Davis County

Davis County is, at present, the name of two counties in the United States:

  • Davis County, Iowa, named in honor of Garrett Davis, a Congressman from Kentucky
  • Davis County, Utah, named for Daniel C. Davis, captain in the Mormon Battalion
  • Cass County, Texas, named Davis County from 1861 to 1871

Davis County may also refer to:

  • Jeff Davis County, Texas
  • Jeff Davis County, Georgia
  • For the Davis County Cooperative Society, see Latter Day Church of Christ

Famous quotes containing the words davis and/or county:

    “Night’s brittle song, silver-thin
    Shatters into a billion fragments
    Of quiet shadows
    At the blaring jazz
    Of a morning sun.”
    —Frank Marshall Davis (b. 1905)

    “I believe the citizens of Marion County and the United States want to have judges who have feelings and who are human beings.”
    —Paula Lopossa, U.S. judge. As quoted in the New York Times, p. B9 (May 21, 1993)