List of New Hampshire county name etymologies (1746 bytes)
1: This is a '''list of New Hampshire county name etymologies''':
3: ...p is named for [[Jeremy Belknap]], an early [[New Hampshire]] historian.
4: ...], the last surviving signer of the [[Declaration of Independence]].
5: ...shire is named for the [[England|English]] county of [[Cheshire]].
6: * [[Coos County, New Hampshire]]: Coos is named for a [[Native American]] word meaning ''crooked...

List of U.S. county name etymologies, S-Z (20685 bytes)
1: This is a '''list of U.S. county name etymologies''', covering the letters [[S]] to [[Z]].
4: *[[Sabine County, Texas]]
6: *[[Sac County, Iowa]]
7: *[[Sacramento County, California]]
8: *[[Sagadahoc County, Maine]]

List of U.S. county name etymologies, E-I (16107 bytes)
1: This is a '''list of U.S. county name etymologies''', covering the letters [[E]] to [[I]].
4: *[[Eagle County, Colorado]]
5: *[[Early County, Georgia]]
9: *[[Eastland County, Texas]]
10: *[[Eaton County, Michigan]]

List of U.S. county name etymologies, N-R (13779 bytes)
1: This is a '''list of U.S. county name etymologies''', covering the letters [[N]] to [[R]].
4: *[[Nacogdoches County, Texas]]
5: *[[Nance County, Nebraska]]
6: *[[Nantucket County, Massachusetts]]
7: *[[Napa County, California]]

List of U.S. county name etymologies, J-M (20867 bytes)
1: This is a '''list of U.S. county name etymologies''', covering the letters [[J]] to [[M]].
4: *[[Jack County, Texas]]
5: *[[Jackson County, Alabama]]
6: * [[Jackson County, Arkansas]]
7: * [[Jackson County, Colorado]]

List of U.S. county name etymologies, A-D (82854 bytes)
1: This is a '''list of U.S. county name etymologies''', covering the letters [[A]] to [[D]].
4: ...Abbeville is named for the [[France|French]] town of [[Abbeville]].
5: ...Acadia]] in the modern-day [[Maritime Provinces]] of [[Canada]].
6: ... [[Delaware]], Accomack County, and [[Northampton County, Virginia]] comprises the [[Delmarva Peninsula]])...
7: ...a and the daughter of [[H.C. Riggs]], a cofounder of [[Boise, Idaho]].

List of Illinois county name etymologies (11980 bytes)
1: ...Tippecanoe]] and the [[War of 1812]]. Several are named for natural features or counties in other states...
3: *[[Adams County, Illinois|Adams County]] is named for [[U.S. President]] [[John Quincy Adams]]
4: ...[Alexander County, Illinois|Alexander County]] is named after area pioneer and Illinois state legislator...
5: ...med after [[Shadrach Bond]], the first [[Governor of Illinois]].
6: *[[Boone County, Illinois|Boone County]] is named after frontiersman [[Daniel Boone]].

List of Pennsylvania county name etymologies (8538 bytes)
1: This is a '''list of Pennsylvania county name etymologies''':
2: *[[Adams County, Pennsylvania]]: Adams is named for U.S. President [[John Adams]].
3: *[[Allegheny County, Pennsylvania]]: Allegheny is named for the [[Allegheny River]].
4: *[[Armstrong County, Pennsylvania]]: Armstrong is named for [[American Revolutionary War]] general and [...
5: *[[Beaver County, Pennsylvania]]: Beaver is named for the [[Beaver River (Pennsylvania)|Beaver Riv...

List of Montana county name etymologies (8580 bytes)
1: This is a '''list of Montana county name etymologies''':
3: *[[Beaverhead County, Montana]]: Beaverhead is named for a rock in the [[Jefferson River]] shaped lik...
4: *[[Big Horn County, Montana]]: Big Horn is named for the [[Bighorn Sheep|bighorn sheep]] in the a...
5: ...Gillespie Blaine]], the [[United States Secretary of State]] and presidential candidate.
6: *[[Broadwater County, Montana]]: Broadwater is named for [[Charles A. Broadwater]], a pioneer in the ...

List of Oregon county name etymologies (6203 bytes)
1: This is a '''list of Oregon county name etymologies'''.
3: ...egon]]'''-Named in honor of [[Edward Baker]], one of Oregon's first [[United States Senate|senators]] ...
5: ...issouri]], a longtime advocate of the development of the [[Oregon Territory]].
7: ...lackamas]] [[Native American]] people and was one of the four original Oregon counties created in [[18...
9: ... of the [[Columbia River]], also took the tribe's name.

List of Kentucky county name etymologies (4860 bytes)
1: This is a '''list of Kentucky county name etymologies'''.
6: ...governor of Kentucky]] and a general in the [[War of 1812]].
7: ...ed in the Battle of [[River Raisin]] in the [[War of 1812]].
8: *[[Anderson County, Kentucky]]: Anderson is named for [[Richard Clough Anderson, Jr.]], a [[Kentuc...
11: ...ed at the Battle of [[River Raisin]] in the [[War of 1812]].

List of Colorado county name etymologies (9304 bytes)
1: ...ic terms resulting from early Spanish exploration of the area.
3: ... named after [[Alva Adams]], the fifth [[governor of Colorado]].
4: *[[Alamosa County, Colorado]]: Alamosa is named from a [[Spanish language|Spanish]] word meaning...
5: ... tribe. The whole of Colorado was once [[Arapahoe County, Colorado Territory]].
6: *[[Archuleta County, Colorado]]: Archuleta is named after [[Antonio D. Archuleta]], a state senator.

List of California county name etymologies (12301 bytes)
1: ...ties map.gif|thumb|300px|California counties with names]]
2: ...e also represented, with a smattering of counties named for local figures from the early American era.
4: ...a County, California|Alameda County]]: Alameda is named for the [[Spanish language|Spanish]] word for an...
5: ...ine County, California|Alpine County]]: Alpine is named for its location high in the [[Sierra Nevada (US...
6: ...essful [[gold mining]] camp near the present town of [[Amador City, California|Amador City]]. In [[Spa...

List of Arkansas county name etymologies (9804 bytes)
1: This is a '''list of Arkansas county name etymologies'''
5: *[[Arkansas County, Arkansas]]: Arkansas is named for the [[Quapaw|Arkansa]] [[Native American]] t...
6: *[[Ashley County, Arkansas]]: Ashley is named for [[Chester Ashley]], an U.S. Senator and land...
9: ...irteenth [[List of Governors of Arkansas|governor of Arkansas]].
10: *[[Benton County, Arkansas]]: Benton is named for [[Thomas Hart Benton (senator)|Thomas Hart B...

List of New Jersey county name etymologies (2603 bytes)
1: This is a '''list of New Jersey county name etymologies'''.
3: *[[Atlantic County, New Jersey]]: Atlantic is named for the [[Atlantic Ocean]].
4: ...en County, New Jersey]]: Bergen is believed to be named for either [[Bergen-op-Zoom]], [[Holland]] or [[...
5: ...ew Jersey]]: Burlington is named for a corruption of [[Bridlington]], [[England]].
6: ...nty, New Jersey]]: Camden is named for the [[Earl of Camden]].

List of Georgia county name etymologies (18707 bytes)
1: This is a '''list of Georgia county name etymologies'''.
5: ...ed for [[Daniel Appling]], a soldier in the [[War of 1812]].
6: ...ty-eighth [[List of governors of Georgia|governor of Georgia]].
9: *[[Bacon County, Georgia]]: Bacon is named for [[Augustus Octavius Bacon]], an U. S. senato...
10: ...Baker is named for [[Colonel John Baker]], a hero of the [[American Revolutionary War]].

List of the most common U.S. county name etymologies (28919 bytes)
1: ... the names with five or more counties sharing the name.
3: ==[[Washington County]] (31 counties)==
4: ... the Washington Counties in the United States are named for [[George Washington]].''
5: ... for [[George Washington]], the first [[president of the United States]].
6: ... for [[George Washington]], the first [[president of the United States]].

List of Oklahoma county name etymologies (11433 bytes)
1: This is a '''list of Oklahoma county name etymologies'''.
5: ... Oklahoma]]: Adair was named for the Adair family of the [[Cherokee]] tribe.
6: ...he ninth [[List of Governors of Oklahoma|governor of Oklahoma]].
7: ...named for its county seat of [[Atoka, Oklahoma]], named in turn for [[Atoka (chief)|Atoka]], a [[Choctaw...
10: ...Oklahoma)|Beaver River]], which flows through the county.

List of New Mexico county name etymologies (5546 bytes)
1: ...New Mexico]] counties were named for [[presidents of the United States]].
3: ...onzales-Bernal family]] which lived in the future county in the seventeenth century.
4: ... [[Santa Fe, New Mexico|Santa Fe]] attorney and [[New Mexico]]'s first [[United States Senator|U.S. Sen...
5: ...se Francisco Chaves]], a [[U.S. Army]] colonel in New Mexico during and after the [[American Civil War|...
6: ...ola is named for the fabled [[Cibola|Seven Cities of Cibola]].

List of Idaho county name etymologies (6040 bytes)
1: This is a '''list of [[Idaho]] county name etymologies'''.
3: ... the county names, see [[Analysis of Idaho county namesakes]].
5: ...a and the daughter of [[H.C. Riggs]], a cofounder of [[Boise, Idaho]].
6: ... named for [[John Adams]], the second [[president of the United States]].
7: *[[Bannock County, Idaho]]: Bannock is named for the [[Bannock]] [[Native American]] tribe.

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