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Location of counties with the five most popular names
This is a list of U.S. county names that are used in two or more states. Ranked are the 428 most common county names, which are shared by counties in two or more states each, accounting for 1,730 of the 3,140 counties and county-equivalents in the United States.
Number
Name of county
Count[1]
Most commonly named after
1
Washington County
31
George Washington
2
Jefferson County
26
Thomas Jefferson
3
Franklin County
25
Benjamin Franklin
4
Jackson County
24
Andrew Jackson
4
Lincoln County
24
Abraham Lincoln , Benjamin Lincoln (6)
6
Madison County
20
James Madison
7
Clay County
18
Henry Clay
7
Montgomery County
18
Richard Montgomery
7
Union County
18
The Union of the States or union of parts of adjoining counties
10
Marion County
17
Francis Marion
10
Monroe County
17
James Monroe
12
Greene County
16
Nathanael Greene . See also Green County .
12
Wayne County
16
Anthony Wayne
14
Grant County
15
Ulysses S. Grant
15
Warren County
14
Joseph Warren
16
Carroll County
13
Charles Carroll of Carrollton
17
Adams County
12
John Adams or John Quincy Adams
17
Clark County
12
William Clark or George Rogers Clark . See also Clarke County .
17
Douglas County
12
Stephen A. Douglas
17
Johnson County
12
Richard M. Johnson
17
Lake County
12
Geographical feature
17
Lee County
12
Robert E. Lee or Henry "Light-Horse Harry" Lee
17
Marshall County
12
John Marshall
17
Polk County
12
James K. Polk
25
Calhoun County
11
John C. Calhoun
25
Crawford County
11
William H. Crawford or Col. William Crawford
25
Fayette County
11
Marquis de la Fayette
25
Lawrence County
11
James Lawrence
25
Morgan County
11
Daniel Morgan (except Colorado, named for Fort Morgan , which was named for Col. Christopher A. Morgan ) (1)
25
Scott County
11
Winfield Scott or Charles Scott
31
Hamilton County
10
Alexander Hamilton
31
Hancock County
10
John Hancock
31
Henry County
10
Patrick Henry (except Iowa; named for Col. Henry Dodge )
31
Logan County
10
John A. Logan or Benjamin Logan
31
Perry County
10
Oliver Hazard Perry
31
Pike County
10
Zebulon Pike
37
Benton County
9
Thomas Hart Benton
37
Brown County
9
Jacob Brown
37
Cass County
9
Lewis Cass
37
Clinton County
9
George Clinton or DeWitt Clinton
37
Knox County
9
Henry Knox
37
Putnam County
9
Israel Putnam
37
Shelby County
9
Isaac Shelby
44
Boone County
8
Daniel Boone
44
Butler County
8
William O. Butler or Richard Butler
44
Cherokee County
8
Cherokee tribe
44
Columbia County
8
Columbia (poetic name for America)
44
Cumberland County
8
Prince William, Duke of Cumberland
44
Fulton County
8
Robert Fulton
44
Harrison County
8
William Henry Harrison
44
Jasper County
8
William Jasper
44
Mercer County
8
Hugh Mercer
44
Orange County
8
the fruit or Prince of Orange
44
Randolph County
8
Edmund Randolph or John Randolph of Roanoke
44
Webster County
8
Daniel Webster
56
Howard County
7
Tilghman Howard , John Eager Howard , or Oliver Otis Howard
56
Lewis County
7
Meriwether Lewis except Lewis County, New York , which was named after Morgan Lewis , then Governor of New York .
56
Pulaski County
7
Kazimierz Pułaski
56
Richland County
7
fertile soil
56
Taylor County
7
Zachary Taylor
61
Custer County
6
George Armstrong Custer
61
DeKalb County
6
Johann de Kalb
61
Delaware County
6
Delaware (tribe) (3)
61
Lafayette County
6
Marquis de Lafayette
61
Floyd County
6
John Floyd
61
Garfield County
6
James A. Garfield
61
Hardin County
6
John Hardin , John J. Hardin , or Joseph Hardin Sr.
61
Jones County
6
Each county is named after a different person.
61
Livingston County
6
Edward Livingston (4)
61
Macon County
6
Nathaniel Macon
61
Martin County
6
Each county is named after a different person.
61
Mason County
6
George Mason (3)
61
Newton County
6
Sgt. John Newton (4)
61
Sullivan County
6
John Sullivan
75
Allen County
5
John Allen
75
Anderson County
5
Each county is named after a different person.
75
Caldwell County
5
John Caldwell (2)
75
Campbell County
5
Robert Campbell (Wyoming)
75
Carter County
5
75
Dallas County
5
Alexander J. Dallas (Alabama); George M. Dallas
75
Decatur County
5
Stephen Decatur
75
Essex County
5
County of Essex in England
75
Henderson County
5
Richard Henderson (2)
75
Houston County
5
Sam Houston ; George S. Houston ; John Houstoun
75
Kent County
5
County of Kent in England
75
Lyon County
5
Nathaniel Lyon , except for Lyon County, Kentucky , which is named for Chittenden Lyon
75
Mitchell County
5
75
Pierce County
5
Franklin Pierce
75
Saline County
5
Saltwater springs; the Saline River
75
Sheridan County
5
Philip Sheridan
75
White County
5
Isaac White (2)
75
York County
5
James, Duke of York (later King James II); city of York , England
94
Adair County
4
John Adair
94
Allegheny/Alleg(h)any County
4
Allegheny Mountains and Allegheny River
94
Blaine County
4
James Blaine
94
Camden County
4
Charles Pratt, 1st Earl Camden
94
Carbon County
4
Coal deposits
94
Dawson County
4
94
Dodge County
4
Henry Dodge
94
Fremont County
4
John C. Frémont
94
Grundy County
4
Felix Grundy
94
Iron County
4
Iron ore deposits
94
Lamar County
4
Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar (except for Lamar County, Texas)
94
Lancaster County
4
Lancaster, Lancashire
94
Liberty County
4
Liberty
94
Linn County
4
Lewis F. Linn
94
Middlesex County
4
Historic county of Middlesex in England
94
Mineral County
4
Mineral deposits
94
Ottawa County
4
Odawa people
94
Phillips County
4
94
Richmond County
4
94
Russell County
4
94
San Juan County
4
San Juan River (Colorado River tributary) (3)
94
Sherman County
4
William Tecumseh Sherman , except Sherman County, Texas , named for Sidney Sherman
94
Smith County
4
94
Somerset County
4
County of Somerset in England
94
St. Clair County
4
Arthur St. Clair , except St. Clair County, Michigan , named for St. Clare of Assisi
94
Sumter County
4
Thomas Sumter
94
Van Buren County
4
Martin Van Buren
94
Wheeler County
4
94
Wilson County
4
94
Wood County
4
123
Baker County
3
123
Beaver County
3
Beaver
123
Bedford County
3
123
Buchanan County
3
James Buchanan
123
Buffalo County
3
Buffalo ; Buffalo River (Wisconsin)
123
Burke County
3
123
Butte County
3[2]
Butte (natural feature)
123
Cameron County
3
123
Cedar County
3
123
Chester County
3
123
Cheyenne County
3
Cheyenne people
123
Chippewa County
3
Ojibwa people
123
Choctaw County
3
Choctaw people
123
Christian County
3
123
Claiborne County
3
William C. C. Claiborne
123
Cleveland County
3
123
Coffee County
3
John Coffee
123
Comanche County
3
Comanche people
123
Cook County
3
123
Daviess County
3
Joseph Hamilton Daveiss
123
Delta County
3
123
DeSoto County
3
Hernando de Soto
123
Dickinson County
3
123
Edwards County
3
123
Ellis County
3
123
Erie County
3
Lake Erie , Erie people
123
Fairfield County
3
The beauty of the fields in these areas
123
Gallatin County
3
Albert Gallatin
123
Graham County
3
123
Grayson County
3
123
Hall County
3
123
Haskell County
3
123
Holmes County
3
123
Humboldt County
3
Alexander von Humboldt
123
Kiowa County
3
Kiowa people
123
LaSalle County
3
René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle
123
Lauderdale County
3
James Lauderdale
123
Lowndes County
3
William Jones Lowndes
123
McIntosh County
3
123
McLean County
3
123
McPherson County
3
James B. McPherson
123
Meade County
3
George Gordon Meade
123
Miami County
3
Miami people
123
Miller County
3
123
Moore County
3
123
Morris County
3
123
Murray County
3
123
Nelson County
3
Thomas Nelson Jr.
123
Noble County
3
123
Northampton County
3
Northamptonshire , England (2)
123
Ohio County
3
Ohio River
123
Oneida County
3
Oneida people (2)
123
Orleans County
3
123
Osage County
3
Osage people
123
Osceola County
3
Osceola
123
Park County
3
South Park and Yellowstone
123
Pawnee County
3
Pawnee people
123
Pickens County
3
Andrew Pickens
123
Platte County
3
Platte River
123
Pope County
3
123
Pottawatomie County
3
Potawatomi people
123
Potter County
3
123
Robertson County
3
123
Rock County
3
123
Rockingham County
3
Charles Watson-Wentworth, 2nd Marquess of Rockingham
123
Schuyler County
3
Philip Schuyler
123
Seminole County
3
Seminole people
123
Sevier County
3
123
Sioux County
3
Sioux people
123
Stark County
3
123
Stephens County
3
123
Stevens County
3
123
Stone County
3
123
Summit County
3
Summits (geographical feature)
123
Sussex County
3
County of Sussex in England
123
Teton County
3
Teton River (Montana); Teton Range
123
Thomas County
3
123
Todd County
3
123
Valley County
3
123
Vermilion County
3
Vermilion River
123
Vernon County
3
Mount Vernon
123
Walker County
3
Samuel Walker (Texas)
123
Williamson County
3
123
Winnebago County
3
Winnebago people
123
Worth County
3
William J. Worth
123
Wright County
3
Silas Wright
123
Wyoming County
3
Delaware Indian word meaning "wide plains"; Wyoming Valley
210
Albany County
2
210
Alexander County
2
210
Armstrong County
2
210
Ashland County
2
The Lexington estate of Henry Clay
210
Atchison County
2
David Rice Atchison
210
Baldwin County
2
210
Barry County
2
210
Barton County
2
210
Bath County
2
210
Barbour County
2
210
Bay County
2
210
Beaufort County
2
210
Beckham County
2
J. C. W. Beckham
210
Bell County
2
210
Berkeley County
2
210
Berrien County
2
210
Bibb County
2
210
Big Horn County
2
Big Horn River
210
Blount County
2
William Blount
210
Bourbon County
2
210
Boyd County
2
210
Bradford County
2
210
Bradley County
2
210
Bristol County
2
210
Brooks County
2
210
Brunswick County
2
210
Bryan County
2
210
Burnett County
2
210
Caddo County
2
Caddo people
210
Caroline County
2
210
Chambers County
2
210
Champaign County
2
210
Charlotte County
2
210
Chase County
2
210
Chatham County
2
210
Chautauqua County
2
210
Chesterfield County
2
210
Chickasaw County
2
Chickasaw People
210
Clayton County
2
210
Clearwater County
2
210
Cleburne County
2
Patrick Cleburne
210
Colfax County
2
Schuyler Colfax
210
Coos County
2
210
Covington County
2
210
Craig County
2
210
Crittenden County
2
210
Crockett County
2
David Crockett
210
Crook County
2
George Crook
210
Curry County
2
210
Dade County
2[3]
210
Dakota County
2
Sioux people
210
Davidson County
2
210
Davis County
2
210
Deuel County
2
210
Dewey County
2
210
DeWitt County
2
DeWitt Clinton (Illinois); Green DeWitt (Texas)
210
Dorchester County
2
210
Dunn County
2
210
Duval County
2
210
Eddy County
2
210
Effingham County
2
210
El Paso County
2
210
Elbert County
2
210
Elk County
2
Elk
210
Elmore County
2
210
Emmet County
2
210
Escambia County
2
Escambia River
210
Fannin County
2
James Fannin
210
Fillmore County
2
Millard Fillmore
210
Florence County
2
210
Ford County
2
210
Forest County
2
210
Forsyth County
2
210
Frederick County
2
210
Genesee County
2
210
Gibson County
2
210
Giles County
2
210
Gilmer County
2
210
Gloucester County
2
County of Gloucestershire in England
210
Golden Valley County
2
210
Grady County
2
210
Grand County
2
Grand River
210
Gray County
2
210
Greeley County
2
Horace Greeley
210
Greenwood County
2
210
Guadalupe County
2
210
Hale County
2
210
Halifax County
2
210
Hampshire County
2
County of Hampshire in England
210
Hardeman County
2
210
Harding County
2
Warren Harding (New Mexico); J.A. Harding (South Dakota)
210
Harlan County
2
210
Harper County
2
210
Harris County
2
210
Hart County
2
210
Hayes County
2
Rutherford B. Hayes (Nebraska), and Hays County, Texas , named for John Coffee Hays
210
Haywood County
2
210
Hickman County
2
210
Hidalgo County
2
210
Highland County
2
210
Hill County
2
210
Hillsborough County
2
210
Holt County
2
210
Hopkins County
2
210
Hughes County
2
210
Humphreys County
2
210
Huron County
2
210
Hutchinson County
2
210
Hyde County
2
210
Iowa County
2
210
Jeff Davis County
2
Jefferson Davis
210
Johnston County
2
210
Juneau County
2
210
Kane County
2
210
Kendall County
2
210
King County
2
210
Kings County
2
210
Lane County
2
210
Laurens County
2
Henry Laurens [4] and John Laurens [5]
210
Leon County
2
210
Limestone County
2
210
Louisa County
2
210
Lucas County
2
210
Marquette County
2
210
McDowell County
2
210
McHenry County
2
210
Mecklenburg County
2
Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
210
Medina County
2
210
Meigs County
2
Return J. Meigs Sr.
210
Menard County
2
210
Menominee County
2
Menominee people
210
Midland County
2
210
Mills County
2
210
Mississippi County
2
Mississippi River
210
Morrow County
2
210
Morton County
2
210
Nassau County
2
210
Nemaha County
2
210
Nevada County
2
Nevada City, California (California); Nevada
210
Nicholas County
2
210
Northumberland County
2
Northumberland, England
210
Oconee County
2
210
Oldham County
2
210
Otero County
2
210
Otsego County
2
210
Ouachita County
2
210
Owen County
2
210
Page County
2
210
Panola County
2
210
Paulding County
2
John Paulding
210
Pendleton County
2
Edmund Pendleton
210
Pennington County
2
210
Perkins County
2
210
Phelps County
2
210
Plymouth County
2
Plymouth, Massachusetts
210
Pocahontas County
2
Pocahontas
210
Pontotoc County
2
Chicasaw word for the region
210
Portage County
2
Portages
210
Powell County
2
Lazarus Powell (Kentucky); John Wesley Powell (Montana)
210
Prairie County
2
Grand Prairie (Arkansas); Great Plains (Montana)
210
Quitman County
2
John A. Quitman
210
Ramsey County
2
Alexander Ramsey
210
Red River County
2
The Red River
210
Renville County
2
Joseph Renville
210
Rice County
2
Samuel Rice (Kansas); Henry Rice (Minnesota)
210
Ripley County
2
Eleazer Wheelock Ripley
210
Roane County
2
210
Roberts County
2
210
Roosevelt County
2
Theodore Roosevelt
210
Rowan County
2
210
Rush County
2
210
Rusk County
2
210
Rutherford County
2
Griffith Rutherford
210
Sabine County
2
Sabine River
210
San Miguel County
2
210
Santa Cruz County
2
210
Scotland County
2
Scotland
210
Sedgwick County
2
John Sedgwick
210
Seneca County
2
The Seneca people
210
Seward County
2
William H. Seward
210
Shannon County
2
George Shannon ; Peter Shannon
210
Sierra County
2
210
Simpson County
2
210
Spencer County
2
Spier Spencer
210
Stanley County
2
David Stanley
210
St. Charles County
2
Saint Charles Borromeo
210
St. Joseph County
2
St. Joseph River
210
St. Louis County
2
210
Stafford County
2
210
Stanton County
2
Edwin Stanton
210
Steele County
2
210
Steuben County
2
Baron von Steuben
210
Stewart County
2
210
Suffolk County
2
County of Suffolk in England
210
Sumner County
2
Edwin V. Sumner (Kansas); Jethro Sumner (Tennessee)
210
Surry County
2
County of Surrey in England
210
Talbot County
2
210
Tazewell County
2
210
Terrell County
2
210
Texas County
2
The state of Texas
210
Thurston County
2
210
Tioga County
2
210
Tipton County
2
210
Trinity County
2
Trinity River
210
Turner County
2
210
Tyler County
2
John Tyler
210
Upshur County
2
Abel Parker Upshur
210
Wabash County
2
Wabash River
210
Walton County
2
210
Walworth County
2
210
Ward County
2
210
Wells County
2
210
Westmoreland County
2
County of Westmorland in England
210
Whitley County
2
William Whitley
210
Wichita County
2
The Wichita people , indirectly
210
Wilcox County
2
210
Wilkes County
2
John Wilkes
210
Wilkinson County
2
James Wilkinson
210
Williams County
2
210
Windham County
2
210
Winston County
2
210
Wise County
2
Henry Alexander Wise
210
Woodford County
2
William Woodford
210
Worcester County
2
210
Yuma County
2
Notes and references [ edit ]
General Demographics Economy Geography Name origins See also