List of less common U.S. county names
This is a list of less common U.S. county names. Specifically, it lists names shared by 2 to 6 counties, parishes (in Louisiana), or boroughs (in Alaska).
List
Rank | Name | Count | Most commonly named for |
1 | Custer County | 6 | George Armstrong Custer |
1 | DeKalb County | 6 | Johann de Kalb |
1 | Delaware County | 6 | Delaware (tribe) (3) |
1 | Lafayette County | 6[1] | Marquis de Lafayette |
1 | Floyd County | 6 | |
1 | Garfield County | 6 | James A. Garfield |
1 | Hardin County | 6 | |
1 | Jones County | 6 | |
1 | Livingston County | 6[1] | Edward Livingston (4) |
1 | Macon County | 6 | Nathaniel Macon |
1 | Martin County | 6 | |
1 | Mason County | 6 | George Mason (3) |
1 | Newton County | 6 | Sgt. John Newton (4) |
1 | Sullivan County | 6 | John Sullivan |
15 | Allen County | 5[1] | |
15 | Anderson County | 5 | |
15 | Caldwell County | 5[1] | |
15 | Campbell County | 5 | |
15 | Carter County | 5 | |
15 | Clarke County | 5 | |
15 | Dallas County | 5 | |
15 | Decatur County | 5 | Stephen Decatur |
15 | Essex County | 5 | County of Essex in England |
15 | Henderson County | 5 | |
15 | Houston County | 5 | |
15 | Kent County | 5 | County of Kent in England |
15 | Lyon County | 5 | |
15 | Mitchell County | 5 | |
15 | Pierce County | 5 | |
15 | Saline County | 5 | |
15 | Sheridan County | 5 | |
15 | White County | 5 | |
15 | York County | 5 | |
34 | Adair County | 4 | John Adair |
34 | Blaine County | 4 | James Blaine |
34 | Camden County | 4 | |
34 | Carbon County | 4 | |
34 | Dawson County | 4 | |
34 | Dodge County | 4 | |
34 | Fremont County | 4 | John C. Frémont |
34 | Grundy County | 4 | |
34 | Iron County | 4 | Iron ore deposits |
34 | Lamar County | 4 | |
34 | Lancaster County | 4 | |
34 | Liberty County | 4 | |
34 | Linn County | 4 | |
34 | Middlesex County | 4 | |
34 | Mineral County | 4 | |
34 | Ottawa County | 4 | Ottawa Indians |
34 | Phillips County | 4 | |
34 | Richmond County | 4 | |
34 | Russell County | 4 | |
34 | San Juan County | 4 | |
34 | Sherman County | 4 | |
34 | Smith County | 4 | |
34 | Somerset County | 4 | |
34 | St. Clair County | 4 | |
34 | Sumter County | 4 | |
34 | Van Buren County | 4 | |
34 | Wheeler County | 4 | |
34 | Wilson County | 4 | |
34 | Wood County | 4 | |
63 | Baker County | 3 | |
63 | Beaver County | 3 | |
65 | Bedford County | 3 | |
65 | Buchanan County | 3 | |
65 | Buffalo County | 3 | |
65 | Burke County | 3 | |
65 | Butte County | 3[2] | |
65 | Cameron County | 3[1] | |
65 | Cedar County | 3 | |
65 | Chester County | 3 | |
65 | Cheyenne County | 3 | |
65 | Chippewa County | 3 | |
65 | Choctaw County | 3 | |
65 | Christian County | 3 | |
65 | Claiborne County | 3[1] | |
65 | Cleveland County | 3 | |
65 | Coffee County | 3 | John Coffee |
65 | Comanche County | 3 | |
65 | Cook County | 3 | |
65 | Daviess County | 3 | Joseph Hamilton Daveiss |
65 | Delta County | 3 | |
65 | Dickinson County | 3 | |
65 | Edwards County | 3 | |
65 | Ellis County | 3 | |
65 | Erie County | 3 | Lake Erie, Erie Indians |
65 | Fairfield County | 3 | |
65 | Gallatin County | 3 | |
65 | Graham County | 3 | |
65 | Grayson County | 3 | |
65 | Hall County | 3 | |
65 | Haskell County | 3 | |
65 | Holmes County | 3 | |
65 | Humboldt County | 3 | |
65 | Kiowa County | 3 | |
65 | La Salle County (or LaSalle) | 3[1] | |
65 | Lauderdale County | 3 | |
? | Lowndes County | 3 | |
? | McIntosh County | 3 | |
? | McLean County | 3 | |
? | McPherson County | 3 | |
? | Meade County | 3 | |
? | Miami County | 3[3] | Miami Indians |
? | Miller County | 3 | |
? | Moore County | 3 | |
? | Morris County | 3 | |
? | Murray County | 3 | |
? | Nelson County | 3 | |
? | Noble County | 3 | |
? | Northampton County | 3 | |
? | Ohio County | 3 | Ohio River |
? | Oneida County | 3 | |
? | Orleans County | 3[1] | |
? | Osage County | 3 | |
? | Osceola County | 3 | |
? | Park County | 3 | |
? | Pawnee County | 3 | |
? | Pickens County | 3 | |
? | Platte County | 3 | |
? | Pope County | 3 | |
? | Pottawatomie County | 3 | |
? | Potter County | 3 | |
? | Robertson County | 3 | |
? | Rock County | 3 | |
? | Rockingham County | 3 | |
? | Schuyler County | 3 | |
? | Seminole County | 3 | |
? | Sevier County | 3 | |
? | Sioux County | 3 | |
? | Stark County | 3 | |
? | Stephens County | 3 | |
? | Stevens County | 3 | |
? | Stone County | 3 | |
? | Summit County | 3 | |
? | Sussex County | 3 | |
? | Teton County | 3 | |
? | Thomas County | 3 | |
? | Todd County | 3 | |
? | Valley County | 3 | |
? | Vermilion or Vermillion County | 3 | |
? | Vernon County | 3[1] | |
? | Walker County | 3 | |
? | Williamson County | 3 | |
? | Winnebago County | 3 | |
? | Worth County | 3 | |
? | Wright County | 3 | |
? | Wyoming County | 3 | |
151 | Albany County | 2 | |
? | Alexander County | 2 | |
? | Allegany County | 2 | |
? | Alleghany County | 2 | |
? | Armstrong County | 2 | |
? | Ashland County | 2 | |
? | Atchison County | 2 | |
? | Baldwin County | 2 | |
? | Barry County | 2 | |
? | Barton County | 2 | |
? | Bath County | 2 | |
? | Barbour County | 2 | |
? | Bay County | 2 | |
? | Beaufort County | 2 | |
? | Bell County | 2 | |
? | Berkeley County | 2 | |
? | Berrien County | 2 | |
? | Bibb County | 2 | |
? | Big Horn County | 2 | |
? | Blount County | 2 | |
? | Bourbon County | 2 | |
? | Boyd County | 2 | |
? | Bradford County | 2 | |
? | Bradley County | 2 | |
? | Bristol County | 2 | |
? | Brooks County | 2 | |
? | Brunswick County | 2 | |
? | Bryan County | 2 | |
? | Caddo County | 2[1] | |
? | Calloway County | 2 | |
? | Caroline County | 2 | |
? | Chambers County | 2 | |
? | Champaign County | 2 | |
? | Charlotte County | 2 | |
? | Chase County | 2 | |
? | Chatham County | 2 | |
? | Chautauqua County | 2 | |
? | Chesterfield County | 2 | |
? | Chickasaw County | 2 | |
? | Clayton County | 2 | |
? | Clearwater County | 2 | |
? | Cleburne County | 2 | |
? | Coos County | 2 | |
? | Covington County | 2 | |
? | Craig County | 2 | |
? | Crittenden County | 2 | |
? | Crockett County | 2 | |
? | Crook County | 2 | |
? | Curry County | 2 | |
? | Dade County | 2 | |
? | Dakota County | 2 | |
? | Davidson County | 2 | |
? | Davis County | 2 | |
? | De Soto County | 2 | |
? | Deuel County | 2 | |
? | Dewey County | 2 | |
? | Dorchester County | 2 | |
? | Dunn County | 2 | |
? | Duval County | 2 | |
? | Eddy County | 2 | |
? | Effingham County | 2 | |
? | El Paso County | 2 | |
? | Elbert County | 2 | |
? | Elk County | 2 | |
? | Elmore County | 2 | |
? | Emmet County | 2 | |
? | Escambia County | 2 | |
? | Fannin County | 2 | |
? | Fillmore County | 2 | |
? | Ford County | 2 | |
? | Forest County | 2 | |
? | Forsyth County | 2 | |
? | Frederick County | 2 | |
? | Genesee County | 2 | |
? | Gibson County | 2 | |
? | Giles County | 2 | |
? | Gilmer County | 2 | |
? | Gloucester County | 2 | |
? | Golden Valley County | 2 | |
? | Grady County | 2 | |
? | Grand County | 2 | |
? | Gray County | 2 | |
? | Greeley County | 2 | |
? | Greenwood County | 2 | |
? | Green County | 2 | Nathanael Greene |
? | Guadalupe County | 2 | |
? | Hale County | 2 | |
? | Halifax County | 2 | |
? | Hampshire County | 2 | |
? | Hardeman County | 2 | |
? | Harding County | 2 | |
? | Harlan County | 2 | |
? | Harper County | 2 | |
? | Harris County | 2 | |
? | Hart County | 2 | |
? | Haywood County | 2 | |
? | Hickman County | 2 | |
? | Hidalgo County | 2 | |
? | Highland County | 2 | |
? | Hill County | 2 | |
? | Hillsborough County | 2 | |
? | Holt County | 2 | |
? | Hopkins County | 2 | |
? | Hughes County | 2 | |
? | Humphreys County | 2 | |
? | Huron County | 2 | |
? | Humphreys County | 2 | |
? | Hutchinson County | 2 | |
? | Hyde County | 2 | |
? | Iowa County | 2 | |
? | Jeff Davis County | 2 | Jefferson Davis |
? | Jefferson Davis County | 2[1] | Jefferson Davis |
? | Juneau County | 2[4] | |
? | Kane County | 2 | |
? | Kendall County | 2 | |
? | King County | 2 | |
? | Kings County | 2 | |
? | Lane County | 2 | |
? | Laurens County | 2 | |
? | Leon County | 2 | |
? | Limestone County | 2 | |
? | Louisa County | 2 | |
? | Lucas County | 2 | |
? | Marquette County | 2 | |
? | McDowell County | 2 | |
? | McHenry County | 2 | |
? | Mecklenburg County | 2 | |
? | Medina County | 2 | |
? | Meigs County | 2 | |
? | Menard County | 2 | |
? | Menominee County | 2 | |
? | Midland County | 2 | |
? | Mills County | 2 | |
? | Mississippi County | 2 | |
? | Morrow County | 2 | |
? | Morton County | 2 | |
? | Nassau County | 2 | |
? | Nemaha County | 2 | |
? | Nevada County | 2 | |
? | Nicholas County | 2 | |
? | Northumberland County | 2 | |
? | Oconee County | 2 | |
? | Oldham County | 2 | |
? | Otero County | 2 | |
? | Otsego County | 2 | |
? | Ouachita County | 2[1] | |
? | Owen County | 2 | |
? | Page County | 2 | |
? | Panola County | 2 | |
? | Pendleton County | 2 | |
? | Pennington County | 2 | |
? | Perkins County | 2 | |
? | Phelps County | 2 | |
? | Plymouth County | 2 | |
? | Pocahontas County | 2 | |
? | Pontotoc County | 2 | |
? | Portage County | 2 | |
? | Powell County | 2 | |
? | Prairie County | 2 | |
? | Quitman County | 2 | |
? | Ramsey County | 2 | |
? | Red River County | 2[1] | |
? | Renville County | 2 | |
? | Rice County | 2 | |
? | Roane County | 2 | |
? | Roberts County | 2 | |
? | Roosevelt County | 2 | |
? | Rowan County | 2 | |
? | Rush County | 2 | |
? | Rusk County | 2 | |
? | Rutherford County | 2 | |
? | Sabine County | 2[1] | |
? | San Miguel County | 2 | |
? | Santa Cruz County | 2 | |
? | Scotland County | 2 | |
? | Sedgwick County | 2 | |
? | Seneca County | 2 | |
? | Seward County | 2 | |
? | Shannon County | 2 | |
? | Sierra County | 2 | |
? | Simpson County | 2 | |
? | Spencer County | 2 | |
? | St. Charles County | 2[1] | |
? | St. Joseph County | 2 | |
? | St. Louis County | 2 | |
? | Stafford County | 2 | |
? | Stanton County | 2 | |
? | Steuben County | 2 | |
? | Stewart County | 2 | |
? | Suffolk County | 2 | |
? | Sumner County | 2 | |
? | Surry County | 2 | |
? | Talbot County | 2 | |
? | Tazewell County | 2 | |
? | Terrell County | 2 | |
? | Texas County | 2 | |
? | Thurston County | 2 | |
? | Tioga County | 2 | |
? | Tipton County | 2 | |
? | Trinity County | 2 | |
? | Turner County | 2 | |
? | Tyler County | 2 | |
? | Upshur County | 2 | |
? | Wabash County | 2 | |
? | Walton County | 2 | |
? | Walworth County | 2 | |
? | Ward County | 2 | |
? | Wells County | 2 | |
? | Westmoreland County | 2 | |
? | Whitley County | 2 | |
? | Wichita County | 2 | |
? | Wilcox County | 2 | |
? | Wilkes County | 2 | |
? | Wilkinson County | 2 | |
? | Williams County | 2 | |
? | Windham County | 2 | |
? | Winston County | 2 | |
? | Wise County | 2 | |
? | Woodford County | 2 | |
? | Worcester County | 2 | |
? | Yuma County | 2 | |
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