List of former U.S. county name etymologies
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This is a list of counties of the United States, including former names of current counties.
List
County name (years established) | State | Name origin | Modern counties |
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Baine County (1866–1868) | Alabama | David W. Baine, Confederate General[1] | Etowah County |
Baker County (1868–1874) | Alfred Baker, founder of Clanton, Alabama[2] | Chilton County | |
Benton County (1832–1858) | Thomas Hart Benton, U.S. Senator from Missouri[3] | Calhoun County | |
Cahawba County (1818–1820) | The Cahawba (Cahaba) River[4] | Bibb County | |
Cotaco County (1818–1821) | Cotaco Creek, possibly derived from the Cherokee "ikati" (swamp) and "kunahita" (long)[5][6] | Morgan County | |
Decatur County (1821-1825) | Stephen Decatur, Naval Commodore | Madison and Jackson counties | |
Hancock County (1850–1858) | John Hancock, Founding Father and Governor of Massachusetts[7] | Winston County | |
Jones County (1867) | Elliot P. Jones, Alabama Legislature member[8] | Lamar County | |
Jones County (1868) | Josiah Jones, former legislator and local political leader[8] | Covington County | |
Sanford County (1868–1877) | Henry C. Sanford, Alabama Senate member[8] | Lamar County | |
Chugiak–Eagle River Borough (1974–1975) | Alaska | Eagle River, Anchorage[9] |
Municipality of Anchorage |
Greater Anchorage Area Borough (1964–1975) | Anchorage[10] | Municipality of Anchorage | |
Greater Juneau Area Borough (1963–1970) | Juneau[11] | City and Borough of Juneau
| |
Greater Sitka Borough (1963–1971) | Sitka[12] | City and Borough of Sitka
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Skagway-Hoonah-Angoon Census Area (1992–2007) | Angoon, Hoonah, and Skagway[13] | Municipality of Skagway and Hoonah–Angoon Census Area
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Skagway-Yakutat-Angoon Census Area (1980–1992) | Angoon, Skagway, and Yakutat[14] | City and Borough of Yakutat and Hoonah–Angoon Census Area
| |
Valdez–Cordova Census Area (1980–2019) | Cordova and Valdez[15] | Chugach Census Area and Copper River Census Area | |
Wade Hampton Census Area (1980–2015) | Wade Hampton III, Confederate officer and South Carolina politician[16] | Kusilvak Census Area | |
Pah-Ute County (1865–1871) | Arizona | Southern Paiute people, a Native American tribe which inhabited the area[17] | Mohave County and Clark County, Nevada |
Clayton County (1873–1875) | Arkansas | Either John M. Clayton, Arkansas Senate member, or Powell Clayton, U.S. Senator from Arkansas[18][19] | Clay County |
Dorsey County (1873–1885) | Stephen Wallace Dorsey, U.S. Senator from Arkansas[20] |
Cleveland County | |
Lovely County (1827–1828) | Major William Lewis Lovely, Indian agent to the Arkansas Cherokee, who managed the transaction of the county's land[21] | Washington County and Oklahoma | |
Miller County (1820–1838) | Governor of Arkansas Territory[22] |
Fannin County | |
Sarber County (1871–1875) | John Sarber, Arkansas Senate member[23] | Logan County | |
Branciforte County (1850) | California | Branciforte, a Spanish colonial settlement, itself named for the 1st Marquess of Branciforte[24] | Santa Cruz County |
Klamath County (1851–1874) | A derivative of the Native "Athlameth" meaning people[25] | Humboldt and Siskiyou Counties | |
Guadaloupe County (1861) | Colorado | Unknown, possibly Our Lady of Guadalupe | Conejos County |
Greenwood County (1870–1874) | Unknown | Elbert and Bent Counties | |
Carbonate County (1879) | Unknown | Chaffee and Lake Counties | |
Uncompahgre County (1883) | The Uncompahgre Ute band of Ute people | Ouray County | |
South Arapahoe County (1902–1903) | Arapahoe County, from which it was created[26] | Arapahoe County | |
Westmoreland County (1776–1786) | Connecticut | The town of Westmoreland in the Wyoming Valley[27] | Luzerne County |
Washington County (1791–1871) | District of Columbia | George Washington, U.S. President[28] | Washington, D.C. |
Benton County (1844–1850) | Florida | Thomas Hart Benton, U.S. Senator from Missouri[29] | Hernando County |
Fayette County (1832–1834) | Marquis de Lafayette, Revolutionary War general and French politician[30] | Jackson, Calhoun, and Gulf Counties | |
Mosquito County (1824–1845) | Los Mosquitos, the Spanish name for Florida's east coast[31] | Volusia, Brevard, Indian River, St. Lucie, Martin, Seminole, Osceola, Orange, Lake, Polk and Palm Beach Counties | |
New River County (1858–1861) | New River, a tributary of the Santa Fe River[32] | Bradford County | |
Bourbon County (1785–1788) | Georgia | House of Bourbon, the European dynasty[33] | |
Campbell County (1828–1931) | Duncan G. Campbell, legislator and U.S. commissioner[34] | Douglas, Milton and Fulton Counties | |
Cass County (1832–1861) | Lewis Cass, Secretary of War[35] | Bartow County | |
Kinchafoonee County (1853–1856) | Kinchafoonee Creek, Creek for "mortar nutshells", a type of nutcracker[36] | Webster County | |
Milton County (1857–1931) | John Milton, Continental Army lieutenant and Georgia Secretary of State[37] | Fulton County | |
Walton County (1803–1818) | George Walton, U.S. Senator from Georgia[38] | Buncombe County | |
Alturas County (1864–1895) | Idaho | Spanish for "mountainous heights"[39] | Blaine and Lincoln Counties |
Lah-Toh County (1864–1867) | Latah Creek, Nez Perce for "the place of pine trees and pestle"[40] | Kootenai, Latah and Nez Perce Counties | |
Logan County (1889–1895) | Unknown | Lincoln County | |
Richardville County (1844) | Indiana | Jean Baptiste Richardville, civil chief of the Miami people[41] | Howard County |
Slaughter County (1838–1839) | Iowa | William B. Slaughter, secretary of Wisconsin Territory[42] | Washington County |
Bancroft County (1851–1857) | George Bancroft, Secretary of the Navy[43] | Kossuth County | |
Crocker County (1871–1872) | Marcellus M. Crocker, Union Army Brigadier general[44] | Kossuth County | |
Wahkaw County (1851–1853) | Sioux for "big medicine"[45] | Woodbury County | |
Billings County (1873–1874) | Kansas | Either as a joke or for N. H. Billings, county attorney[46] | Norton County |
Breckinridge County (1873–1881) | John C. Breckinridge, Kentucky politician and U.S. Vice President[47] | Lyon County | |
Buffalo County (1873–1881) | American bison, which were common in the area[48] | Gray and Finney Counties | |
Davis County (1855–1889) | Secretary of War[49] |
Geary County | |
Foote County (1873–1881) | Most likely Andrew Hull Foote, Union Naval officer[50] | Gray County | |
Garfield County (1887–1893) |
James A. Garfield, U.S. President[51] | Finney County | |
Godfrey County (1855–1861) | Either Bill Godfrey, trader among the Osage Nation, or Gabriel Godfrey, subagent to the Potawatomi[52] | Chautauqua and Elk Counties | |
Howard County (1867–1875) | Oliver Otis Howard, Union Army general[53] | Chautauqua and Elk Counties | |
Hunter County (1855–1864) | Most likely Robert M. T. Hunter, Virginia politician[54] | Butler, Cowley, Sedgwick, Sumner, Elk, Chautauqua, and Greenwood Counties | |
Irving County (1860–1864) | Washington Irving, author[55] | Butler County | |
Kansas County (1873–1883) | The Kaw (Kansas) tribe[56] | Seward County | |
Madison County (1855–1861) | Most likely James Madison, U.S. President[57] | Lyon and Greenwood Counties | |
Otoe County (1860–1864) | Otoe, a Native American people[58] | Butler County | |
Peketon County (1859–1861) | Unknown, possibly a Sauk word for "flat land"[59] | Most of south west Kansas | |
Sequoyah County (1873–1883) | Sequoyah, creator of the Cherokee syllabary[60] | Finney County | |
Seward County (1861–1867) | Most likely William H. Seward, U.S. Secretary of State[61] | Chautauqua, Elk, and Greenwood Counties | |
Shirley County (1860–1867) | Either William Shirley, colonial governor of Massachusetts, or Jane Shirley, a "lady of questionable character"[62] | Cloud County | |
Washington County (1855–1857) | George Washington, U.S. President[63] | Most of south west Kansas | |
Beckham County (1904) | Kentucky | J. C. W. Beckham, Governor of Kentucky[64] | Carter County |
Biloxi Parish (1811-1812) | Louisiana | Unknown | Coastal Mississippi |
Carroll Parish (1838–1877) | Charles Carroll of Carrollton, U.S. Senator from Maryland[65] | East Carroll and West Carroll Parishes | |
Feliciana Parish (1810–1824) | Marie Felicité, wife of Viceroy of New Spain Bernardo de Gálvez[66] | East Feliciana and West Feliciana Parishes | |
Pascagoula Parish (1811–1812) | Unknown | Coastal Mississippi | |
Warren Parish (1811–1814) | Unknown | Ouachita and Concordia Parishes | |
Isle Royale County (1875–1897) |
Michigan | Isle Royale, an island in Lake Superior | Keweenaw County |
Manitou County (1855–1895) | North and South Manitou Islands, in Lake Michigan | Leelanau County | |
Michilimackinac County (1818–1849) | Mi-shi-ne-macki-nong, the Ojibwe name for Mackinac Island, derived from the Mi-shi-ne-macki naw-go tribe[67] | Mackinac County | |
Tonedagana County (1840-1843) | Derived from a Odawa war chief from the Cross Village area[68] | Emmet County | |
Manomin County (1857–1858) | Minnesota | A variant spelling of "manoomin", the Ojibwe term for wild rice[69] | Anoka County |
Monongalia County (1861-1870) | Unknown | Kandiyohi County | |
Pearl County (1872–1878) | Mississippi | Pearl River, a river in the area | Pearl River County |
Allen County (1843–1845) | Missouri | Unknown | Atchison County |
Ashley County (1843–1845) | William Henry Ashley, Lieutenant Governor of Missouri[70] |
Texas County | |
Decatur County (1843–1845) | Stephen Decatur, Naval Commodore[71] | Ozark County | |
Dodge County (1849–1853) | Unknown[72] | Putnam County | |
Kinderhook County (1841–1843) | Kinderhook, New York, birthplace of Martin Van Buren[71] | Camden County | |
Lillard County (1821–1825) | James Lillard, constitutional convention and Missouri General Assembly member[71] | Camden County | |
Niangua County (1842–1844) | Niangua River, from the Native American "nehemgar", meaning "a river of numerous springs or sources"[73] | Dallas County | |
Rives County (1834–1841) | William Cabell Rives, Senator from Virginia[73] | Henry County | |
Edgerton County (1865–1867) | Montana | Sidney Edgerton, Governor of Montana Territory[74] | Lewis and Clark County |
Bullfrog County (1987–1989) | Nevada | Bullfrog Mining District, itself named for the gold ore there being colored like a bullfrog[75] | Nye County |
Lake County (1861–1862) |
A number of lakes in the area, such as Honey Lake, Pyramid Lake, and Winnemucca Lake[76] | Lassen County and Washoe County | |
Ormsby County (1861–1969) | Major William Ormsby, early settler of Carson City and militia leader during the Pyramid Lake War[77] | Consolidated Municipality of Carson City
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Roop County (1862–1864) | Isaac Roop, governor of Nevada Territory[76] | Lassen County and Washoe County | |
Santa Ana County (1852–1876) | New Mexico | Unknown | Bernalillo and McKinley Counties |
Charlotte County (1772–1784) | New York | George III of the United Kingdom[78] |
Washington County |
Tryon County (1772–1784) | William Tryon, colonial governor of New York[79] | Montgomery County | |
Glasgow County (1791–1799) | North Carolina | James Glasgow, North Carolina Secretary of State[80] | Greene County |
Wallace County (1883–1896) | North Dakota | Unknown | McKenzie County |
County E (1891–1892) | Oklahoma | Temporary name given by an Act of Congress[81] | Ellis, Roger Mills and Woodward Counties |
Day County (1892–1907) | Charles Day, a contractor who built the courthouse at Ioland[82] | Ellis, Roger Mills and Woodward Counties | |
Swanson County (1910–1911) | Claude A. Swanson, Governor of Virginia[83] | Comanche County | |
Umpqua County (1851–1862) | Oregon | The Umpqua River, a river in the area[84] | Douglas and Coos Counties |
Ontario County (1810–1812) | Pennsylvania | Unknown | Bradford County |
Claremont County (1785–1800) | South Carolina | Unknown[85] | Sumter County |
Granville County (1785–1798) | John Granville, Earl of Bath, British landowner[86] | Beaufort and Colleton Counties | |
Lewisburg County (1785–1791) | Unknown | Orangeburg County | |
Liberty County (1785–1798) | The freedom gained due to the American Revolution[87] | Marion County | |
Orange County (1785–1791) | King of England[88] |
Orangeburg County | |
Salem County (1791–1800) | Unknown, probably after Salem Black River Presbyterian Church[89] | Sumter County | |
Winton County (1785–1800) | Unknown | Barnwell County | |
Winyah County (1785–1800) | Winyah Bay, an estuary in the area[90] | Georgetown County | |
Armstrong County (1895–1953) | South Dakota | Moses K. Armstrong, delegate to the House of Representatives for Dakota at-large[91] | Dewey, Stanley, and Ziebach Counties |
Lugenbeel County (1889–1909) | Pinkney Lugenbeel, United States Army officer[92] | Bennett and Todd Counties | |
Pyatt County (1883–1895) | Unknown | Dewey, Stanley, and Ziebach Counties | |
Shannon County (1875–2015) | Peter C. Shannon, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Dakota Territory[93] | Oglala Lakota County | |
Washabaugh County (1883–1983) | Frank J. Washabaugh, member of the Dakota Territorial Council[94] | Jackson County | |
Washington County (1883–1943) | George Washington, U.S. President[94] | Shannon Counties
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James County (1871–1919) | Tennessee | Rev. Jesse J. James, father of Elbert Abdiel James, who introduced legislation to form the county[95] | Hamilton County |
Buchanan County (1858–1861) | Texas | James Buchanan, U.S. President[96] | Stephens County |
Buchel County (1887–1897) | Augustus Buchel, Confederate colonel[97] | Brewster County | |
Dawson County (1858–1866) | Nicholas Mosby Dawson, Republic of Texas military leader and commander in the Dawson massacre[98] | Uvalde and Kinney Counties | |
Davis County (1861–1871) | Jefferson Davis, President of the Confederate States of America[99] | Cass County | |
Encinal County (1856–1899) | Unknown | Webb County | |
Foley County (1887–1897) | Unknown | Brewster County | |
Harrisburg County (1836–1839) | Harrisburg, Houston, itself named after Harrisburg, Pennsylvania and its founder, John Richardson Harris[100] | Harris County | |
Navasota County (1841–1842) | Unknown | Brazos County | |
Wegefarth County (1873–1876) | Conrad Wegefarth, president of the Texas Immigrant Aid and Supply Company[101] | Collingsworth, Donley, Briscoe, Childress, Gray, Hall, and Wheeler Counties | |
Cedar County (1856–1862) | Utah | Cedar trees growing in the area (which are actually juniper trees)[102][103] | Utah County |
Desert County (1852–1862) | The surrounding desert | Box Elder and Tooele Counties | |
Greasewood County (1856–1862) | Sarcobatus (greasewood) plant, which grew in the area[104] | Box Elder County | |
Green River County (1852–1872) | The Green River, a Colorado River tributary[105] | Cache, Weber, Morgan, Davis, Wasatch, Summit, Duchesne, Carbon, and Utah Counties | |
Malad County (1856–1862) | The Malad River, from the French "malade" meaning sick[106] | Box Elder County | |
Rio Virgen County (1869–1872) | The Virgin River, a Colorado River tributary[107] | Washington County | |
Shambip County (1856–1862) | Unknown, possibly the Goshute word for the bulrush plant[108] | Tooele County | |
Elizabeth City County (1634–1952) | Virginia | Queen consort of Bohemia[109] |
City of Hampton
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Fincastle County (1772–1776) | Either Viscount of Fincastle, Scottish Peer, Earl of Dunmore, governor of Virginia, or Fincastle, Virginia[110] | Montgomery and Washington Counties | |
Illinois County (1778–1784) | The Algonquian word "ilinouek", meaning "ordinary speaker"[111] | Ohio and Illinois | |
Kentucky County (1778–1784) | The Iroquois word "ken-tah-ten", meaning either "land of tomorrow", "meadow", "prairie", or "the river of blood"[112] | Kentucky | |
Nansemond County (1646–1972) | The Nansemond indigenous people[113] | City of Suffolk
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City of Nansemond (1972–1974) | |||
Norfolk County (1691–1963) | Most likely Norfolk, home county of Captain Adam Thoroughgood[114] | City of Chesapeake
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Princess Anne County (1691–1963) | Queen Anne, Queen of Great Britain and Ireland[115] | City of Virginia Beach
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Warwick County (1634–1952) | Either Robert Rich, Earl of Warwick, or Warwick, a town in the UK[116] | City of Newport News
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City of Warwick (1952–1958) | |||
Yohogania County (1776–1779) | The Youghiogheny River, a tributary of the Monongahela River | Westmoreland County | |
Chehalis County (1854–1915) | Washington | The Chehalis people, meaning "sand" or "inlanders"[117] | Grays Harbor County |
Quillehuyte County (1868–1869) | Most likely the Quileute natives | Clallam and Jefferson Counties | |
Sawamish County (1868–1869) | The Sahewamish natives[118] | Mason County | |
Slaughter County (1857) | Lieutenant William A. Slaughter, who had been killed at White River a year prior[119] | Kitsap County | |
La Pointe County (1845–1866) | Wisconsin | La Pointe, Wisconsin | Itasca, Washington, Ramsey, Benton, Douglas, Ashland, and Bayfield Counties |
Carter County (1867–1869) | Wyoming | William Alexander Carter, a sutler from Fort Bridger, Wyoming[120] | Sweetwater County |
Pease County (1875–1879) | E. L. Pease, President of the Territorial Legislative Council[121] | Johnson County |
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