• A county is a geographic region of a country used for administrative or other purposes in some nations. The term is derived from the Old French comté denoting...
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  • A county seat is an administrative center, seat of government, or capital city of a county or civil parish. The term is in use in five countries: Canada...
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  • Thumbnail for List of United States counties and county equivalents
    There are 3,244 counties and county equivalents of the United States. The 50 states of the United States are divided into 3,007 political subdivisions...
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    In the United States, a county or county equivalent is an administrative or political subdivision of a U.S. state or other territories of the United States...
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    Yorkshire (redirect from God's own county)
    county. Despite no longer being used for administration, Yorkshire retains a strong regional identity. The county was named after its original county...
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    There are 62 counties in the U.S. state of New York. The first 12 were created immediately after the British took over the Dutch colony of New Amsterdam;...
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    The following is a list of county routes in Ocean County in the U.S. state of New Jersey. For more information on the county route system in New Jersey...
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    is a list of the 67 counties of the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. The city of Philadelphia is coterminous with Philadelphia County, the municipalities having...
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    There are 67 counties in the U.S. state of Florida, which became a territory of the U.S. in 1821 with two counties complementing the provincial divisions...
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  • A county administrative board (Swedish: länsstyrelse) is a Swedish Government Agency in each of the counties of Sweden, led by a vice-regal governor (Swedish:...
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    Kent (redirect from County of Kent, England)
    Kent is a county in the South East England region, the closest county to continental Europe. It borders Essex across the entire estuary of the River Thames...
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    Texas counties. Many of these were later divided into new counties. The last county to be initially created was Kenedy County in 1921, but Loving County is...
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    (/ˈlæŋkəʃər/ LAN-kə-shər, /-ʃɪər/ -⁠sheer; abbreviated Lancs) is a ceremonial county in North West England. It is bordered by Cumbria to the north, North Yorkshire...
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  • Thumbnail for List of cities and counties in Virginia
    Commonwealth of Virginia is divided into 95 counties, along with 38 independent cities that are considered county-equivalents for census purposes, totaling...
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  • The following is a list of county roads in Pinellas County, Florida. All county roads are maintained by the county in which they reside, however not all...
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  • Thumbnail for Ceremonial counties of England
    Ceremonial counties, formally known as counties for the purposes of the lieutenancies, are areas of England to which lord-lieutenants are appointed. They...
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  • County routes in Onondaga County, New York, are not signed in any form, serving as little more than references for inventory purposes. One county route...
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    Copenhagen County (Danish: Københavns Amt) is a former county (amt) on the island of Zealand (Sjælland) in eastern Denmark. It covered the municipalities...
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  • Thumbnail for List of county routes in Hudson County, New Jersey
    The following is a list of county routes in Hudson County in the U.S. state of New Jersey. For more information on the county route system in New Jersey...
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    There are 88 counties in the U.S. state of Ohio. Nine of them existed at the time of the Ohio Constitutional Convention in 1802. A tenth county, Wayne, was...
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    The counties of Ireland (Irish: Contaetha na hÉireann) are historic administrative divisions of the island. They began as Norman structures, and as the...
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    Cheshire (redirect from County of Chester)
    Cheshire (/ˈtʃɛʃər, -ɪər/ CHESH-ər, -⁠eer) is a ceremonial county in North West England. It is bordered by Merseyside to the north-west, Greater Manchester...
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    Orange County (officially the County of Orange; often known by its initials O.C.) is a county located in the Los Angeles metropolitan area in Southern...
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    58 counties. The state was first divided into 27 counties on February 18, 1850. These were further sub-divided to form sixteen additional counties by...
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  • Derby County Football Club (/ˈdɑːrbi/) is a professional association football club in Derby, England. The team will compete in the EFL Championship, the...
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    County, officially the County of Los Angeles (Spanish: Condado de Los Ángeles), and sometimes abbreviated as L.A. County, is the most populous county...
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    Ringkjøbing County (Danish: Ringkjøbing Amt) is a former county (Danish: amt) on the Jutland peninsula in western Denmark. It had the lowest population...
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    Attorney of Los Angeles County is in charge of the office that prosecutes felony and misdemeanor crimes that occur within Los Angeles County, California, United...
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  • Volusia County, Florida (located in central-east Florida), operates a system of county roads that serve all portions of the county. The Volusia County Public...
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    The following is a list of county routes in Mercer County in the U.S. state of New Jersey. For more information on the county route system in New Jersey...
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