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)
“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)
“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)
“When we are high and airy hundreds say
That if we hold that flight they’ll leave the place,
While those same hundreds mock another day
Because we have made our art of common things ...”
—William Butler Yeats (1865–1939)
“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)