Fayette and Lafayette Counties (17 Counties)
Despite the difference in name, all of these counties (including one Louisiana parish) are named after the same individual—Gilbert du Motier, marquis de Lafayette, a French general who played a major role in the American Revolutionary War.
- Fayette County, Alabama
- Fayette County, Georgia
- Fayette County, Illinois
- Fayette County, Indiana
- Fayette County, Iowa
- Fayette County, Kentucky (coterminous with the city of Lexington)
- Fayette County, Ohio
- Fayette County, Pennsylvania
- Fayette County, Tennessee
- Fayette County, Texas
- Fayette County, West Virginia
- Lafayette County, Arkansas
- Lafayette County, Florida
- Lafayette County, Mississippi
- Lafayette County, Missouri
- Lafayette County, Wisconsin
- Lafayette Parish, Louisiana
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