This is a list of U.S. counties that share names with U.S. states. Sixty of the country's 3,086 counties share names with U.S. states. Of these, seven—highlighted in bold on the list—share names with their own states.
Read more about List Of U.S. Counties That Share Names With U.S. States: Arkansas (1), Colorado (1), Delaware (6), Hawaii (1), Idaho (1), Indiana (1), Iowa (2), Mississippi (2), Nevada (2), New York (1), Ohio (3), Oklahoma (1), Oregon (1), Texas (2), Utah (1), Virginia (1), Washington (31), Wyoming (3), Borderline Cases
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“My list of things I never pictured myself saying when I pictured myself as a parent has grown over the years.”
—Polly Berrien Berends (20th century)
“All is possible,
Who so list believe;
Trust therefore first, and after preve,
As men wed ladies by license and leave,
All is possible.”
—Sir Thomas Wyatt (1503?–1542)
“Think not, Percy,
To share with me in glory any more.
Two stars keep not their motion in one sphere.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)
“Tonight there are only the winter stars.
The sky is no longer a junk-shop,
Full of javelins and old fire-balls,
Triangles and the names of girls.”
—Wallace Stevens (1879–1955)
“I would rather be known as an advocate of equal suffrage than to speak every night on the best-paying platforms in the United States and ignore it.”
—Anna Howard Shaw (1847–1919)