

Elk County, Pennsylvania

Elkhart County, Indiana: Elkhart is named for the Elkhart Native American people.

Elko County, Nevada

Elliott County, Kentucky

Ellis County, Kansas

Ellis County, Oklahoma

Ellis County, Texas

Ellsworth County, Kansas

Elmore County, Alabama

Elmore County, Idaho

Emanuel County, Georgia

Emery County, Utah

Emmet County, Iowa

Emmet County, Michigan

Emmons County, North Dakota

City of Emporia, Virginia

Erath County, Texas

Erie County, New York

Erie County, Ohio

Erie County, Pennsylvania

Escambia County, Alabama

Escambia County, Florida

Essex County, Massachusetts

Essex County, New Jersey

Essex County, New York

Essex County, Vermont

Essex County, Virginia

Estill County, Kentucky

Etowah County, Alabama

Eureka County, Nevada

Evangeline Parish, Louisiana

Evans County, Georgia

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Fairbanks North Star Borough, Alaska

City of Fairfax and Fairfax County, Virginia - Both are named for Thomas Fairfax, 6th Lord Fairfax of Cameron, the proprietor of the Northern Neck (which in colonial times included what is now Northern Virginia).

Fairfield County, Connecticut: Named after the town of Fairfield, which was named after the salt marshes that bordered the coast.

Fairfield County, Ohio: Named after the Fairfield area of the original Lancaster.

Fairfield County, South Carolina

Fall River County, South Dakota

Fallon County, Montana

Falls County, Texas

City of Falls Church, Virginia - From The Falls Church, a historic church in the city. The church in turn was named because it was located on what had been the main road to the Great Falls of the Potomac River in colonial times.[1]

Fannin County, Georgia

Fannin County, Texas

Faribault County, Minnesota

Faulk County, South Dakota

Faulkner County, Arkansas

Fauquier County, Virginia

Fayette County, Alabama - All Fayette Counties in the United States are named after Gilbert du Motier, marquis de La Fayette (1757-1834), a French general who played a major role in the Revolutionary War.

Fayette County, Georgia

Fayette County, Illinois

Fayette County, Indiana

Fayette County, Iowa

Fayette County, Kentucky

Fayette County, Ohio

Fayette County, Pennsylvania

Fayette County, Tennessee

Fayette County, Texas

Fayette County, West Virginia

Fentress County, Tennessee - Named for Tennessee state legislator James Fentress.

Fergus County, Montana

Ferry County, Washington

Fillmore County, Minnesota

Fillmore County, Nebraska

Finney County, Kansas

Fisher County, Texas

Flagler County, Florida

Flathead County, Montana

Fleming County, Kentucky

Florence County, South Carolina

Florence County, Wisconsin

Floyd County, Georgia

Floyd County, Indiana - Named for either Col. John Floyd of Virginia or for either early settler Davis Floyd or early settler John Floyd.

Floyd County, Iowa

Floyd County, Kentucky

Floyd County, Texas

Floyd County, Virginia

Fluvanna County, Virginia

Foard County, Texas

Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin

Ford County, Illinois

Ford County, Kansas

Forest County, Pennsylvania

Forest County, Wisconsin

Forrest County, Mississippi

Forsyth County, Georgia

Forsyth County, North Carolina

Fort Bend County, Texas

Foster County, North Dakota

Fountain County, Indiana: Fountain is named for soldier James Fountain who was killed at the Battle of Maumee in 1790.

City of Franklin, Virginia

Franklin County, Alabama

Franklin County, Arkansas

Franklin County, Florida

Franklin County, Georgia

Franklin County, Idaho

Franklin County, Illinois

Franklin County, Indiana: Franklin is named for Founding Father Benjamin Franklin.

Franklin County, Iowa

Franklin County, Kansas

Franklin County, Kentucky

Franklin County, Maine

Franklin County, Massachusetts

Franklin County, Mississippi

Franklin County, Missouri

Franklin County, Nebraska

Franklin County, New York

Franklin County, North Carolina

Franklin County, Ohio

Franklin County, Pennsylvania:Franklin is named for Founding Father Benjamin Franklin.

Franklin County, Tennessee, is named for Founding Father Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790).

Franklin County, Texas

Franklin County, Vermont

Franklin County, Virginia

Franklin County, Washington

Franklin Parish, Louisiana is named for Benjamin Franklin.

Frederick County, Maryland

Frederick County, Virginia

City of Fredericksburg, Virginia

Freeborn County, Minnesota

Freestone County, Texas

Fremont County, Colorado: Fremont County is named for explorer and Presidential candidate John C. Frémont.

Fremont County, Idaho

Fremont County, Iowa

Fremont County, Wyoming

Fresno County, California

Frio County, Texas

Frontier County, Nebraska

Fulton County, Arkansas

Fulton County, Georgia

Fulton County, Illinois

Fulton County, Indiana: Fulton is named for Robert Fulton, inventor of the steamboat.

Fulton County, Kentucky

Fulton County, New York

Fulton County, Ohio

Fulton County, Pennsylvania

Furnas County, Nebraska

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Gadsden County, Florida

Gage County, Nebraska

Gaines County, Texas

City of Galax, Virginia

Gallatin County, Illinois

Gallatin County, Kentucky

Gallatin County, Montana

Gallia County, Ohio

Galveston County, Texas

Garden County, Nebraska

Garfield County, Colorado: Garfield County is named for assassinated United States President James Garfield.

Garfield County, Montana

Garfield County, Nebraska

Garfield County, Oklahoma

Garfield County, Utah

Garfield County, Washington

Garland County, Arkansas

Garrard County, Kentucky

Garrett County, Maryland

Garvin County, Oklahoma

Garza County, Texas

Gasconade County, Missouri

Gaston County, North Carolina

Gates County, North Carolina

Geary County, Kansas

Geauga County, Ohio

Gem County, Idaho

Genesee County, Michigan

Genesee County, New York

Geneva County, Alabama

Gentry County, Missouri

George County, Mississippi

Georgetown County, South Carolina

Gibson County, Indiana: Gibson is named for John Gibson, a secretary of the Indiana Territory.

Gibson County, Tennessee, is named for John H. Gibson, a soldier of the Natchez Expedition and the Creek War.

Gila County, Arizona

Gilchrist County, Florida

Giles County, Tennessee is named for U.S. Senator and Governor of Virginia William B. Giles (1762-1830).

Giles County, Virginia

Gillespie County, Texas

Gilliam County, Oregon

Gilmer County, Georgia

Gilmer County, West Virginia

Gilpin County, Colorado: Gilpin County is named for William Gilpin, the first Territorial Governor of Colorado.

Glacier County, Montana

Glades County, Florida

Gladwin County, Michigan

Glascock County, Georgia

Glasscock County, Texas

Glenn County, California

Glynn County, Georgia

Gogebic County, Michigan

Golden Valley County, Montana

Golden Valley County, North Dakota

Goliad County, Texas

Gonzales County, Texas

Goochland County, Virginia

Goodhue County, Minnesota

Gooding County, Idaho

Gordon County, Georgia

Goshen County, Wyoming

Gosper County, Nebraska

Gove County, Kansas

Grady County, Georgia

Grady County, Oklahoma

Grafton County, New Hampshire

Graham County, Arizona

Graham County, Kansas

Graham County, North Carolina

Grainger County, Tennessee, is named for Mary Grainger Blount, wife of William Blount and "first lady" of the Southwest Territory, which later became Tennessee.

Grand County, Colorado: Grand County is named for the Colorado River, which begins in the mountains of eastern Grand County. Before 1921, the river was known as the Grand River as it flowed through the state of Colorado.

Grand County, Utah

Grand Forks County, North Dakota

Grand Isle County, Vermont

Grand Traverse County, Michigan

Granite County, Montana

Grant County, Arkansas

Grant County, Indiana: Grant is named for Captains Samuel and Moses Grant of Kentucky.

Grant County, Kansas

Grant County, Kentucky

Grant County, Minnesota

Grant County, Nebraska

Grant County, New Mexico

Grant County, North Dakota

Grant County, Oklahoma

Grant County, Oregon

Grant County, South Dakota

Grant County, Washington

Grant County, West Virginia

Grant County, Wisconsin

Grant Parish, Louisiana bears the name of the general and president, Ulysses S. Grant.

Granville County, North Carolina

Gratiot County, Michigan

Graves County, Kentucky

Gray County, Kansas

Gray County, Texas

Grays Harbor County, Washington

Grayson County, Kentucky

Grayson County, Texas

Grayson County, Virginia

Greeley County, Kansas

Greeley County, Nebraska

Green County, Kentucky

Green County, Wisconsin

Green Lake County, Wisconsin

Greenbrier County, West Virginia

Greene County, Alabama

Greene County, Arkansas

Greene County, Georgia

Greene County, Illinois

Greene County, Indiana: Greene is named for Nathanael Greene, an officer of the American Revolutionary War.

Greene County, Iowa

Greene County, Mississippi

Greene County, Missouri

Greene County, New York

Greene County, North Carolina

Greene County, Ohio

Greene County, Pennsylvania

Greene County, Tennessee is named for American Revolutionary War leader Nathanael Greene (1742-1786).

Greene County, Virginia

Greenlee County, Arizona

Greensville County, Virginia

Greenup County, Kentucky

Greenville County, South Carolina

Greenwood County, Kansas

Greenwood County, South Carolina

Greer County, Oklahoma

Gregg County, Texas

Gregory County, South Dakota

Grenada County, Mississippi

Griggs County, North Dakota

Grimes County, Texas

Grundy County, Illinois

Grundy County, Iowa

Grundy County, Missouri

Grundy County, Tennessee is named for U.S. Attorney General Felix Grundy (1777-1840).

Guadalupe County, New Mexico

Guadalupe County, Texas

Guernsey County, Ohio

Guilford County, North Carolina

Gulf County, Florida

Gunnison County, Colorado: Gunnison County is named for explorer John W. Gunnison, who surveyed the county during his ill-fated 1853 expedition.

Guthrie County, Iowa

Gwinnett County, Georgia

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Haakon County, South Dakota

Habersham County, Georgia

Haines Borough, Alaska

Hale County, Alabama

Hale County, Texas

Halifax County, North Carolina

Halifax County, Virginia

Hall County, Georgia

Hall County, Nebraska

Hall County, Texas

Hamblen County, Tennessee is named for early settler Hezekiah Hamblen.

Hamilton County, Florida

Hamilton County, Illinois

Hamilton County, Indiana: Hamilton is named for Founding Father Alexander Hamilton.

Hamilton County, Iowa

Hamilton County, Kansas

Hamilton County, Nebraska

Hamilton County, New York, is named for Alexander Hamilton, although he himself was from New York City and served as an assemblyman in the New York Legislature from New York County.

Hamilton County, Ohio

Hamilton County, Tennessee, is named for Founding Father Alexander Hamilton (1755 or 1757-1804).

Hamilton County, Texas

Hamlin County, South Dakota

Hampden County, Massachusetts

Hampshire County, Massachusetts

Hampshire County, West Virginia

City of Hampton, Virginia

Hampton County, South Carolina

Hancock County, Georgia

Hancock County, Illinois

Hancock County, Indiana: Hancock is named for president of the Continental Congress John Hancock.

Hancock County, Iowa

Hancock County, Kentucky

Hancock County, Maine

Hancock County, Mississippi

Hancock County, Ohio

Hancock County, Tennessee, is named for President of the Continental Congress John Hancock (1737-1793),

Hancock County, West Virginia

Hand County, South Dakota

Hanover County, Virginia

Hansford County, Texas

Hanson County, South Dakota

Haralson County, Georgia

Hardee County, Florida

Hardeman County, Tennessee, is named for Thomas Jones Hardeman, Creek War and War of 1812 soldier, later a member of the Republic of Texas legislature.

Hardeman County, Texas

Hardin County, Illinois

Hardin County, Iowa

Hardin County, Kentucky

Hardin County, Ohio

Hardin County, Tennessee, is named for Joseph Hardin, legislator of the Southwest Territory and State of Franklin.

Hardin County, Texas

Harding County, New Mexico

Harding County, South Dakota

Hardy County, West Virginia

Harford County, Maryland

Harlan County, Kentucky

Harlan County, Nebraska

Harmon County, Oklahoma

Harnett County, North Carolina

Harney County, Oregon

Harper County, Kansas

Harper County, Oklahoma

Harris County, Georgia

Harris County, Texas

Harrison County, Indiana: Harrison is named for William Henry Harrison, governor of Indiana Territory and later U.S. President.

Harrison County, Iowa

Harrison County, Kentucky

Harrison County, Mississippi

Harrison County, Missouri

Harrison County, Ohio

Harrison County, Texas

Harrison County, West Virginia

City of Harrisonburg, Virginia - Named for its founder, 18th-century settler Thomas Harrison.

Hart County, Georgia

Hart County, Kentucky

Hartford County, Connecticut: Hartford is named for the city of Hartford, the county seat and capital of Connecticut.

Hartley County, Texas

Harvey County, Kansas

Haskell County, Kansas

Haskell County, Oklahoma

Haskell County, Texas

Hawaii County, Hawaii

Hawkins County, Tennessee, is named for [United States Senate|U.S. Senator]] Benjamin Hawkins (1754-1816).

Hayes County, Nebraska

Hays County, Texas

Haywood County, North Carolina

Haywood County, Tennessee, is named for Judge John Haywood (1762-1826), called "the father of Tennessee history."

Heard County, Georgia

Hemphill County, Texas

Hempstead County, Arkansas

Henderson County, Illinois

Henderson County, Kentucky

Henderson County, North Carolina

Henderson County, Tennessee, is named for James Henderson, an officer of the War of 1812.

Henderson County, Texas

Hendricks County, Indiana: Hendricks is named for Governor of Indiana William Hendricks.

Hendry County, Florida

Hennepin County, Minnesota

Henrico County, Virginia

Henry County, Alabama

Henry County, Georgia

Henry County, Illinois

Henry County, Indiana: Henry is named for Patriot Patrick Henry.

Henry County, Iowa

Henry County, Kentucky

Henry County, Missouri

Henry County, Ohio

Henry County, Tennessee, is named for Revolutionary-era patriot Patrick Henry (1736-1799).

Henry County, Virginia

Herkimer County, New York

Hernando County, Florida

Hertford County, North Carolina

Hettinger County, North Dakota

Hickman County, Kentucky

Hickman County, Tennessee, is named for Edwin Hickman, a longhunter killed by Native Americans near the present-day Centerville, Tennessee.

Hickory County, Missouri

Hidalgo County, New Mexico

Hidalgo County, Texas

Highland County, Ohio

Highland County, Virginia

Highlands County, Florida

Hill County, Montana

Hill County, Texas

Hillsborough County, Florida

Hillsborough County, New Hampshire

Hillsdale County, Michigan

Hinds County, Mississippi

Hinsdale County, Colorado: Hinsdale County is named for George A. Hinsdale, a lawyer who was named Lieutenant Governor when Colorado first applied for statehood (1864-65). United States President Andrew Johnson rejected the application and Colorado did not become a state until 1876.

Hitchcock County, Nebraska

Hocking County, Ohio

Hockley County, Texas

Hodgeman County, Kansas

Hoke County, North Carolina: Hoke County is named for a general of the Confederacy, Gen. Robert F. Hoke.[2]

Holmes County, Florida

Holmes County, Mississippi

Holmes County, Ohio

Holt County, Missouri

Holt County, Nebraska

Honolulu County, Hawaii

Hood County, Texas

Hood River County, Oregon

Hooker County, Nebraska

City of Hopewell, Virginia

Hopkins County, Kentucky

Hopkins County, Texas

Horry County, South Carolina, named for Revolutionary War South Carolina militia Colonel Peter Horry.

Hot Spring County, Arkansas

Hot Springs County, Wyoming

Houghton County, Michigan

Houston County, Alabama

Houston County, Georgia

Houston County, Minnesota

Houston County, Tennessee, is named for Sam Houston (1793-1863), Tennessee governor and congressman, president of the Republic of Texas, U.S. Senator from Texas, and Texas governor.

Houston County, Texas

Howard County, Arkansas

Howard County, Indiana: Howard is named for T. A. Howard, a U.S. Representative from Indiana.

Howard County, Iowa

Howard County, Maryland

Howard County, Missouri

Howard County, Nebraska

Howard County, Texas

Howell County, Missouri

Hubbard County, Minnesota

Hudson County, New Jersey

Hudspeth County, Texas

Huerfano County, Colorado: Huerfano County is named for the Huerfano River, which itself is named for an isolated landmark known as Huerfano Bluff (Huerfano is Spanish for "Orphan")

Hughes County, Oklahoma

Hughes County, South Dakota

Humboldt County, California

Humboldt County, Iowa

Humboldt County, Nevada

Humphreys County, Mississippi

Humphreys County, Tennessee, is named for U.S. Representative Parry Wayne Humphreys (1778-1839).

Hunt County, Texas

Hunterdon County, New Jersey

Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania

Huntington County, Indiana: Huntington is named for president of the Continental Congress Samuel Huntington.

Huron County, Michigan

Huron County, Ohio

Hutchinson County, South Dakota

Hutchinson County, Texas

Hyde County, North Carolina

Hyde County, South Dakota

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Iberia Parish, Louisiana

Iberville Parish, Louisiana

Ida County, Iowa

Idaho County, Idaho

Imperial County, California

Independence County, Arkansas

Indian River County, Florida

Indiana County, Pennsylvania was named after early Pennsylvania explorer Everett Indiana.

Ingham County, Michigan

Inyo County, California

Ionia County, Michigan

Iosco County, Michigan

Iowa County, Iowa

Iowa County, Wisconsin

Iredell County, North Carolina

Irion County, Texas

Iron County, Michigan

Iron County, Missouri

Iron County, Utah

Iron County, Wisconsin

Iroquois County, Illinois

Irwin County, Georgia was named after Manfred Irwin, first warden of the Georgia Penal Colony.

Isabella County, Michigan

Isanti County, Minnesota

Island County, Washington

Isle of Wight County, Virginia

Issaquena County, Mississippi

Itasca County, Minnesota

Itawamba County, Mississippi

Izard County, Arkansas

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Jack County, Texas

Jackson County, Alabama : is named for General Samuel L. Jackson, who later became the fifth governor of Alabama.

Jackson County, Arkansas

Jackson County, Colorado: Jackson County is named for United States President Andrew Jackson.

Jackson County, Florida

Jackson County, Georgia

Jackson County, Illinois: is named after Andrew Jackson who had just defeated the British in the Battle of New Orleans, and who later became U.S. President.

Jackson County, Indiana: Jackson is named for United States President Andrew Jackson.

Jackson County, Iowa

Jackson County, Kansas

Jackson County, Kentucky

Jackson County, Michigan: Named for United States President Andrew Jackson.

Jackson County, Minnesota

Jackson County, Mississippi

Jackson County, Missouri

Jackson County, North Carolina

Jackson County, Ohio

Jackson County, Oklahoma

Jackson County, Oregon

Jackson County, South Dakota

Jackson County, Tennessee

Jackson County, Texas

Jackson County, West Virginia

Jackson County, Wisconsin

Jackson Parish, Louisiana

James City County, Virginia

Jasper County, Georgia

Jasper County, Illinois: is named after William Jasper.

Jasper County, Indiana: Jasper is named for Sgt. William Jasper, a famous scout for the Continentals during the Revolutionary War.

Jasper County, Iowa

Jasper County, Mississippi

Jasper County, Missouri

Jasper County, South Carolina

Jasper County, Texas

Jay County, Indiana: Jay is named for U.S. Secretary of State John Jay.

Jeff Davis County, Georgia - Both this county and its counterpart in Texas are named for Jefferson Davis, the only President of the Confederacy.

Jeff Davis County, Texas

Jefferson County, Alabama

Jefferson County, Arkansas

Jefferson County, Colorado: Jefferson County is named for the extralegal Jefferson Territory, of which it was a part of from 1859 to 1861.

Jefferson County, Florida

Jefferson County, Georgia

Jefferson County, Idaho

Jefferson County, Illinois: Jefferson is named for United States President Thomas Jefferson.

Jefferson County, Indiana: Jefferson is named for United States President Thomas Jefferson.

Jefferson County, Iowa

Jefferson County, Kansas

Jefferson County, Kentucky: Named for Thomas Jefferson, who was governor of Virginia at the time.

Jefferson County, Mississippi

Jefferson County, Missouri

Jefferson County, Montana

Jefferson County, Nebraska

Jefferson County, New York

Jefferson County, Ohio

Jefferson County, Oklahoma

Jefferson County, Oregon

Jefferson County, Pennsylvania

Jefferson County, Tennessee

Jefferson County, Texas

Jefferson County, Washington

Jefferson County, West Virginia

Jefferson County, Wisconsin

Jefferson Parish, Louisiana

Jefferson Davis County, Mississippi - Both this county and the Louisiana parish of the same name are also named for Jefferson Davis.

Jefferson Davis Parish, Louisiana

Jenkins County, Georgia

Jennings County, Indiana: Jennings is named for Governor of Indiana Jonathan Jennings.

Jerauld County, South Dakota

Jerome County, Idaho

Jersey County, Illinois: Jersey is named for the US state New Jersey.

Jessamine County, Kentucky

Jewell County, Kansas

Jim Hogg County, Texas

Jim Wells County, Texas

Jo Daviess County, Illinois: Jo Daviess County is named after Joseph Hamilton Daviess, a soldier killed at the Battle of Tippecanoe.

Johnson County, Arkansas

Johnson County, Georgia

Johnson County, Illinois

Johnson County, Indiana: Johnson is named for John Johnson, a judge of the Indiana Supreme Court.

Johnson County, Iowa

Johnson County, Kansas: Johnson is named for Thomas Johnson, a nineteenth-century Methodist missionary to the Shawnee tribe.

Johnson County, Kentucky

Johnson County, Missouri

Johnson County, Nebraska

Johnson County, Tennessee

Johnson County, Texas

Johnson County, Wyoming

Johnston County, North Carolina

Johnston County, Oklahoma

Jones County, Georgia

Jones County, Iowa

Jones County, Mississippi

Jones County, North Carolina

Jones County, South Dakota

Jones County, Texas: Jones County is named for Anson Jones, the last president of the Republic of Texas. Its county seat is Anson.

Josephine County, Oregon

Juab County, Utah

Judith Basin County, Montana

Juniata County, Pennsylvania

Jupiter, Florida

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Kalamazoo County, Michigan: Named for the river that runs through it, the Native American form of which was probably "Ke-Ken-a-ma-zoo," which means "boiling water."

Kalawao County, Hawaii

Kalkaska County, Michigan: Created by Henry Schoolcraft. Schoolcraft's family name formerly was Calcraft. The Ks may have been added to make the name appear more like a Native American word.

Kanabec County, Minnesota

Kanawha County, West Virginia

Kandiyohi County, Minnesota

Kane County, Illinois: Kane is named after U.S. senator Elias Kane.

Kane County, Utah

Kankakee County, Illinois: Kankakee County is named for the Kankakee River.

Karnes County, Texas

Kauai County, Hawaii - Named after its largest island, Kaua?i.

Kaufman County, Texas

Kay County, Oklahoma

Kearney County, Nebraska

Kearny County, Kansas

Keith County, Nebraska

Kemper County, Mississippi

Kenai Peninsula Borough, Alaska

Kendall County, Illinois: Kendall County is named after Amos Kendall, who was the editor of the Frankfort, Kentucky newspaper, and went on to be an important advisor to President Andrew Jackson.

Kendall County, Texas

Kenedy County, Texas

Kennebec County, Maine

Kenosha County, Wisconsin

Kent County, Delaware

Kent County, Maryland

Kent County, Michigan: Named for James Kent.

Kent County, Rhode Island

Kent County, Texas

Kenton County, Kentucky - Named after frontiersman Simon Kenton.

Keokuk County, Iowa

Kern County, California

Kerr County, Texas

Kershaw County, South Carolina

Ketchikan Gateway Borough, Alaska

Kewaunee County, Wisconsin

Keweenaw County, Michigan: Named after the Native American word "Kee-wi-wai-non-ing", which means "portage" or "place where portage is made."

Keya Paha County, Nebraska

Kidder County, North Dakota

Kimball County, Nebraska

Kimble County, Texas

King County, Texas - Named for William Philip King, who died at the Alamo.

King County, Washington - Named for William Rufus King, but was 'renamed' in honor of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. in 1986.

King George County, Virginia

King William County, Virginia

King and Queen County, Virginia

Kingfisher County, Oklahoma

Kingman County, Kansas

Kings County, California

Kings County, New York: Named in honor of King Charles II of England.

Kingsbury County, South Dakota

Kinney County, Texas

Kiowa County, Colorado: Kiowa County is named for the Kiowa Native American tribe.

Kiowa County, Kansas

Kiowa County, Oklahoma

Kit Carson County, Colorado: Kit Carson County is named for explorer, trapper, and "Wild West" figure Kit Carson.

Kitsap County, Washington

Kittitas County, Washington

Kittson County, Minnesota

Klamath County, Oregon

Kleberg County, Texas

Klickitat County, Washington

Knott County, Kentucky

Knox County, Illinois: Knox is named after Revolutionary War General Henry Knox, who became the first United States Secretary of War.

Knox County, Indiana: Knox is named for U.S. Secretary of War Henry Knox.

Knox County, Kentucky

Knox County, Maine

Knox County, Missouri

Knox County, Nebraska

Knox County, Ohio

Knox County, Tennessee

Knox County, Texas

Kodiak Island Borough, Alaska

Koochiching County, Minnesota

Kootenai County, Idaho

Kosciusko County, Indiana: Kosciusko is named for Tadeusz Kosciuszko, a Polish ally of the Americans during the Revolutionary War.

Kossuth County, Iowa

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La Crosse County, Wisconsin

La Moure County, North Dakota

La Paz County, Arizona

La Plata County, Colorado: La Plata County is named for the La Plata Mountains, which were named by Spanish explorers Silvestre Vélez de Escalante and Francisco Atanasio Domínguez during their 1776 expedition through Colorado. (The mountains were named for their reputed silver ore; La Plata is Spanish for "silver").

La Porte County, Indiana: LaPorte means the door or the port in the French language.

LaSalle County, Illinois

La Salle County, Texas

La Salle Parish, Louisiana

Labette County, Kansas

Lac qui Parle County, Minnesota

Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania

Laclede County, Missouri

Lafayette County, Arkansas - All Lafayette Counties in the United States, as well as Lafayette Parish in Louisiana, are named for Gilbert du Motier, marquis de Lafayette (1757-1834), a French general who played a major role in the Revolutionary War.

Lafayette County, Florida

Lafayette County, Mississippi

Lafayette County, Missouri

Lafayette County, Wisconsin

Lafayette Parish, Louisiana

Lafourche Parish, Louisiana

Lagrange County, Indiana: Lagrange is named after the Marquis de la Fayette's home outside of Paris, France.

Lake County, California

Lake County, Colorado: Lake County is named for Twin Lakes, two lakes (now a reservoir) located just south of Leadville.

Lake County, Florida: Named for the large number of lakes the county contains.

Lake County, Illinois

Lake County, Indiana: Lake is named for its location on Lake Michigan.

Lake County, Michigan: Named for the several small lakes that are found in the county.

Lake County, Minnesota

Lake County, Montana

Lake County, Ohio: Lake is named for its location on Lake Erie.

Lake County, Oregon

Lake County, South Dakota

Lake County, Tennessee - From Reelfoot Lake, the county's most significant geographic feature along with the Mississippi River.

Lake and Peninsula Borough, Alaska

Lake of the Woods County, Minnesota

Lamar County, Alabama

Lamar County, Georgia

Lamar County, Mississippi

Lamar County, Texas

Lamb County, Texas

Lamoille County, Vermont

Lampasas County, Texas

Lancaster County, Nebraska

Lancaster County, Pennsylvania

Lancaster County, South Carolina

Lancaster County, Virginia

Lander County, Nevada

Lane County, Kansas

Lane County, Oregon

Langlade County, Wisconsin

Lanier County, Georgia

Lapeer County, Michigan: Named from the French "la pierre," meaning flint or flint stone.

Laramie County, Wyoming

Larimer County, Colorado: Larimer County is named for "General" William Larimer, Jr., the founder of Denver, Colorado.

Larue County, Kentucky

Las Animas County, Colorado: Las Animas County is named for the Purgatoire River, which was once known as the Río de las Animas Perdidas en Purgatorio, Spanish for "River of Souls Lost in Purgatory."

Lassen County, California

Latah County, Idaho

Latimer County, Oklahoma

Lauderdale County, Alabama

Lauderdale County, Mississippi

Lauderdale County, Tennessee

Laurel County, Kentucky - Named for the mountain laurel trees common in the area.

Laurens County, Georgia

Laurens County, South Carolina

Lavaca County, Texas

Lawrence County, Alabama

Lawrence County, Arkansas

Lawrence County, Illinois

Lawrence County, Indiana: Lawrence is named for U.S. naval leader James Lawrence.

Lawrence County, Kentucky

Lawrence County, Mississippi

Lawrence County, Missouri

Lawrence County, Ohio

Lawrence County, Pennsylvania

Lawrence County, South Dakota

Lawrence County, Tennessee

Le Flore County, Oklahoma

Le Sueur County, Minnesota

Lea County, New Mexico

Leake County, Mississippi

Leavenworth County, Kansas

Lebanon County, Pennsylvania

Lee County, Alabama

Lee County, Arkansas

Lee County, Florida

Lee County, Georgia

Lee County, Illinois

Lee County, Iowa

Lee County, Kentucky

Lee County, Mississippi

Lee County, North Carolina

Lee County, South Carolina

Lee County, Texas

Lee County, Virginia

Leelanau County, Michigan: Created by Henry Schoolcraft, who gave the name "Leelinau" to some Native American women in his stories.

Leflore County, Mississippi

Lehigh County, Pennsylvania

Lemhi County, Idaho

Lenawee County, Michigan: Created from a Native American word meaning "man," either from the Delaware "leno or lenno" or the Shawnee "lenawai."

Lenoir County, North Carolina

Leon County, Florida

Leon County, Texas

Leslie County, Kentucky

Letcher County, Kentucky

Levy County, Florida

Lewis County, Idaho

Lewis County, Kentucky

Lewis County, Missouri

Lewis County, New York

Lewis County, Tennessee

Lewis County, Washington

Lewis County, West Virginia

Lewis and Clark County, Montana

City of Lexington, Virginia

Lexington County, South Carolina

Liberty County, Florida

Liberty County, Georgia

Liberty County, Montana

Liberty County, Texas

Licking County, Ohio

Limestone County, Alabama,

Limestone County, Texas

Lincoln County, Arkansas

Lincoln County, Colorado: Lincoln County is named for United States President Abraham Lincoln.

Lincoln County, Georgia

Lincoln County, Idaho

Lincoln County, Kansas

Lincoln County, Kentucky

Lincoln County, Maine

Lincoln County, Minnesota

Lincoln County, Mississippi

Lincoln County, Missouri

Lincoln County, Montana

Lincoln County, Nebraska

Lincoln County, Nevada

Lincoln County, New Mexico

Lincoln County, North Carolina

Lincoln County, Oklahoma

Lincoln County, Oregon

Lincoln County, South Dakota

Lincoln County, Tennessee

Lincoln County, Washington

Lincoln County, West Virginia

Lincoln County, Wisconsin

Lincoln County, Wyoming

Lincoln Parish, Louisiana

Linn County, Iowa

Linn County, Kansas

Linn County, Missouri

Linn County, Oregon

Lipscomb County, Texas

Litchfield County, Connecticut

Little River County, Arkansas

Live Oak County, Texas

Livingston County, Illinois

Livingston County, Kentucky

Livingston County, Michigan: Named for Edward Livingston.

Livingston County, Missouri

Livingston County, New York

Livingston Parish, Louisiana

Llano County, Texas

Logan County, Arkansas

Logan County, Colorado: Logan County is named for Civil War general and Vice-Presidential candidate John A. Logan, who died two months before the county's formation.

Logan County, Illinois

Logan County, Kansas

Logan County, Kentucky

Logan County, Nebraska

Logan County, North Dakota

Logan County, Ohio

Logan County, Oklahoma

Logan County, West Virginia

Long County, Georgia

Lonoke County, Arkansas

Lorain County, Ohio: Lorain County was named after the province of Lorraine, France

Los Alamos County, New Mexico

Los Angeles County, California

Loudon County, Tennessee

Loudoun County, Virginia

Louisa County, Iowa

Louisa County, Virginia

Loup County, Nebraska

Love County, Oklahoma

Loving County, Texas

Lowndes County, Alabama

Lowndes County, Georgia - William Lowndes

Lowndes County, Mississippi

Lubbock County, Texas

Lucas County, Iowa

Lucas County, Ohio

Luce County, Michigan: Named for Cyrus G. Luce, former governor of Michigan.

Lumpkin County, Georgia

Luna County, New Mexico

Lunenburg County, Virginia

Luzerne County, Pennsylvania

Lycoming County, Pennsylvania

Lyman County, South Dakota

City of Lynchburg, Virginia - Named for John Lynch, who founded the first European settlement at the site.

Lynn County, Texas

Lyon County, Iowa

Lyon County, Kansas

Lyon County, Kentucky

Lyon County, Minnesota

Lyon County, Nevada

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Mackinac County, Michigan: Named from the French interpretation of a Native American word that meant "great turtle," the shape of nearby Mackinac Island from a distance.

Macomb County, Michigan: Named for Alexander Macomb.

Macon County, Alabama

Macon County, Georgia

Macon County, Illinois

Macon County, Missouri

Macon County, North Carolina

Macon County, Tennessee

Macoupin County, Illinois

Madera County, California

Madison County, Alabama: Madison is named for fourth U.S. President James Madison.

Madison County, Arkansas

Madison County, Florida

Madison County, Georgia

Madison County, Idaho

Madison County, Illinois

Madison County, Indiana: Madison is named for fourth U.S. President James Madison.

Madison County, Iowa

Madison County, Kentucky

Madison County, Mississippi

Madison County, Missouri

Madison County, Montana

Madison County, Nebraska

Madison County, New York

Madison County, North Carolina

Madison County, Ohio

Madison County, Tennessee

Madison County, Texas

Madison County, Virginia

Madison Parish, Louisiana

Magoffin County, Kentucky

Mahaska County, Iowa

Mahnomen County, Minnesota

Mahoning County, Ohio

Major County, Oklahoma

Malheur County, Oregon

City of Manassas, Virginia

City of Manassas Park, Virginia

Manatee County, Florida

Manistee County, Michigan: Named for the river. Derived from a Native American word which means "river at whose mouth there are islands."

Manitowoc County, Wisconsin

Marathon County, Wisconsin

Marengo County, Alabama

Maricopa County, Arizona: Named after the Maricopa Native American people of the region. [1]

Maries County, Missouri

Marin County, California

Marinette County, Wisconsin

Marion County, Alabama - All Marion Counties in the United States are named either directly or indirectly for Francis Marion, the "Swamp Fox" of the American Revolutionary War.

Marion County, Arkansas

Marion County, Florida

Marion County, Georgia

Marion County, Illinois

Marion County, Indiana

Marion County, Iowa

Marion County, Kansas - Named directly for Marion County, Ohio.

Marion County, Kentucky

Marion County, Mississippi

Marion County, Missouri

Marion County, Ohio

Marion County, Oregon

Marion County, South Carolina

Marion County, Tennessee

Marion County, Texas

Marion County, West Virginia

Mariposa County, California

Marlboro County, South Carolina

Marquette County, Michigan

Marquette County, Wisconsin: Named for Jacques Marquette.

Marshall County, Alabama

Marshall County, Illinois

Marshall County, Indiana: Marshall is named for U.S. Chief Justice John Marshall.

Marshall County, Iowa

Marshall County, Kansas

Marshall County, Kentucky

Marshall County, Minnesota

Marshall County, Mississippi

Marshall County, Oklahoma

Marshall County, South Dakota

Marshall County, Tennessee

Marshall County, West Virginia

Martin County, Florida - Named for John W. Martin, Governor of Florida from 1925 to 1929.

Martin County, Indiana - Named for Maj. John T. Martin of Kentucky.

Martin County, Kentucky - Named for John Preston Martin, a Kentucky politician and one-term Congressman.

Martin County, Minnesota

Martin County, North Carolina - Named for Josiah Martin, the last colonial governor of North Carolina.

Martin County, Texas - Named for Wylie Martin, an early settler in the region.

City of Martinsville, Virginia - Named for the city's founder Joseph Martin, a general in the Virginia militia during the Revolutionary War.

Mason County, Illinois

Mason County, Kentucky

Mason County, Michigan: Named for Stevens T. Mason, former governor of Michigan.

Mason County, Texas

Mason County, Washington

Mason County, West Virginia

Massac County, Illinois

Matagorda County, Texas

Matanuska-Susitna Borough, Alaska

Mathews County, Virginia

Maui County, Hawaii - Named after Maui, the largest and most populous of the five islands that make up the county.

Maury County, Tennessee

Maverick County, Texas

Mayes County, Oklahoma

McClain County, Oklahoma

McCone County, Montana

McCook County, South Dakota

McCormick County, South Carolina

McCracken County, Kentucky

McCreary County, Kentucky

McCulloch County, Texas

McCurtain County, Oklahoma

McDonald County, Missouri

McDonough County, Illinois

McDowell County, North Carolina

McDowell County, West Virginia

McDuffie County, Georgia

McHenry County, Illinois

McHenry County, North Dakota

McIntosh County, Georgia

McIntosh County, North Dakota

McIntosh County, Oklahoma

McKean County, Pennsylvania

McKenzie County, North Dakota

McKinley County, New Mexico

McLean County, Illinois

McLean County, Kentucky

McLean County, North Dakota

McLennan County, Texas

McLeod County, Minnesota

McMinn County, Tennessee

McMullen County, Texas

McNairy County, Tennessee

McPherson County, Kansas

McPherson County, Nebraska

McPherson County, South Dakota

Meade County, Kansas

Meade County, Kentucky

Meade County, South Dakota

Meagher County, Montana

Mecosta County, Michigan: Named for Potawatomi chief Mecosta.

Medina County, Ohio

Medina County, Texas

Meeker County, Minnesota

Meigs County, Ohio, is named for Return J. Meigs, Jr., the 4th Governor of Ohio and 8th Postmaster General.

Meigs County, Tennessee, is named for Return J. Meigs, Sr., an officer in the Continental Army.

Mellette County, South Dakota

Menard County, Illinois

Menard County, Texas

Mendocino County, California

Menifee County, Kentucky

Menominee County, Michigan: Named for the Menominee, who lived in the vicinity. "Menominee" means "rice men" or "rice gatherers."

Menominee County, Wisconsin

Merced County, California

Meriwether County, Georgia

Merrick County, Nebraska

Merrimack County, New Hampshire

Mesa County, Colorado: Mesa County is named for Grand Mesa, a large flat-topped geologic formation near Grand Junction.

Metcalfe County, Kentucky

Miami County, Indiana: Miami is named for the Miami Native American people.

Miami County, Kansas

Miami County, Ohio

Miami-Dade County, Florida - An amalgamation of:

Miami, named after the Miami River, which in turn is believed to be derived from the Mayaimi, a Native American tribe that lived in South Florida until the 18th century.

Dade County, Florida, named after Major Francis L. Dade, a soldier killed in 1835 in the Second Seminole War.

Middlesex County, Connecticut

Middlesex County, Massachusetts

Middlesex County, New Jersey

Middlesex County, Virginia

Midland County, Michigan: Named "Midland" because it is located near the geographical center of the Lower Peninsula.

Midland County, Texas

Mifflin County, Pennsylvania: is named after the first governor of Pennsylvania, Thomas Mifflin.

Milam County, Texas

Millard County, Utah

Mille Lacs County, Minnesota Named for the French translation for a thousand lakes.

Miller County, Arkansas

Miller County, Georgia

Miller County, Missouri

Mills County, Iowa

Mills County, Texas

Milwaukee County, Wisconsin

Miner County, South Dakota

Mineral County, Colorado: Mineral County is named for the rich mineral ores found in the county, particularly the silver deposits located near the county seat of Creede.

Mineral County, Montana

Mineral County, Nevada

Mineral County, West Virginia

Mingo County, West Virginia

Minidoka County, Idaho

Minnehaha County, South Dakota

Missaukee County, Michigan: Named for Ottawa chief Missaukee.

Mississippi County, Arkansas

Mississippi County, Missouri

Missoula County, Montana

Mitchell County, Georgia

Mitchell County, Iowa

Mitchell County, Kansas

Mitchell County, North Carolina

Mitchell County, Texas

Mobile County, Alabama

Modoc County, California

Moffat County, Colorado: Moffat County is named for railroad tycoon and banker David Moffat, who died less than three weeks after the county was named in his honor.

Mohave County, Arizona

Moniteau County, Missouri

Monmouth County, New Jersey

Mono County, California

Monona County, Iowa

Monongalia County, West Virginia

Monroe County, Alabama

Monroe County, Arkansas

Monroe County, Florida

Monroe County, Georgia

Monroe County, Illinois

Monroe County, Indiana: Monroe is named for U.S. President James Monroe.

Monroe County, Iowa

Monroe County, Kentucky

Monroe County, Michigan: Named for United States President James Monroe.

Monroe County, Mississippi

Monroe County, Missouri

Monroe County, New York

Monroe County, Ohio

Monroe County, Pennsylvania

Monroe County, Tennessee

Monroe County, West Virginia

Monroe County, Wisconsin

Montague County, Texas

Montcalm County, Michigan: Named for Louis-Joseph de Montcalm.

Monterey County, California

Montezuma County, Colorado: Montezuma County is named for the Aztec ruler Moctezuma II; the county's world-famous Mesa Verde ruins were once thought to have been built by the Aztecs.

Montgomery County, Alabama

Montgomery County, Arkansas

Montgomery County, Georgia

Montgomery County, Illinois

Montgomery County, Indiana: Montgomery is named for Richard Montgomery, an officer of the American Revolutionary War.

Montgomery County, Iowa

Montgomery County, Kansas

Montgomery County, Kentucky

Montgomery County, Maryland

Montgomery County, Mississippi

Montgomery County, Missouri

Montgomery County, New York

Montgomery County, North Carolina

Montgomery County, Ohio

Montgomery County, Pennsylvania: is believed to have been either named in honor of Richard Montgomery, an American Revolutionary War general killed in 1775 while attempting to capture Quebec City, Canada, or for the Welsh county of Montgomeryshire (which was named after one of William the Conqueror's main counselors, Roger de Montgomerie), as it was part of the Welsh Tract -- an area of Pennsylvania settled by Quakers from Wales

Montgomery County, Tennessee

Montgomery County, Texas

Montgomery County, Virginia

Montmorency County, Michigan

Montour County, Pennsylvania

Montrose County, Colorado: Montrose County is named for the town of Montrose, which itself is named after the novel A Legend of Montrose, by Sir Walter Scott.

Moody County, South Dakota

Moore County, North Carolina

Moore County, Tennessee

Moore County, Texas

Mora County, New Mexico

Morehouse Parish, Louisiana

Morgan County, Alabama

Morgan County, Colorado: Morgan County is named for the town of Fort Morgan (the county seat), which itself was named for United States Colonel Christopher A. Morgan, an aide to Civil War general John Pope.

Morgan County, Georgia

Morgan County, Illinois

Morgan County, Indiana: Morgan is named for Daniel Morgan, an officer of the American Revolutionary War.

Morgan County, Kentucky

Morgan County, Missouri

Morgan County, Ohio

Morgan County, Tennessee

Morgan County, Utah

Morgan County, West Virginia

Morrill County, Nebraska

Morris County, Kansas

Morris County, New Jersey

Morris County, Texas

Morrison County, Minnesota

Morrow County, Ohio

Morrow County, Oregon

Morton County, Kansas

Morton County, North Dakota

Motley County, Texas

Moultrie County, Illinois

Mountrail County, North Dakota

Mower County, Minnesota

Muhlenberg County, Kentucky

Multnomah County, Oregon

Murray County, Georgia

Murray County, Minnesota

Murray County, Oklahoma

Muscatine County, Iowa

Muscogee County, Georgia

Muskegon County, Michigan: Named for the river. Derived from the Ojibwa/Chippewa word "mashkig," which means "swamp" or "marsh."

Muskingum County, Ohio

Muskogee County, Oklahoma

Musselshell County, Montana

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Nacogdoches County, Texas

Nance County, Nebraska

Town and County of Nantucket, Massachusetts

Napa County, California

Nash County, North Carolina

Nassau County, Florida

Nassau County, New York: Named after an old name for Long Island, which was named Nassau after William of Nassau, Prince of Orange (who later became King William III of England.)

Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana

Natrona County, Wyoming

Navajo County, Arizona

Navarro County, Texas

Nelson County, Kentucky

Nelson County, North Dakota

Nelson County, Virginia

Nemaha County, Kansas

Nemaha County, Nebraska

Neosho County, Kansas

Neshoba County, Mississippi

Ness County, Kansas

Nevada County, Arkansas

Nevada County, California

New Castle County, Delaware

New Hanover County, North Carolina

New Haven County, Connecticut: New Haven is named after its largest city and county seat, New Haven.

New Kent County, Virginia

New London County, Connecticut: New London is named after the county seat, New London, which is obviously named for London.

New Madrid County, Missouri

New York County, New York: New York is named after James, Duke of York, who renamed New Amsterdam after himself shortly after the British takeover in 1664. 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: Derived from then name of a Chippewa chief who signed the Treaty of Saginaw or from a Native American word meaning "much water."

Newberry County, South Carolina

Newport County, Rhode Island

City of Newport News, Virginia - Not known with any certainty. See the "Name" section of the city's article for possibilities.

Newton County, Arkansas

Newton County, Georgia

Newton County, Indiana: Newton is named for Sgt. John Newton.

Newton County, Mississippi

Newton County, Missouri

Newton County, Texas

Nez Perce County, Idaho

Niagara County, New York

Nicholas County, Kentucky

Nicholas County, West Virginia

Nicollet County, Minnesota

Niobrara County, Wyoming

Noble County, Indiana: Noble is named for James Noble, the first U.S. Senator from Indiana.

Noble County, Ohio

Noble County, Oklahoma

Nobles County, Minnesota

Nodaway County, Missouri

Nolan County, Texas

Nome Census Area, Alaska

City of Norfolk, Virginia

Norfolk County, Massachusetts

Norman County, Minnesota

North Slope Borough, Alaska

Northampton County, North Carolina

Northampton County, Pennsylvania

Northampton County, Virginia

Northumberland County, Pennsylvania

Northumberland County, Virginia

Northwest Arctic Borough, Alaska

City of Norton, Virginia

Norton County, Kansas

Nottoway County, Virginia

Nowata County, Oklahoma

Noxubee County, Mississippi

Nuckolls County, Nebraska

Nueces County, Texas

Nye County, Nevada

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O'Brien County, Iowa

Oakland County, Michigan: Named for the numerous oak openings in the county.

Obion County, Tennessee

Ocean County, New Jersey: Location on the Atlantic Ocean [1]

Oceana County, Michigan: Named "Oceana" because it borders Lake Michigan, the freshwater "ocean."

Ochiltree County, Texas

Oconee County, Georgia

Oconee County, South Carolina

Oconto County, Wisconsin

Ogemaw County, Michigan: Named after Ogemaw-ki-keto, a prominent Saginaw Valley Indian chief who signed the Treaty of Saginaw. "Ogima" in Ottawa or Ojibwa means "chief" or "boss."

Ogle County, Illinois

Oglethorpe County, Georgia

Ohio County, Indiana - All three Ohio Counties in the United States are named for the Ohio River. The Indiana and West Virginia counties border on the river, and the Kentucky county did as well until other counties were carved from it.

Ohio County, Kentucky

Ohio County, West Virginia

Okaloosa County, Florida

Okanogan County, Washington

Okeechobee County, Florida: Okeechobee was named for the Lake Okeechobee, which was itself named for Hitchiti words oka (water) and chobi (big).

Okfuskee County, Oklahoma

Oklahoma County, Oklahoma

Okmulgee County, Oklahoma

Oktibbeha County, Mississippi

Oldham County, Kentucky

Oldham County, Texas

Oliver County, North Dakota

Olmsted County, Minnesota

Oneida County, Idaho

Oneida County, New York

Oneida County, Wisconsin

Onondaga County, New York

Onslow County, North Carolina

Ontario County, New York

Ontonagon County, Michigan: Named for the river, called "Nantounagon" on a 1670 French map. The Ojibwa word "onagon" means "dish" or "bowl."

Orange County, California: Orange is named for its main product at the time of its naming, oranges.

Orange County, Florida: Orange is named for its main product at the time of its naming, oranges.

Orange County, Indiana: Orange is named for Orange County, North Carolina.

Orange County, New York

Orange County, North Carolina

Orange County, Texas

Orange County, Vermont

Orange County, Virginia

Orangeburg County, South Carolina

Oregon County, Missouri

Orleans County, New York

Orleans County, Vermont

Orleans Parish, Louisiana

Osage County, Kansas: Osage is named for the Osage River that runs through it.

Osage County, Missouri

Osage County, Oklahoma

Osborne County, Kansas

Osceola County, Florida

Osceola County, Iowa

Osceola County, Michigan: Named for the Seminole Indian chief Osceola.

Oscoda County, Michigan: Believed to be a combination of two Ojibwa words, "ossin" (stone) and "muskoda" (prairie).

Oswego County, New York

Otero County, Colorado: Otero County is named for Miguel Antonio Otero, a prominent politician from the New Mexico Territory.

Otero County, New Mexico: Otero County is named for Miguel Antonio Otero, a prominent politician from the New Mexico Territory.

Otoe County, Nebraska

Otsego County, Michigan: Derived from the Mohawk Iroquoian word that meant either "clear water" or "meeting place."

Otsego County, New York

Ottawa County, Kansas

Ottawa County, Michigan: Named for the Ottawa tribe called "Ondatahouats," or "people of the forest."

Ottawa County, Ohio

Ottawa County, Oklahoma

Otter Tail County, Minnesota

Ouachita County, Arkansas

Ouachita Parish, Louisiana

Ouray County, Colorado: Ouray County is named for Chief Ouray, leader of the Uncompahgre Ute tribe and a noted statesman.

Outagamie County, Wisconsin

Overton County, Tennessee

Owen County, Indiana: Owen is named for Abraham Owen, a colonel who died at the Battle of Tippecanoe.

Owen County, Kentucky

Owsley County, Kentucky

Owyhee County, Idaho

Oxford County, Maine

Ozark County, Missouri

Ozaukee County, Wisconsin

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Pacific County, Washington

Page County, Iowa

Page County, Virginia - John Page, a governor of Virginia

Palm Beach County, Florida

Palo Pinto County, Texas

Pamlico County, North Carolina

Panola County, Mississippi

Panola County, Texas

Park County, Colorado: Park County is named for South Park (Colorado basin), a large and fertile mountain valley.

Park County, Montana

Park County, Wyoming

Parke County, Indiana: Parke is named for Benjamin Parke, a delegate of Indiana Territory to the U.S. Congress.

Parker County, Texas

Parmer County, Texas

Pasco County, Florida

Pasquotank County, North Carolina

Passaic County, New Jersey from the Lenape word "Pahsayek" for valley [2]

Patrick County, Virginia

Paulding County, Georgia

Paulding County, Ohio

Pawnee County, Kansas: Pawnee County is named for the Pawnee Indian tribe who readily utilized the land as prime hunting grounds.

Pawnee County, Nebraska

Pawnee County, Oklahoma

Payette County, Idaho

Payne County, Oklahoma

Peach County, Georgia

Pearl River County, Mississippi

Pecos County, Texas

Pembina County, North Dakota

Pemiscot County, Missouri

Pend Oreille County, Washington

Pender County, North Carolina

Pendleton County, Kentucky

Pendleton County, West Virginia

Pennington County, Minnesota

Pennington County, South Dakota

Penobscot County, Maine

Peoria County, Illinois

Pepin County, Wisconsin

Perkins County, Nebraska

Perkins County, South Dakota

Perquimans County, North Carolina

Perry County, Alabama

Perry County, Arkansas

Perry County, Illinois

Perry County, Indiana: Perry is named for U.S. naval officer Oliver Hazard Perry.

Perry County, Kentucky

Perry County, Mississippi

Perry County, Missouri

Perry County, Ohio

Perry County, Pennsylvania: Formed in 1820, named for Oliver Hazard Perry, who passed away in 1819

Perry County, Tennessee

Pershing County, Nevada

Person County, North Carolina

City of Petersburg, Virginia - Named for 17th-century soldier Peter Jones, who commanded a fort near the city's current location and opened a trading post known as Peter's Point where the city was eventually founded.

Petroleum County, Montana

Pettis County, Missouri

Phelps County, Missouri

Phelps County, Nebraska

Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania - Named by the city's founder William Penn from the Greek F??ad??fe?a, meaning "brotherly love" (from philos, "love", and adelphos, "brother").

Phillips County, Arkansas

Phillips County, Colorado: Phillips County is named for R.O. Phillips, a company secretary for the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad.

Phillips County, Kansas: Phillips County is named for Williams Phillips, a free-state martyr who was killed September 1, 1856 in Leavenworth.

Phillips County, Montana

Piatt County, Illinois

Pickaway County, Ohio

Pickens County, Alabama

Pickens County, Georgia

Pickens County, South Carolina

Pickett County, Tennessee

Pierce County, Georgia

Pierce County, Nebraska

Pierce County, North Dakota

Pierce County, Washington: Pierce is named for president Franklin Pierce.

Pierce County, Wisconsin

Pike County, Alabama - All Pike Counties in the United States are named for soldier and explorer Zebulon Pike.

Pike County, Arkansas

Pike County, Georgia

Pike County, Illinois

Pike County, Indiana

Pike County, Kentucky

Pike County, Mississippi

Pike County, Missouri

Pike County, Ohio

Pike County, Pennsylvania

Pima County, Arizona

Pinal County, Arizona

Pine County, Minnesota

Pinellas County, Florida

Pipestone County, Minnesota

Piscataquis County, Maine

Pitkin County, Colorado: Pitkin County is named for Frederick Walker Pitkin, who was Governor of Colorado at the time of the county's formation (1881).

Pitt County, North Carolina

Pittsburg County, Oklahoma

Pittsylvania County, Virginia

Piute County, Utah

Placer County, California

Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana

Platte County, Missouri

Platte County, Nebraska,

Platte County, Wyoming

Pleasants County, West Virginia

Plumas County, California

Plymouth County, Iowa

Plymouth County, Massachusetts

Pocahontas County, Iowa

Pocahontas County, West Virginia

Poinsett County, Arkansas

Pointe Coupee Parish, Louisiana

Polk County, Arkansas: Unless otherwise specified, all Polk Counties are named for James K. Polk, 11th President of the United States.

Polk County, Florida

Polk County, Georgia

Polk County, Iowa

Polk County, Minnesota

Polk County, Missouri

Polk County, Nebraska

Polk County, North Carolina: For William Polk, a colonel in the American Revolution and a member of that state's House of Commons

Polk County, Oregon

Polk County, Tennessee

Polk County, Texas

Polk County, Wisconsin

Pondera County, Montana

Pontotoc County, Mississippi

Pontotoc County, Oklahoma

Pope County, Arkansas

Pope County, Illinois

Pope County, Minnesota

City of Poquoson, Virginia

Portage County, Ohio

Portage County, Wisconsin

Porter County, Indiana: Porter is named for David Porter, a notable Commodore for the Americans during the War of 1812.

City of Portsmouth, Virginia

Posey County, Indiana: Posey is named for Thomas Posey, a governor of Indiana Territory.

Pottawatomie County, Kansas

Pottawatomie County, Oklahoma

Pottawattamie County, Iowa

Potter County, Pennsylvania

Potter County, South Dakota

Potter County, Texas

Powder River County, Montana

Powell County, Kentucky

Powell County, Montana

Power County, Idaho: For the American Falls Power Plant

Poweshiek County, Iowa

Powhatan County, Virginia

Prairie County, Arkansas

Prairie County, Montana

Pratt County, Kansas

Preble County, Ohio

Prentiss County, Mississippi

Presidio County, Texas

Presque Isle County, Michigan: Derived from a French phrase for "peninsula," literally "almost an island."

Preston County, West Virginia

Price County, Wisconsin

Prince Edward County, Virginia

Prince George County, Virginia

Prince George's County, Maryland

Prince William County, Virginia

Prince of Wales-Outer Ketchikan Census Area, Alaska

Providence County, Rhode Island

Prowers County, Colorado: Prowers County is named for cattleman and legislator John Wesley Prowers.

Pueblo County, Colorado: Pueblo County is named for El Pueblo, an adobe trading post located at the confluence of the Arkansas River and Fountain Creek.

Pulaski County, Arkansas

Pulaski County, Georgia

Pulaski County, Illinois

Pulaski County, Indiana: Pulaski is named for Kazimierz Pulaski, an ally of the Americans during the Revolutionary War.

Pulaski County, Kentucky

Pulaski County, Missouri

Pulaski County, Virginia

Pushmataha County, Oklahoma

Putnam County, Florida

Putnam County, Georgia

Putnam County, Illinois

Putnam County, Indiana: Putnam is named for American Revolutionary War general Israel Putnam.

Putnam County, Missouri

Putnam County, New York

Putnam County, Ohio

Putnam County, Tennessee

Putnam County, West Virginia

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Quay County, New Mexico

Queen Anne's County, Maryland

QueensCounty, New York: Named for the then-queen consort, Catherine of Braganza, the Catholic wife of Charles II.

Quitman County, Georgia

Quitman County, Mississippi

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Rabun County, Georgia

Racine County, Wisconsin

City of Radford, Virginia

Rains County, Texas

Raleigh County, West Virginia

Ralls County, Missouri

Ramsey County, Minnesota

Ramsey County, North Dakota

Randall County, Texas

Randolph County, Alabama

Randolph County, Arkansas

Randolph County, Georgia

Randolph County, Illinois: Named for Edmund Randolph, first Attorney General of the United States.

Randolph County, Indiana: Randolph is named for either Thomas Randolph or Randolph County, North Carolina.

Randolph County, Missouri

Randolph County, North Carolina

Randolph County, West Virginia

Rankin County, Mississippi

Ransom County, North Dakota

Rapides Parish, Louisiana

Rappahannock County, Virginia

Ravalli County, Montana

Rawlins County, Kansas

Ray County, Missouri

Reagan County, Texas

Real County, Texas

Red Lake County, Minnesota

Red River County, Texas

Red River Parish, Louisiana

Red Willow County, Nebraska

Redwood County, Minnesota

Reeves County, Texas

Refugio County, Texas

Reno County, Kansas

Rensselaer County, New York

Renville County, Minnesota

Renville County, North Dakota

Republic County, Kansas

Reynolds County, Missouri

Rhea County, Tennessee

Rice County, Kansas

Rice County, Minnesota

Rich County, Utah

Richardson County, Nebraska

Richland County, Illinois

Richland County, Montana

Richland County, North Dakota

Richland County, Ohio

Richland County, South Carolina

Richland County, Wisconsin

Richland Parish, Louisiana

City of Richmond, Virginia

Richmond County, Georgia

Richmond County, New York: Named after an illegitimate son of King Charles II of England.

Richmond County, North Carolina

Richmond County, Virginia

Riley County, Kansas

Ringgold County, Iowa

Rio Arriba County, New Mexico

Rio Blanco County, Colorado: Rio Blanco County is named for the White River (known in Spanish as the Río Blanco), which runs through the county.

Rio Grande County, Colorado: Rio Grande County is named for the Rio Grande River, which runs through the county.

Ripley County, Indiana: Ripley is named for Eleazer W. Ripley, an officer of the War of 1812.

Ripley County, Missouri

Ritchie County, West Virginia

Riverside County, California

Roane County, Tennessee

Roane County, West Virginia

City of Roanoke and Roanoke County, Virginia - The county was named for the Roanoke River. The city, originally the town of Big Lick, was renamed for the county in 1882, two years before it became a city and legally separated from the county. The river in turn is believed to have been named after an Algonquian word for shells that were used as currency by Native American tribes in the region.

Roberts County, South Dakota

Roberts County, Texas

Robertson County, Kentucky

Robertson County, Tennessee

Robertson County, Texas

Robeson County, North Carolina

Rock County, Minnesota

Rock County, Nebraska

Rock County, Wisconsin: after the Rock River [3]

Rock Island County, Illinois

Rockbridge County, Virginia

Rockcastle County, Kentucky

Rockdale County, Georgia

Rockingham County, New Hampshire

Rockingham County, North Carolina

Rockingham County, Virginia

Rockland County, New York

Rockwall County, Texas

Roger Mills County, Oklahoma

Rogers County, Oklahoma

Rolette County, North Dakota

Rooks County, Kansas

Roosevelt County, Montana

Roosevelt County, New Mexico

Roscommon County, Michigan: Named for County Roscommon, located in central Ireland.

Rosebud County, Montana

Ross County, Ohio

Routt County, Colorado: Routt County is named for John Long Routt, the last Territorial and first State Governor of Colorado.

Rowan County, Kentucky

Rowan County, North Carolina

Runnels County, Texas

Rush County, Indiana: Rush is named for Founding Father Benjamin Rush.

Rush County, Kansas

Rusk County, Texas

Rusk County, Wisconsin

Russell County, Alabama

Russell County, Kansas

Russell County, Kentucky

Russell County, Virginia

Rutherford County, North Carolina

Rutherford County, Tennessee

Rutland County, Vermont

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Sabine County, Texas

Sabine Parish, Louisiana

Sac County, Iowa

Sacramento County, California

Sagadahoc County, Maine

Saginaw County, Michigan

Saguache County, Colorado: Saguache County was named for a Ute word, "Sa-gua-gua-chi-pa," which roughly translated to "Blue Earth" and referred to clear blue waters from springs in the county.

City of Salem, Virginia

Salem County, New Jersey

Saline County, Arkansas

Saline County, Illinois

Saline County, Kansas

Saline County, Missouri

Saline County, Nebraska

Salt Lake County, Utah - From Great Salt Lake, which forms the county's western border.

Saluda County, South Carolina

Sampson County, North Carolina

San Augustine County, Texas

San Benito County, California

San Bernardino County, California

San Diego County, California

City and County of San Francisco, California - From Mission San Francisco de Asís, a Spanish mission located in what is now the city's Mission District and named for Francis of Assisi.

San Jacinto County, Texas

San Joaquin County, California

San Juan County, Colorado: San Juan County is named for the San Juan River (Colorado River), known to early Spanish settlers as El Río de San Juan.

San Juan County, New Mexico

San Juan County, Utah

San Juan County, Washington

San Luis Obispo County, California

San Mateo County, California

San Miguel County, Colorado: San Miguel County is named for El Río de San Miguel, the San Miguel River, which runs through the county.

San Miguel County, New Mexico

San Patricio County, Texas

San Saba County, Texas

Sanborn County, South Dakota

Sanders County, Montana

Sandoval County, New Mexico

Sandusky County, Ohio

Sangamon County, Illinois

Sanilac County, Michigan

Sanpete County, Utah

Santa Barbara County, California

Santa Clara County, California is named after the Mission Santa Clara de Asís, itself named for Saint Clare of Assisi

Santa Cruz County, Arizona

Santa Cruz County, California

Santa Fe County, New Mexico

Santa Rosa County, Florida

Sarasota County, Florida

Saratoga County, New York

Sargent County, North Dakota

Sarpy County, Nebraska

Sauk County, Wisconsin

Saunders County, Nebraska

Sawyer County, Wisconsin

Schenectady County, New York

Schleicher County, Texas

Schley County, Georgia

Schoharie County, New York

Schoolcraft County, Michigan

Schuyler County, Illinois

Schuyler County, Missouri

Schuyler County, New York

Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania

Scioto County, Ohio

Scotland County, Missouri

Scotland County, North Carolina

Scott County, Arkansas

Scott County, Illinois

Scott County, Indiana: Scott is named for Governor of Kentucky Charles Scott.

Scott County, Iowa is named after General Winfield Scott[1] U.S. Army General during the War of 1812, the Mexican-American War, the Black Hawk War, the Second Seminole War, and, briefly, the American Civil War

Scott County, Kansas

Scott County, Kentucky

Scott County, Minnesota

Scott County, Mississippi

Scott County, Missouri

Scott County, Tennessee is named for U.S. army officer Winfield Scott (1786-1866).

Scott County, Virginia

Scotts Bluff County, Nebraska

Screven County, Georgia

Scurry County, Texas

Searcy County, Arkansas

Sebastian County, Arkansas

Sedgwick County, Colorado: Sedgwick County is named for Fort Sedgwick, an Army post itself named for Civil War general John Sedgwick, who was killed at the Battle of Spotsylvania Court House in 1864.

Sedgwick County, Kansas

Seminole County, Florida

Seminole County, Georgia

Seminole County, Oklahoma

Seneca County, New York

Seneca County, Ohio

Sequatchie County, Tennessee: Name is from a Cherokee word believed to mean, opossum, he grins or runs.

Sequoyah County, Oklahoma

Sevier County, Arkansas

Sevier County, Tennessee is named for John Sevier (1745-1815), governor of the State of Franklin and first Governor of Tennessee.

Sevier County, Utah

Seward County, Kansas

Seward County, Nebraska

Shackelford County, Texas

Shannon County, Missouri

Shannon County, South Dakota

Sharkey County, Mississippi

Sharp County, Arkansas

Shasta County, California

Shawano County, Wisconsin

Shawnee County, Kansas

Sheboygan County, Wisconsin

Shelby County, Alabama

Shelby County, Illinois

Shelby County, Indiana: Shelby is named for Governor of Kentucky Isaac Shelby.

Shelby County, Iowa

Shelby County, Kentucky

Shelby County, Missouri

Shelby County, Ohio

Shelby County, Tennessee is named for Isaac Shelby (1750-1826), commander at Kings Mountain, first governor of Kentucky, and negotiator of the purchase of the western district (today's West Tennessee and the Purchase of Kentucky) from the Chickasaws.

Shelby County, Texas

Shenandoah County, Virginia

Sherburne County, Minnesota

Sheridan County, Kansas

Sheridan County, Montana

Sheridan County, Nebraska

Sheridan County, North Dakota

Sheridan County, Wyoming

Sherman County, Kansas- named for Founding Father Roger Sherman of Connecticut.

Sherman County, Nebraska-named for Roger Sherman

Sherman County, Oregon-named for Roger Sherman

Sherman County, Texas-named for Roger Sherman

Shiawassee County, Michigan

Shoshone County, Idaho

Sibley County, Minnesota

Sierra County, California

Sierra County, New Mexico

Silver Bow County, Montana

Simpson County, Kentucky

Simpson County, Mississippi

Sioux County, Iowa

Sioux County, Nebraska

Sioux County, North Dakota

Siskiyou County, California

Sitka City and Borough, Alaska

Skagit County, Washington

Skagway-Hoonah-Angoon Census Area, Alaska

Skamania County, Washington

Slope County, North Dakota

Smith County, Kansas

Smith County, Mississippi

Smith County, Tennessee is named for Revolutionary War officer and U.S. Senator Daniel Smith (1748-1818).

Smith County, Texas: Named for James Smith, a general during the Texas Revolution

Smyth County, Virginia

Snohomish County, Washington

Snyder County, Pennsylvania

Socorro County, New Mexico

Solano County, California

Somerset County, Maine

Somerset County, Maryland

Somerset County, New Jersey

Somerset County, Pennsylvania

Somervell County, Texas

Sonoma County, California

Southampton County, Virginia

Southeast Fairbanks Census Area, Alaska

Spalding County, Georgia

Spartanburg County, South Carolina

Spencer County, Indiana: Spencer is named for Spier Spencer, a soldier of the Battle of Tippecanoe.

Spencer County, Kentucky

Spink County, South Dakota

Spokane County, Washington

Spotsylvania County, Virginia

St. Bernard Parish, Louisiana

St. Charles County, Missouri

St. Charles Parish, Louisiana

St. Clair County, Alabama

St. Clair County, Illinois

St. Clair County, Michigan

St. Clair County, Missouri

St. Croix County, Wisconsin

St. Francis County, Arkansas

St. Francois County, Missouri

St. Helena Parish, Louisiana

St. James Parish, Louisiana

St. John the Baptist Parish, Louisiana

St. Johns County, Florida

St. Joseph County, Indiana: St. Joseph is named for the St. Joseph River.

St. Joseph County, Michigan

St. Landry Parish, Louisiana

St. Lawrence County, New York

St. Louis, Missouri

St. Louis County, Minnesota

St. Louis County, Missouri

St. Lucie County, Florida

St. Martin Parish, Louisiana

St. Mary Parish, Louisiana

St. Mary's County, Maryland

St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana - From Tamanend, a Lenni-Lenape chief in the Delaware Valley during the 17th century who made peace with William Penn. In the decades following the American Revolution, Tamanend became a folk saint among many in the newly independent United States.

Stafford County, Kansas

Stafford County, Virginia

Stanislaus County, California

Stanley County, South Dakota

Stanly County, North Carolina

Stanton County, Kansas

Stanton County, Nebraska

City of Staunton, Virginia - Named for Lady Rebecca Staunton, wife of Virginia colonial governor William Gooch.

Stark County, Illinois

Stark County, North Dakota

Stark County, Ohio

Starke County, Indiana: Starke is named for John Stark, an officer of the American Revolutionary War.

Starr County, Texas

Ste. Genevieve County, Missouri

Stearns County, Minnesota

Steele County, Minnesota

Steele County, North Dakota

Stephens County, Georgia

Stephens County, Oklahoma

Stephens County, Texas: Stephens Co. is named for Alexander Stephens, Vice President of the Confederate States of America. The county was originally named Buchanan Co. after US President James Buchanan.

Stephenson County, Illinois

Sterling County, Texas

Steuben County, Indiana: Steuben is named for Baron Frederick von Steuben, an officer of the American Revolutionary War.

Steuben County, New York

Stevens County, Kansas

Stevens County, Minnesota

Stevens County, Washington

Stewart County, Georgia: Stewart is named for General Daniel Stewart

Stewart County, Tennessee is named for Duncan Stewart, Tennessee state legislator and lieutenant governor of Mississippi Territory.

Stillwater County, Montana

Stoddard County, Missouri

Stokes County, North Carolina

Stone County, Arkansas

Stone County, Mississippi

Stone County, Missouri

Stonewall County, Texas

Storey County, Nevada

Story County, Iowa: The county was named after Joseph Story, a preeminent United States Supreme Court Justice, in 1853.

Strafford County, New Hampshire

Stutsman County, North Dakota

Sublette County, Wyoming

City of Suffolk, Virginia

Suffolk County, Massachusetts

Suffolk County, New York: Named after his native Suffolk county of England by John Youngs, the founder of the first settlement.

Sullivan County, Indiana: Sullivan is named for Daniel Sullivan, a soldier of the American Revolutionary War.

Sullivan County, Missouri

Sullivan County, New Hampshire

Sullivan County, New York

Sullivan County, Pennsylvania

Sullivan County, Tennessee is named for John Sullivan (1740-1795), Governor of New Hampshire.

Sully County, South Dakota

Summers County, West Virginia

Summit County, Colorado Summit County is named for the numerous mountain peaks which fill the region, including Grays Peak and Torreys Peak.

Summit County, Ohio

Summit County, Utah

Sumner County, Kansas

Sumner County, Tennessee is named for Jethro Sumner (1733-1785), an American colonist who defended North Carolina against the British in 1780.

Sumter County, Alabama

Sumter County, Florida

Sumter County, Georgia

Sumter County, South Carolina

Sunflower County, Mississippi

Surry County, North Carolina

Surry County, Virginia

Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania

Sussex County, Delaware

Sussex County, New Jersey

Sussex County, Virginia

Sutter County, California

Sutton County, Texas

Suwannee County, Florida

Swain County, North Carolina

Sweet Grass County, Montana

Sweetwater County, Wyoming

Swift County, Minnesota

Swisher County, Texas

Switzerland County, Indiana: Switzerland is named for the home country of many of the early settlers, Switzerland.

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Talbot County, Georgia

Talbot County, Maryland

Taliaferro County, Georgia

Talladega County, Alabama

Tallahatchie County, Mississippi

Tallapoosa County, Alabama

Tama County, Iowa

Taney County, Missouri

Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana

Taos County, New Mexico

Tarrant County, Texas

Tate County, Mississippi

Tattnall County, Georgia

Taylor County, Florida

Taylor County, Georgia

Taylor County, Iowa

Taylor County, Kentucky

Taylor County, Texas

Taylor County, West Virginia

Taylor County, Wisconsin

Tazewell County, Illinois

Tazewell County, Virginia

Tehama County, California

Telfair County, Georgia

Teller County, Colorado: Teller County was named for Henry M. Teller, a United States Senator and the 15th United States Secretary of the Interior.

Tensas Parish, Louisiana

Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana

Terrell County, Georgia

Terrell County, Texas

Terry County, Texas

Teton County, Idaho

Teton County, Montana

Teton County, Wyoming

Texas County, Missouri

Texas County, Oklahoma

Thayer County, Nebraska

Thomas County, Georgia

Thomas County, Kansas,

Thomas County, Nebraska

Throckmorton County, Texas

Thurston County, Nebraska

Thurston County, Washington

Tift County, Georgia

Tillamook County, Oregon

Tillman County, Oklahoma

Tioga County, New York

Tioga County, Pennsylvania

Tippah County, Mississippi

Tippecanoe County, Indiana: Tippecanoe is named for the Tippecanoe River and the Battle of Tippecanoe.

Tipton County, Indiana: Tipton is named for John Tipton, a soldier of the Battle of Tippecanoe.

Tipton County, Tennessee is named for Jacob Tipton, who was killed by Native Americans in a conflict over the Northwest Territory.

Tishomingo County, Mississippi

Titus County, Texas

Todd County, Kentucky

Todd County, Minnesota

Todd County, South Dakota

Tolland County, Connecticut: Tolland County is named for the town of Tolland, Connecticut, which itself is named after Tolland, Somerset.

Tom Green County, Texas

Tompkins County, New York

Tooele County, Utah

Toole County, Montana

Toombs County, Georgia

Torrance County, New Mexico

Towner County, North Dakota

Towns County, Georgia

Traill County, North Dakota

Transylvania County, North Carolina

Traverse County, Minnesota

Travis County, Texas

Treasure County, Montana

Trego County, Kansas

Trempealeau County, Wisconsin

Treutlen County, Georgia

Trigg County, Kentucky

Trimble County, Kentucky

Trinity County, California

Trinity County, Texas

Tripp County, South Dakota

Troup County, Georgia

Trousdale County, Tennessee is named for William Trousdale (1790-1872), Creek and Mexican-American War soldier and officer, state senator and Governor of Tennessee.

Trumbull County, Ohio

Tucker County, West Virginia

Tulare County, California

Tulsa County, Oklahoma

Tunica County, Mississippi

Tuolumne County, California

Turner County, Georgia

Turner County, South Dakota

Tuscaloosa County, Alabama

Tuscarawas County, Ohio

Tuscola County, Michigan

Twiggs County, Georgia

Twin Falls County, Idaho

Tyler County, Texas

Tyler County, West Virginia

Tyrrell County, North Carolina

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Uinta County, Wyoming

Uintah County, Utah

Ulster County, New York

Umatilla County, Oregon

Unicoi County, Tennessee: Name is a Native American word for the southern Appalachian Mountains, probably meaning white or fog-draped.

Union County, Arkansas

Union County, Florida,

Union County, Georgia

Union County, Illinois

Union County, Indiana: Union is so named because it is the product of a union of parts of Fayette, Franklin and Wayne counties, as united into one county in 1821.

Union County, Iowa

Union County, Kentucky

Union County, Mississippi

Union County, New Jersey

Union County, New Mexico

Union County, North Carolina

Union County, Ohio

Union County, Oregon

Union County, Pennsylvania

Union County, South Carolina

Union County, South Dakota

Union County, Tennessee was named either for its creation from parts of five counties or to memorialize East Tennessee's support for preservation of the Union in the years before the Civil War.

Union Parish, Louisiana

Upshur County, Texas

Upshur County, West Virginia

Upson County, Georgia

Upton County, Texas

Utah County, Utah

Uvalde County, Texas

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Val Verde County, Texas

Valdez-Cordova Census Area, Alaska

Valencia County, New Mexico

Valley County, Idaho

Valley County, Montana

Valley County, Nebraska

Van Buren County, Arkansas

Van Buren County, Iowa

Van Buren County, Michigan

Van Buren County, Tennessee is named for U.S. President Martin Van Buren (1782-1862).

Van Wert County, Ohio

Van Zandt County, Texas

Vance County, North Carolina

Vanderburgh County, Indiana: Vanderburgh is named for Henry Vanderburgh, a judge for Indiana Territory.

Venango County, Pennsylvania

Ventura County, California

Vermilion County, Illinois

Vermilion Parish, Louisiana

Vermillion County, Indiana: Vermillion is named for the Vermillion River.

Vernon County, Missouri

Vernon County, Wisconsin

Vernon Parish, Louisiana

Victoria County, Texas

Vigo County, Indiana: Vigo is named for Francis Vigo, an Italian tradesman from St. Louis who assisted George Rogers Clark's campaigns during the American Revolutionary War.

Vilas County, Wisconsin

Vinton County, Ohio

City of Virginia Beach, Virginia

Volusia County, Florida

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Wabash County, Illinois

Wabash County, Indiana - Named for the Wabash River.

Wabasha County, Minnesota

Wabaunsee County, Kansas

Wade Hampton Census Area, Alaska

Wadena County, Minnesota

Wagoner County, Oklahoma

Wahkiakum County, Washington

Wake County, North Carolina

Wakulla County, Florida

Waldo County, Maine

Walker County, Alabama

Walker County, Georgia

Walker County, Texas

Walla Walla County, Washington

Wallace County, Kansas

Waller County, Texas

Wallowa County, Oregon

Walsh County, North Dakota

Walthall County, Mississippi

Walton County, Florida

Walton County, Georgia

Walworth County, South Dakota

Walworth County, Wisconsin

Wapello County, Iowa

Ward County, North Dakota

Ward County, Texas

Ware County, Georgia

Warren County, Georgia

Warren County, Illinois

Warren County, Indiana: Warren is named for Joseph Warren, an American Revolutionary War soldier.

Warren County, Iowa

Warren County, Kentucky

Warren County, Mississippi

Warren County, Missouri

Warren County, New Jersey

Warren County, New York

Warren County, North Carolina

Warren County, Ohio

Warren County, Pennsylvania

Warren County, Tennessee is named for American Revolutionary War officer Joseph Warren (1741-1775), who sent Paul Revere on his famous midnight ride.

Warren County, Virginia

Warrick County, Indiana: Warrick is named for Jacob Warrick, a notable soldier of the Battle of Tippecanoe.

Wasatch County, Utah

Wasco County, Oregon

Waseca County, Minnesota

Washakie County, Wyoming

Washburn County, Wisconsin

Washington County, Alabama

Washington County, Arkansas

Washington County, Colorado: Washington County is named for United States President George Washington.

Washington County, Florida

Washington County, Georgia

Washington County, Idaho

Washington County, Illinois

Washington County, Indiana: Washington is named for United States President George Washington.

Washington County, Iowa

Washington County, Kansas

Washington County, Kentucky

Washington County, Maine

Washington County, Maryland

Washington County, Minnesota

Washington County, Mississippi

Washington County, Missouri

Washington County, Nebraska

Washington County, New York

Washington County, North Carolina

Washington County, Ohio

Washington County, Oklahoma

Washington County, Oregon

Washington County, Pennsylvania

Washington County, Rhode Island: Washington County is named for United States President George Washington.

Washington County, Tennessee is named for U.S. President George Washington.

Washington County, Texas

Washington County, Utah

Washington County, Vermont

Washington County, Virginia

Washington County, Wisconsin

Washington Parish, Louisiana

Washita County, Oklahoma

Washoe County, Nevada

Washtenaw County, Michigan

Watauga County, North Carolina

Watonwan County, Minnesota

Waukesha County, Wisconsin

Waupaca County, Wisconsin

Waushara County, Wisconsin

Wayne County, Georgia

Wayne County, Illinois

Wayne County, Indiana: Wayne is named for Gen. "Mad" Anthony Wayne.

Wayne County, Iowa

Wayne County, Kentucky

Wayne County, Michigan

Wayne County, Mississippi

Wayne County, Missouri

Wayne County, Nebraska

Wayne County, New York

Wayne County, North Carolina

Wayne County, Ohio

Wayne County, Pennsylvania

Wayne County, Tennessee is named for General "Mad" Anthony Wayne (1745-1796).

Wayne County, Utah

Wayne County, West Virginia

City of Waynesboro, Virginia

Weakley County, Tennessee is named for U.S. Representative Robert Weakley (1764-1845).

Webb County, Texas

Weber County, Utah

Webster County, Georgia

Webster County, Iowa

Webster County, Kentucky

Webster County, Mississippi

Webster County, Missouri

Webster County, Nebraska

Webster County, West Virginia

Webster Parish, Louisiana

Weld County, Colorado: Weld County is named for Lewis Ledyard Weld, a nephew of noted abolitionist Theodore Dwight Weld and the designer of the Seal of Colorado who died while serving in the Union Army during the Civil War.

Wells County, Indiana: Wells is named for Captain William A. Wells, a scout for Gen. "Mad" Anthony Wayne.

Wells County, North Dakota

West Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana

West Carroll Parish, Louisiana

West Feliciana Parish, Louisiana

Westchester County, New York

Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania

Westmoreland County, Virginia

Weston County, Wyoming

Wetzel County, West Virginia

Wexford County, Michigan

Wharton County, Texas

Whatcom County, Washington

Wheatland County, Montana

Wheeler County, Georgia

Wheeler County, Nebraska

Wheeler County, Oregon

Wheeler County, Texas

White County, Arkansas: White is named for Hugh Lawson White, a Whig candidate for President of the United States.

White County, Georgia

White County, Illinois

White County, Indiana: White is named for Isaac White, a soldier who was killed at the Battle of Tippecanoe.

White County, Tennessee is named for John White, Revolutionary War soldier and the first European-American settler in the county.

White Pine County, Nevada

Whiteside County, Illinois

Whitfield County, Georgia

Whitley County, Indiana: Whitley is named for Col. William Whitley, who was killed in the War of 1812.

Whitley County, Kentucky

Whitman County, Washington

Wibaux County, Montana

Wichita County, Kansas

Wichita County, Texas

Wicomico County, Maryland

Wilbarger County, Texas

Wilcox County, Alabama

Wilcox County, Georgia

Wilkes County, Georgia

Wilkes County, North Carolina

Wilkin County, Minnesota

Wilkinson County, Georgia

Wilkinson County, Mississippi

Will County, Illinois

Willacy County, Texas

Williams County, North Dakota

Williams County, Ohio

City of Williamsburg, Virginia - Named for Dutch-born British king William of Orange.

Williamsburg County, South Carolina

Williamson County, Illinois

Williamson County, Tennessee is named for U.S. Representative Hugh Williamson (1735-1819).

Williamson County, Texas

Wilson County, Kansas

Wilson County, North Carolina

Wilson County, Tennessee is named for David Wilson, a member of the legislatures of North Carolina and the Southwest Territory.

Wilson County, Texas

City of Winchester, Virginia - Named after the English city of Winchester, birthplace of Colonel James Wood, who laid out the community's original plan and served as the first court clerk of the county which today surrounds the city.

Windham County, Connecticut: Windham County is named for the town of Windham, Connecticut, which itself is named after the village of Windham (now Wineham), Sussex.

Windham County, Vermont

Windsor County, Vermont

Winkler County, Texas

Winn Parish, Louisiana

Winnebago County, Illinois

Winnebago County, Iowa

Winnebago County, Wisconsin

Winneshiek County, Iowa

Winston County, Alabama

Winston County, Mississippi

Wirt County, West Virginia

Wise County, Texas

Wise County, Virginia

Wolfe County, Kentucky

Wood County, Ohio

Wood County, Texas

Wood County, West Virginia

Wood County, Wisconsin

Woodbury County, Iowa

Woodford County, Illinois

Woodford County, Kentucky

Woodruff County, Arkansas

Woods County, Oklahoma

Woodson County, Kansas

Woodward County, Oklahoma

Worcester County, Maryland

Worcester County, Massachusetts

Worth County, Georgia

Worth County, Iowa

Worth County, Missouri

Wrangell-Petersburg Census Area, Alaska

Wright County, Iowa

Wright County, Minnesota

Wright County, Missouri

Wyandot County, Ohio

Wyandotte County, Kansas

Wyoming County, New York

Wyoming County, Pennsylvania

Wyoming County, West Virginia

Wythe County, Virginia

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Yadkin County, North Carolina

Yakima County, Washington

Yakutat City and Borough, Alaska

Yalobusha County, Mississippi

Yamhill County, Oregon

Yancey County, North Carolina

Yankton County, South Dakota

Yates County, New York: Yates County is named in honor of Joseph C. Yates, who was as Governor of New York.

Yavapai County, Arizona

Yazoo County, Mississippi

Yell County, Arkansas

Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota

Yellowstone County, Montana

Yoakum County, Texas

Yolo County, California

York County, Maine

York County, Nebraska

York County, Pennsylvania

York County, South Carolina

York County, Virginia

Young County, Texas

Yuba County, California

Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area, Alaska

Yuma County, Arizona

Yuma County, Colorado: Yuma County is named for the town of Yuma, Colorado, which itself was supposedly named for a Quechan railroad worker (or a man named "Yuma") who died near the town while building a line for the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad.

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Zapata County Texas Named after Colonel Jose Antonio de Zapata, a rancher who rebelled against Mexico in 1839.[2]

Zavala County Texas Named after Lorenzo de Zavala, Mexican politician and signer of the Texas Declaration of Independence.[3]

Ziebach County South Dakota Named after local leader Frank M. Ziebach.

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