List of U.S. county name etymologies, N-R
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This is a list of U.S. county name etymologies, covering the letters N to R.
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- Nacogdoches County, Texas
- Nance County, Nebraska
- Nantucket County, Massachusetts
- Napa County, California
- Nash County, North Carolina
- Nassau County, Florida
- Nassau County, New York
- 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 Kent County, Virginia
- New London County, Connecticut
- New Madrid County, Missouri
- New York County, New York
- Newaygo County, Michigan
- Newberry County, South Carolina
- Newport County, Rhode Island
- Newport News, Virginia
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Obion County, Tennessee
- Ocean County, New Jersey
- Oceana County, Michigan
- Ochiltree County, Texas
- Oconee County, Georgia
- Oconee County, South Carolina
- Oconto County, Wisconsin
- Ogemaw County, Michigan
- Ogle County, Illinois
- Oglethorpe County, Georgia
- Ohio County, Indiana: Ohio is named for the Ohio River.
- Ohio County, Kentucky
- Ohio County, West Virginia
- Okaloosa County, Florida
- Okanogan County, Washington
- Okeechobee County, Florida
- 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
- Orange County, California
- Orange County, Florida
- 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 County, Missouri
- Osage County, Oklahoma
- Osborne County, Kansas
- Osceola County, Florida
- Osceola County, Iowa
- Osceola County, Michigan
- Oscoda County, Michigan
- Oswego County, New York
- Otero County, Colorado
- Otero County, New Mexico
- Otoe County, Nebraska
- Otsego County, Michigan
- Otsego County, New York
- Ottawa County, Kansas
- Ottawa County, Michigan
- Ottawa County, Ohio
- Ottawa County, Oklahoma
- Otter Tail County, Minnesota
- Ouachita County, Arkansas
- Ouachita Parish, Louisiana
- Ouray County, Colorado
- 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 Alto County, Iowa
- Palo Pinto County, Texas
- Pamlico County, North Carolina
- Panola County, Mississippi
- Panola County, Texas
- Park County, Colorado
- 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
- Patrick County, Virginia
- Paulding County, Georgia
- Paulding County, Ohio
- Pawnee County, Kansas
- 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
- Perry County, Tennessee
- Pershing County, Nevada
- Person County, North Carolina
- Petersburg, Virginia
- Petroleum County, Montana
- Pettis County, Missouri
- Phelps County, Missouri
- Phelps County, Nebraska
- Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania
- Phillips County, Arkansas
- Phillips County, Colorado
- Phillips County, Kansas
- 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
- Pike County, Arkansas
- Pike County, Georgia
- Pike County, Illinois
- Pike County, Indiana: Pike is named for explorer Zebulon M. Pike.
- 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
- 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
- Polk County, Florida
- Polk County, Georgia
- Polk County, Iowa
- Polk County, Minnesota
- Polk County, Missouri
- Polk County, Nebraska
- Polk County, North Carolina
- 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
- 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.
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Pueblo County, Colorado
- 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
[edit] Q
- Quay County, New Mexico
- Queen Anne's County, Maryland
- Queens County, New York
- Quitman County, Georgia
- Quitman County, Mississippi
[edit] R
- Rabun County, Georgia
- Racine County, Wisconsin
- 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
- Richmond, Virginia
- Richmond County, Georgia
- Richmond County, New York
- Richmond County, North Carolina
- Richmond County, Virginia
- Riley County, Kansas
- Ringgold County, Iowa
- Rio Arriba County, New Mexico
- Rio Blanco County, Colorado
- Rio Grande County, Colorado
- 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
- Roanoke, Virginia
- Roanoke County, Virginia
- 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
- 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
- Roseau County, Minnesota
- Rosebud County, Montana
- Ross County, Ohio
- Routt County, 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
[edit] See also
- Lists of U.S. county name etymologies for links to the remainder of the list.
