List Of The Most Common U.S. County Name Etymologies
This is a list of the most common U.S. county names, specifically the names with five or more counties sharing the name.
Read more about List Of The Most Common U.S. County Name Etymologies: Washington County (31 Counties), Jefferson County (27 Counties), Franklin County (25 Counties), Jackson County (24 Counties), Lincoln County (24 Counties), Madison County (20 Counties), Clay County (18 Counties), Greene County and Variants (17 Counties), Montgomery County (18 Counties), Union County (18 Counties), Fayette and Lafayette Counties (17 Counties)
Famous quotes containing the words list of the, list of, list, common and/or county:
“A man’s interest in a single bluebird is worth more than a complete but dry list of the fauna and flora of a town.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)
“I made a list of things I have
to remember and a list
of things I want to forget,
but I see they are the same list.”
—Linda Pastan (b. 1932)
“Love’s boat has been shattered against the life of everyday. You and I are quits, and it’s useless to draw up a list of mutual hurts, sorrows, and pains.”
—Vladimir Mayakovsky (1893–1930)
“The moment the very name of Ireland is mentioned, the English seem to bid adieu to common feeling, common prudence, and common sense, and to act with the barbarity of tyrants, and the fatuity of idiots.”
—Sydney Smith (1771–1845)
“In the county there are thirty-seven churches
and no butcher shop. This could be taken
as a matter of all form and no content.”
—Maxine Kumin (b. 1925)