List of extinct United States counties

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This is an incomplete list of U.S. counties that no longer exist. They were established by a state, provincial, colonial, or territorial government. Most of these counties were created and disbanded in the 19th century; county boundaries have changed little since 1900 in the vast majority of states. A county is repeated on the list if its jurisdiction changed from one state/colony/territory to another.

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This includes (but is not limited to) counties that were renamed but retained their territorial integrity, or counties that were transferred wholesale to another state when it was separated from another state (Massachusetts counties transferred to Maine; Virginia counties transferred to West Virginia).

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[edit] Alabama

  • Baine County, Alabama (1866-1867, re-established as Etowah County a year later)
  • Decatur County, Alabama (1821-~1825)
  • Jones County, Alabama (1867) (eventually re-established in 1868 as Sanford County, Alabama and then renamed Lamar County, Alabama)
  • Baker, County, Alabama (renamed Chilton County)

[edit] Arizona

[edit] Arkansas

[edit] California

[edit] Colorado

  • Arapahoe County, Kansas Territory (organized as Colorado Territory in 1861)
  • Greenwood County, Colorado Territory (1870-1874)
  • Platte County, Colorado Territory (1872-1874)

[edit] Connecticut

[edit] District of Columbia

  • Washington County, D.C. Abolished in 1871. Under the current (2001, revised through 2005) District of Columbia Code, the entire District of Columbia is a single body corporate for municipal purposes; the code does not mention Washington County except to make the District of Columbia the successor in title to its property.
  • Alexandria County, D.C.

[edit] Florida

[edit] Georgia

[edit] Idaho

[edit] Iowa

[edit] Illinois

[edit] Indiana

[edit] Kansas

  • Arapahoe County, Kansas Territory (organized as Colorado Territory in 1861)
  • Howard County, Kansas (1875)
  • Otoe County, Kansas

[edit] Kentucky

See also Virginia & Virginia Colony, below

[edit] Louisiana

See List of parishes of Louisiana

[edit] Maine

See also Massachusetts, below.

[edit] Maryland

  • Charles County: formed in 1650 from part of Saint Mary's County. Abolished in 1654. Referred to as Old Charles County.
  • Durham County: formed in 1669 from part of Somerset County and nonorganized territory. Abolished in 1672 and incorporated in Worcester County.
  • Worcester County: formed in 1672 from part of Durham County and nonorganized territory. Lost in 1685 when Delaware Colony was established.

[edit] Massachusetts

[edit] Michigan

[edit] Minnesota

[edit] Mississippi

[edit] Missouri

  • Clark County, Missouri (1818-1819) (Not the same as the current Clark County, Missouri)
  • Dodge County, Missouri (1849-1853)
  • Hempstead County, Missouri (1818-1819)
  • Lillard County, Missouri (1821-1825)

[edit] Nevada

[edit] New Hampshire

[edit] New Mexico Territory

[edit] New York & Province of New York

[edit] North Carolina

[edit] North Dakota

  • Pembina County, Minnesota Territory (1849-1858, reconstituted as Pembina County, Dakota Territory in 1861, eventually reduced to present-day Pembina County, North Dakota.)

[edit] Ohio

[edit] Oklahoma

[edit] Oklahoma Territory

[edit] Oregon

[edit] South Dakota

[edit] Tennessee

[edit] Texas

[edit] Vermont & Vermont Republic

[edit] Virginia & Virginia Colony

See also Lost counties, cities and towns of Virginia.

[edit] West Virginia

See Virginia & Virginia Colony, above

[edit] Wisconsin

[edit] See also

[edit] External links

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