Green County

Green County is the name of two counties in the United States, and, despite the difference in spelling, they were both named in honor of Revolutionary War General Nathanael Greene.

  • Green County, Kentucky
  • Green County, Wisconsin

Famous quotes containing the words green and/or county:

    “I have seen a green country, useful to the race,
    Knocked silly with guns and mines, its villages vanished,”
    —Edmund Blunden (1896–1974)

    “But I would say to my fellows, once for all, As long as possible live free and uncommitted. It makes but little difference whether you are committed to a farm or the county jail.”
    —Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)