Ford County

Ford County may refer to:

  • Ford County, Illinois, a county located in the U.S. state of Illinois
  • Ford County, Kansas, a county located in southwest Kansas
  • Ford County (novel), a collection of novellas by John Grisham set in the fictional Ford County, Mississippi

Famous quotes containing the words ford and/or county:

    “There is a lady sweet and kind,
    Was never face so pleased my mind;
    I did but see her passing by,
    And yet I love her till I die.”
    —Thomas Ford (1580–1648)

    “It would astonish if not amuse, the older citizens of your County who twelve years ago knew me a stranger, friendless, uneducated, penniless boy, working on a flat boat—at ten dollars per month to learn that I have been put down here as the candidate of pride, wealth, and aristocratic family distinction.”
    —Abraham Lincoln (1809–1865)