Pierce County (4 Counties)
This is a list of all of the Counties in the United States named for Franklin Pierce, the fourteenth president of the United States.
- Pierce County, Georgia
- Pierce County, Nebraska
- Pierce County, Washington
- Pierce County, Wisconsin
NOTE:
- Pierce County, North Dakota is named for Gilbert Ashville Pierce, a Governor of Dakota Territory and later a U.S. Senator from North Dakota.
Read more about this topic: List Of U.S. Counties Named After U.S. Presidents
Famous quotes containing the words pierce and/or county:
“Years ago we discovered the exact point, the dead center of middle age. It occurs when you are too young to take up golf and too old to rush up to the net.”
—Franklin Pierce Adams (1881–1960)
“In the County Tyrone, in the town of Dungannon,”
—Unknown. The Old Orange Flute (l. 1)