List of the most common U.S. county names

This is a list of U.S. county names that are used in two or more states. Ranked are the 209th most common county names, which are shared by counties in seven or more states each, accounting for 726 of the 3,140 counties and county-equivalents in the United States.

Location of counties with the five most popular names

List
NumberName of countyCount[1]Most commonly named after
1Washington County31George Washington
2Jefferson County26Thomas Jefferson
3Franklin County25Benjamin Franklin
4Jackson County24Andrew Jackson
4Lincoln County24Abraham Lincoln or Benjamin Lincoln
6Madison County20James Madison
7Clay County18Henry Clay
7Montgomery County18Richard Montgomery
7Union County18the union of the states or union of parts of adjoining counties
10Marion County17Francis Marion
10Monroe County17James Monroe
12Wayne County16Anthony Wayne
13Grant County15Ulysses S. Grant
14Greene County14Nathanael Greene
14Warren County14Joseph Warren
16Carroll County13Charles Carroll of Carrollton
17Adams County12John Adams or John Quincy Adams
17Clark County12William Clark or George Rogers Clark
17Douglas County12Stephen A. Douglas
17Johnson County12Richard M. Johnson
17Lake County12geographical feature
17Lee County12Robert E. Lee or Henry "Light-Horse Harry" Lee
17Marshall County12John Marshall
17Polk County12James K. Polk
25Calhoun County11John C. Calhoun
25Crawford County11William H. Crawford or Col. William Crawford
25Fayette County11Marquis de la Fayette
25Lawrence County11James Lawrence
25Morgan County11Daniel Morgan
25Scott County11Winfield Scott or Charles Scott
31Hamilton County10Alexander Hamilton
31Hancock County10John Hancock
31Henry County10Patrick Henry (except Iowa; named for Col. Henry Dodge)
31Logan County10John A. Logan or Benjamin Logan
31Perry County10Oliver Hazard Perry
31Pike County10Zebulon Pike
37Benton County9Thomas Hart Benton
37Brown County9Jacob Brown
37Cass County9Lewis Cass
37Clinton County9George Clinton or DeWitt Clinton
37Knox County9Henry Knox
37Putnam County9Israel Putnam
37Shelby County9Isaac Shelby
44Boone County8Daniel Boone
44Butler County8William O. Butler or Richard Butler
44Cherokee County8Cherokee tribe
44Columbia County8Columbia (poetic name for America)
44Cumberland County8Prince William, Duke of Cumberland
44Fulton County8Robert Fulton
44Harrison County8William Henry Harrison
44Jasper County8William Jasper
44Mercer County8Hugh Mercer
44Orange County8the fruit or Prince of Orange
44Randolph County8Edmund Randolph or John Randolph of Roanoke
44Webster County8Daniel Webster
56Howard County7Tilghman Howard, John Eager Howard, or Oliver Otis Howard
56Lewis County7Meriwether Lewis
56Pulaski County7Kazimierz Pułaski
56Richland County7fertile soil
56Taylor County7Zachary Taylor
61Custer County6George Armstrong Custer
61DeKalb County6Johann de Kalb
61Delaware County6Delaware (tribe) (3)
61Lafayette County6Marquis de Lafayette
61Floyd County6John Floyd
61Garfield County6James A. Garfield
61Hardin County6John Hardin, John J. Hardin, or Joseph Hardin Sr.
61Jones County6Each county is named after a different person.
61Livingston County6Edward Livingston (4)
61Macon County6Nathaniel Macon
61Martin County6Each county is named after a different person.
61Mason County6George Mason (3)
61Newton County6Sgt. John Newton (4)
61Sullivan County6John Sullivan
75Allen County5John Allen
75Anderson County5Each county is named after a different person.
75Caldwell County5
75Campbell County5
75Carter County5
75Clarke County5
75Dallas County5
75Decatur County5Stephen Decatur
75Essex County5County of Essex in England
75Henderson County5
75Houston County5
75Kent County5County of Kent in England
75Lyon County5Nathaniel Lyon, except for Lyon County, Kentucky, which is named for Chittenden Lyon
75Mitchell County5
75Pierce County5Franklin Pierce
75Saline County5Saltwater springs; the Saline River
75Sheridan County5Philip Sheridan
75White County5
75York County5
93Adair County4John Adair
93Blaine County4James Blaine
93Camden County4Charles Pratt, 1st Earl Camden
93Carbon County4Coal deposits
93Dawson County4
93Dodge County4
93Fremont County4John C. Frémont
93Grundy County4
93Iron County4Iron ore deposits
93Lamar County4Mirabeau Buonaparte Lamar (except for Lamar County, Texas)
93Lancaster County4Lancaster, Lancashire
93Liberty County4
93Linn County4Lewis F. Linn
93Middlesex County4Historic county of Middlesex in England
93Mineral County4
93Ottawa County4Ottawa Indians
93Phillips County4
93Richmond County4
93Russell County4
93San Juan County4
93Sherman County4William Tecumseh Sherman, except Sherman County, Texas, named for Sidney Sherman
93Smith County4
93Somerset County4County of Somerset in England
93St. Clair County4Arthur St. Clair, except St. Clair County, Michigan, named for St. Clare of Assisi
93Sumter County4
93Van Buren County4Martin Van Buren
93Wheeler County4
93Wilson County4
93Wood County4
122Baker County3
122Beaver County3
122Bedford County3
122Buchanan County3James Buchanan
122Buffalo County3
122Burke County3
122Butte County3[2]
122Cameron County3
122Cedar County3
122Chester County3
122Cheyenne County3
122Chippewa County3
122Choctaw County3
122Christian County3
122Claiborne County3
122Cleveland County3
122Coffee County3John Coffee
122Comanche County3Comanche people
122Cook County3
122Daviess County3Joseph Hamilton Daveiss
122Delta County3
122Dickinson County3
122Edwards County3
122Ellis County3
122Erie County3Lake Erie, Erie people
122Fairfield County3The beauty of the fields in these areas
122Gallatin County3Albert Gallatin
122Graham County3
122Grayson County3
122Hall County3
122Haskell County3
122Holmes County3
122Humboldt County3Alexander von Humboldt
122Kiowa County3Kiowa people
122La Salle County (or LaSalle)3René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle
122Lauderdale County3James Lauderdale
122Lowndes County3William Jones Lowndes
122McIntosh County3
122McLean County3
122McPherson County3James B. McPherson
122Meade County3
122Miami County3Miami people
122Miller County3
122Moore County3
122Morris County3
122Murray County3
122Nelson County3
122Noble County3
122Northampton County3
122Ohio County3Ohio River
122Oneida County3
122Orleans County3
122Osage County3
122Osceola County3Osceola
122Park County3
122Pawnee County3Pawnee people
122Pickens County3Andrew Pickens
122Platte County3
122Pope County3
122Pottawatomie County3Potawatomi people
122Potter County3
122Robertson County3
122Rock County3
122Rockingham County3Charles Watson-Wentworth, 2nd Marquess of Rockingham
122Schuyler County3Philip Schuyler
122Seminole County3Seminole people
122Sevier County3
122Sioux County3Sioux people
122Stark County3
122Stephens County3
122Stevens County3
122Stone County3
122Summit County3Summits (geographical feature)
122Sussex County3County of Sussex in England
122Teton County3
122Thomas County3
122Todd County3
122Valley County3
122Vermilion or Vermillion County3Vermilion River
122Vernon County3
122Walker County3
122Williamson County3
122Winnebago County3Winnebago people
122Worth County3William J. Worth
122Wright County3Silas Wright
122Wyoming County3
209Albany County2
209Alexander County2
209Allegany County2
209Alleghany County2
209Armstrong County2
209Ashland County2
209Atchison County2
209Baldwin County2
209Barry County2
209Barton County2
209Bath County2
209Barbour County2
209Bay County2
209Beaufort County2
209Bell County2
209Berkeley County2
209Berrien County2
209Bibb County2
209Big Horn County2
209Blount County2
209Bourbon County2
209Boyd County2
209Bradford County2
209Bradley County2
209Bristol County2
209Brooks County2
209Brunswick County2
209Bryan County2
209Caddo County2
209Caroline County2
209Chambers County2
209Champaign County2
209Charlotte County2
209Chase County2
209Chatham County2
209Chautauqua County2
209Chesterfield County2
209Chickasaw County2
209Clayton County2
209Clearwater County2
209Cleburne County2
209Coos County2
209Covington County2
209Craig County2
209Crittenden County2
209Crockett County2
209Crook County2
209Curry County2
209Dade County2[3]
209Dakota County2
209Davidson County2
209Davis County2
209De Soto County2Hernando de Soto
209Deuel County2
209Dewey County2
209Dorchester County2
209Dunn County2
209Duval County2
209Eddy County2
209Effingham County2
209El Paso County2
209Elbert County2
209Elk County2
209Elmore County2
209Emmet County2
209Escambia County2
209Fannin County2
209Fillmore County2Millard Fillmore
209Florence County2
209Ford County2
209Forest County2
209Forsyth County2
209Frederick County2
209Genesee County2
209Gibson County2
209Giles County2
209Gilmer County2
209Gloucester County2
209Golden Valley County2
209Grady County2
209Grand County2
209Gray County2
209Greeley County2Horace Greeley
209Greenwood County2
209Green County2Nathanael Greene
209Guadalupe County2
209Hale County2
209Halifax County2
209Hampshire County2County of Hampshire in England
209Hardeman County2
209Harding County2
209Harlan County2
209Harper County2
209Harris County2
209Hart County2
209Haywood County2
209Hickman County2
209Hidalgo County2
209Highland County2
209Hill County2
209Hillsborough County2
209Holt County2
209Hopkins County2
209Hughes County2
209Humphreys County2
209Huron County2
209Humphreys County2
209Hutchinson County2
209Hyde County2
209Iowa County2
209Jeff Davis County2Jefferson Davis
209Juneau County2
209Kane County2
209Kendall County2
209King County2
209Kings County2
209Lane County2
209Laurens County2
209Leon County2
209Limestone County2
209Louisa County2
209Lucas County2
209Marquette County2
209McDowell County2
209McHenry County2
209Mecklenburg County2Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
209Medina County2
209Meigs County2Return J. Meigs Sr.
209Menard County2
209Menominee County2
209Midland County2
209Mills County2
209Mississippi County2
209Morrow County2
209Morton County2
209Nassau County2
209Nemaha County2
209Nevada County2
209Nicholas County2
209Northumberland County2
209Oconee County2
209Oldham County2
209Otero County2
209Otsego County2
209Ouachita County2
209Owen County2
209Page County2
209Panola County2
209Pendleton County2
209Pennington County2
209Perkins County2
209Phelps County2
209Plymouth County2
209Pocahontas County2Pocahontas
209Pontotoc County2Chicasaw word for the region
209Portage County2Portages
209Powell County2
209Prairie County2
209Quitman County2John A. Quitman
209Ramsey County2Alexander Ramsey
209Red River County2
209Renville County2Joseph Renville
209Rice County2
209Roane County2
209Roberts County2
209Roosevelt County2Theodore Roosevelt
209Rowan County2
61pRush County2
209Rusk County2
209Rutherford County2Griffith Rutherford
209Sabine County2
209San Miguel County2
209Santa Cruz County2
209Scotland County2Scotland
209Sedgwick County2John Sedgwick
209Seneca County2The Seneca people
209Seward County2William H. Seward
209Shannon County2
209Sierra County2
209Simpson County2
209Spencer County2Spier Spencer
209St. Charles County2
209St. Joseph County2
209St. Louis County2
209Stafford County2
209Stanton County2Edwin Stanton
209Steuben County2Baron von Steuben
209Stewart County2
209Suffolk County2County of Suffolk in England
209Sumner County2
209Surry County2County of Surrey in England
209Talbot County2
209Tazewell County2
209Terrell County2
209Texas County2
209Thurston County2
209Tioga County2
209Tipton County2
209Trinity County2Trinity River
209Turner County2
209Tyler County2
209Upshur County2Abel Parker Upshur
209Wabash County2Wabash River
209Walton County2
209Walworth County2
209Ward County2
209Wells County2
209Westmoreland County2County of Westmorland in England
209Whitley County2William Whitley
209Wichita County2The Wichita people, indirectly
209Wilcox County2
209Wilkes County2John Wilkes
209Wilkinson County2James Wilkinson
209Williams County2
209Windham County2
209Winston County2
209Wise County2Henry Alexander Wise
209Woodford County2
209Worcester County2
209Yuma County2

Notes and references
  1. Count includes parishes in Louisiana
  2. 4 including Box Butte County, Nebraska
  3. 3 including Miami-Dade County, Florida
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