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    Day County is a county in the U.S. state of South Dakota. As of the 2020 census, the population was 5,449. Its county seat is Webster. The county is named...
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    Illinois County, Virginia, between 1778 and 1782. Modern-day county formation dates to 1790 when the area was part of the Northwest Territory; two counties—St...
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    time part of a royal grant given to the Earls of Desmond. The present-day county was divided for centuries between the Gaelic Kingdom of Desmond, ruled...
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    occurring within the present-day confines of Pushmataha County, the Battle of Perryville occurred just outside modern-day McAlester and the Battle of Middle...
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    kingdoms of Leix and Uí Failghe are not coterminous with the present-day counties that were formed. The Kingdom of Uí Failghe, from which the name Offaly...
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    Daying County (simplified Chinese: 大英县; traditional Chinese: 大英縣; pinyin: Dàyīng Xiàn) is a county of Sichuan province, China, under the administration...
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    Coweta County was named for the Koweta Indians (a sub-group of the Creek people), who had several towns in and around the present-day county. In the...
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    1858, gold was discovered along the South Platte River in Arapahoe County (in present-day Englewood). This discovery precipitated the Pike's Peak Gold Rush...
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    originally defined, Orange County included only the southern part of its present-day territory, plus all of present-day Rockland County further south. The northern...
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    from Lake County on February 9, 1872, added the northwest section of the present-day county. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total...
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    time of the arrival of Europeans in the early 19th century, the present-day county was occupied by Native Americans, with the Utes occupying the mountainous...
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  • Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Antelope Creek (Day County, South Dakota) Federal Writers' Project (1940). South Dakota place-names...
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    sister, Tamasin Day-Lewis (born 1953), is a television chef and food critic. His father, who was born in the Irish town of Ballintubbert, County Laois, was...
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  • Aiken County, South Carolina Aitkin County, Minnesota Alachua County, Florida Alamance County, North Carolina Alameda County, California Alamosa County, Colorado...
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  • The 2024 ECB Women's County One-Day was an English women's cricket 50-over domestic competition. It took place between April and July 2024, with 35 teams...
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  • Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Bitter Lake (Day County, South Dakota) Federal Writers' Project (1940). South Dakota place-names...
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    Lough Foyle, and comprised part of modern-day County Londonderry east of the River Foyle. The majority of County Londonderry was carved out of Tyrone between...
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    forming the present-day province of Leinster. The use of provinces as divisions of political power was supplanted by the system of counties after the Norman...
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    Shannon County: renamed Oglala Lakota County in 2015 Boreman County: Renamed Corson County in 1909 Mandan County: Renamed Lawrence County Pratt County: Renamed...
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    was renamed Day County. Day County was abolished and Roger Mills County was created at statehood on November 16, 1907. The county's western boundary...
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    20P Jefferson Lines Grant County - northeast Deuel County - southeast Hamlin County - south Clark County - west Day County - northwest American Game Association...
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  • Thumbnail for Day County, Oklahoma Territory
    Day County was one of the original counties of Oklahoma Territory. Day County was in the western part of the territory, along the Texas border. When it...
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    Longford. Longford County Council is the local authority for the county. The population of the county was 46,634 at the 2022 census. The county is based on the...
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  • Thumbnail for Latimer County, Oklahoma
    area of the present-day county fell within Gaines County, Jacksfork County, Sans Bois County, Skullyville County, and Wade County. In 1858, the Butterfield...
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    Leinster (section Counties)
    both, thereby forming the present-day province of Leinster. The ancient kingdoms were shired into a number of counties for administrative and judicial purposes...
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    had villages in the hills. European settlement started in the present-day county by Dutch colonists in the 17th century; the village of Schenectady was...
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  • New York, a town Day, Wisconsin, a town Day County, South Dakota Day Township, Michigan Dayton International Airport, (IATA: DAY), Dayton, Ohio's main...
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    county seats, DeWitt and Stuttgart. The first of the state's 75 present-day counties to be created, Arkansas County was formed from New Madrid County...
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  • Thumbnail for Garvin County, Oklahoma
    production. Garvin County came into existence on November 16, 1907, the day Oklahoma became a state. The territory within the present-day county had been a part...
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    was chosen as Election Day so that voters could attend church on Sunday, travel to the polling location (usually in the county seat) on Monday, and vote...
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