List of the most common U.S. county names

Location of counties with the five most popular names

This is a list of U.S. county names that are used in two or more states. Ranked are the 60 most common county names, which are shared by counties in seven or more states each, accounting for 726 of the 3,140 counties and county-equivalents in the United States.

List

NumberName of countyCount[1]Most commonly named after
1Washington County31George Washington
2Jefferson County26Thomas Jefferson
3Franklin County25Benjamin Franklin
4Jackson County24Andrew Jackson
4Lincoln County24Abraham Lincoln or Benjamin Lincoln
6Madison County20James Madison
7Clay County18Henry Clay
7Montgomery County18Richard Montgomery
7Union County18the union of the states or union of parts of adjoining counties
10Marion County17Francis Marion
10Monroe County17James Monroe
12Wayne County16Anthony Wayne
13Grant County15Ulysses S. Grant
14Greene County14Nathanael Greene
14Warren County14Joseph Warren
16Carroll County13Charles Carroll of Carrollton
17Adams County12John Adams or John Quincy Adams
17Clark County12William Clark or George Rogers Clark
17Douglas County12Stephen A. Douglas
17Johnson County12Richard M. Johnson
17Lake County12geographical feature
17Lee County12Robert E. Lee
17Marshall County12John Marshall
17Polk County12James K. Polk
25Calhoun County11John C. Calhoun
25Crawford County11William H. Crawford or Col. William Crawford
25Fayette County11Marquis de la Fayette
25Lawrence County11James Lawrence
25Morgan County11Daniel Morgan
25Scott County11Winfield Scott or Charles Scott
31Hamilton County10Alexander Hamilton
31Hancock County10John Hancock
31Henry County10Patrick Henry (except Iowa; named for Col. Henry Dodge)
31Logan County10John A. Logan or Benjamin Logan
31Perry County10Oliver Hazard Perry
31Pike County10Zebulon Pike
37Benton County9Thomas Hart Benton
37Brown County9Jacob Brown
37Cass County9Lewis Cass
37Clinton County9George Clinton or DeWitt Clinton
37Knox County9Henry Knox
37Putnam County9Israel Putnam
37Shelby County9Isaac Shelby
44Boone County8Daniel Boone
44Butler County8William O. Butler or Richard Butler
44Cherokee County8Cherokee tribe
44Columbia County8Columbia (poetic name for America)
44Cumberland County8Prince William, Duke of Cumberland
44Fulton County8Robert Fulton
44Harrison County8William Henry Harrison
44Jasper County8William Jasper
44Mercer County8Hugh Mercer
44Orange County8the fruit
44Randolph County8Edmund Randolph or John Randolph of Roanoke
44Webster County8Daniel Webster
56Howard County7Tilghman Howard, John Eager Howard, or Oliver Otis Howard
56Lewis County7Meriwether Lewis
56Pulaski County7Kazimierz Pułaski
56Richland County7fertile soil
56Taylor County7Zachary Taylor
61Custer County6George Armstrong Custer
61DeKalb County6Johann de Kalb
61Delaware County6Delaware (tribe) (3)
61Lafayette County6Marquis de Lafayette
61Floyd County6
61Garfield County6James A. Garfield
61Hardin County6
61Jones County6
61Livingston County6Edward Livingston (4)
61Macon County6Nathaniel Macon
61Martin County6
61Mason County6George Mason (3)
61Newton County6Sgt. John Newton (4)
61Sullivan County6John Sullivan
61Allen County5
61Anderson County5
61Caldwell County5
61Campbell County5
61Carter County5
61Clarke County5
61Dallas County5
61Decatur County5Stephen Decatur
61Essex County5County of Essex in England
61Henderson County5
61Houston County5
61Kent County5County of Kent in England
61Lyon County5
61Mitchell County5
61Pierce County5Franklin Pierce
61Saline County5
61Sheridan County5
61White County5
61York County5
61Adair County4John Adair
61Blaine County4James Blaine
61Camden County4Charles Pratt, 1st Earl Camden
61Carbon County4
61Dawson County4
61Dodge County4
61Fremont County4John C. Frémont
61Grundy County4
61Iron County4Iron ore deposits
61Lamar County4
61Lancaster County4
61Liberty County4
61Linn County4
61Middlesex County4Historic county of Middlesex in England
61Mineral County4
61Ottawa County4Ottawa (Odawa) people
61Phillips County4
61Richmond County4
61Russell County4
61San Juan County4
61Sherman County4
61Smith County4
61Somerset County4County of Somerset in England
61St. Clair County4
61Sumter County4
61Van Buren County4
61Wheeler County4
61Wilson County4
61Wood County4
61Baker County3
61Beaver County3
61Bedford County3
61Buchanan County3
61Buffalo County3
61Burke County3
61Butte County3[2]
61Cameron County3
61Cedar County3
61Chester County3
61Cheyenne County3
61Chippewa County3
61Choctaw County3
61Christian County3
61Claiborne County3
61Cleveland County3
61Coffee County3John Coffee
61Comanche County3
61Cook County3
61Daviess County3Joseph Hamilton Daveiss
61Delta County3
61Dickinson County3
61Edwards County3
61Ellis County3
61Erie County3Lake Erie, Erie people
61Fairfield County3
61Gallatin County3
61Graham County3
61Grayson County3
61Hall County3
61Haskell County3
61Holmes County3
61Humboldt County3Alexander von Humboldt
61Kiowa County3Kiowa people
61La Salle County (or LaSalle)3René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle
61Lauderdale County3
61Lowndes County3
61McIntosh County3
61McLean County3
61McPherson County3
61Meade County3
61Miami County3[3]Miami people
61Miller County3
61Moore County3
61Morris County3
61Murray County3
61Nelson County3
61Noble County3
61Northampton County3
61Ohio County3Ohio River
61Oneida County3
61Orleans County3
61Osage County3
61Osceola County3
61Park County3
61Pawnee County3
61Pickens County3
61Platte County3
61Pope County3
61Pottawatomie County3
61Potter County3
61Robertson County3
61Rock County3
61Rockingham County3
61Schuyler County3
61Seminole County3
61Sevier County3
61Sioux County3
61Stark County3
61Stephens County3
61Stevens County3
61Stone County3
61Summit County3
61Sussex County3County of Sussex in England
61Teton County3
61Thomas County3
61Todd County3
61Valley County3
61Vermilion or Vermillion County3
61Vernon County3
61Walker County3
61Williamson County3
61Winnebago County3
61Worth County3
61Wright County3
61Wyoming County3
61Albany County2
61Alexander County2
61Allegany County2
61Alleghany County2
61Armstrong County2
61Ashland County2
61Atchison County2
61Baldwin County2
61Barry County2
61Barton County2
61Bath County2
61Barbour County2
61Bay County2
61Beaufort County2
61Bell County2
61Berkeley County2
61Berrien County2
61Bibb County2
61Big Horn County2
61Blount County2
61Bourbon County2
61Boyd County2
61Bradford County2
61Bradley County2
61Bristol County2
61Brooks County2
61Brunswick County2
61Bryan County2
61Caddo County2
61Caroline County2
61Chambers County2
61Champaign County2
61Charlotte County2
61Chase County2
61Chatham County2
61Chautauqua County2
61Chesterfield County2
61Chickasaw County2
61Clayton County2
61Clearwater County2
61Cleburne County2
61Coos County2
61Covington County2
61Craig County2
61Crittenden County2
61Crockett County2
61Crook County2
61Curry County2
61Dade County2
61Dakota County2
61Davidson County2
61Davis County2
61De Soto County2
61Deuel County2
61Dewey County2
61Dorchester County2
61Dunn County2
61Duval County2
61Eddy County2
61Effingham County2
61El Paso County2
61Elbert County2
61Elk County2
61Elmore County2
61Emmet County2
61Escambia County2
61Fannin County2
61Fillmore County2
61Florence County2
61Ford County2
61Forest County2
61Forsyth County2
61Frederick County2
61Genesee County2
61Gibson County2
61Giles County2
61Gilmer County2
61Gloucester County2
61Golden Valley County2
61Grady County2
61Grand County2
61Gray County2
61Greeley County2
61Greenwood County2
61Green County2Nathanael Greene
61Guadalupe County2
61Hale County2
61Halifax County2
61Hampshire County2County of Hampshire in England
61Hardeman County2
61Harding County2
61Harlan County2
61Harper County2
61Harris County2
61Hart County2
61Haywood County2
61Hickman County2
61Hidalgo County2
61Highland County2
61Hill County2
61Hillsborough County2
61Holt County2
61Hopkins County2
61Hughes County2
61Humphreys County2
61Huron County2
61Humphreys County2
61Hutchinson County2
61Hyde County2
61Iowa County2
61Jeff Davis County2Jefferson Davis
61Juneau County2
61Kane County2
61Kendall County2
61King County2
61Kings County2
61Lane County2
61Laurens County2
61Leon County2
61Limestone County2
61Louisa County2
61Lucas County2
61Marquette County2
61McDowell County2
61McHenry County2
61Mecklenburg County2Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
61Medina County2
61Meigs County2
61Menard County2
61Menominee County2
61Midland County2
61Mills County2
61Mississippi County2
61Morrow County2
61Morton County2
61Nassau County2
61Nemaha County2
61Nevada County2
61Nicholas County2
61Northumberland County2
61Oconee County2
61Oldham County2
61Otero County2
61Otsego County2
61Ouachita County2
61Owen County2
61Page County2
61Panola County2
61Pendleton County2
61Pennington County2
61Perkins County2
61Phelps County2
61Plymouth County2
61Pocahontas County2
61Pontotoc County2
61Portage County2
61Powell County2
61Prairie County2
61Quitman County2
61Ramsey County2
61Red River County2
61Renville County2
61Rice County2
61Roane County2
61Roberts County2
61Roosevelt County2
61Rowan County2
61Rush County2
61Rusk County2
61Rutherford County2
61Sabine County2
61San Miguel County2
61Santa Cruz County2
61Scotland County2
61Sedgwick County2
61Seneca County2
61Seward County2
61Shannon County2
61Sierra County2
61Simpson County2
61Spencer County2
61St. Charles County2
61St. Joseph County2
61St. Louis County2
61Stafford County2
61Stanton County2
61Steuben County2
61Stewart County2
61Suffolk County2County of Suffolk in England
61Sumner County2
61Surry County2
61Talbot County2
61Tazewell County2
61Terrell County2
61Texas County2
61Thurston County2
61Tioga County2
61Tipton County2
61Trinity County2
61Turner County2
61Tyler County2
61Upshur County2
61Wabash County2
61Walton County2
61Walworth County2
61Ward County2
61Wells County2
61Westmoreland County2
61Whitley County2
61Wichita County2
61Wilcox County2
61Wilkes County2
61Wilkinson County2
61Williams County2
61Windham County2
61Winston County2
61Wise County2
61Woodford County2
61Worcester County2
61Yuma County2

Notes and references

  1. ↑ Count includes parishes in Louisiana
  2. ↑ 4 including Box Butte County
  3. ↑ 4 including Miami-Dade County
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