A county (Latin: comitatus) is a geographic region of a country used for administrative or other purposes in some nations. The term is derived from the...
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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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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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(County 25) County Road B2 (County 24, County 78, County 111) County Road C (County 23) County Road C2 County Road D (County 19) County Road E (County...
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There are 62 counties in the U.S. state of New York. The first 12 counties were created in 1683 soon after the British took over the Dutch colony of New...
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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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There are 3,244 counties and county equivalents in the United States. The 50 states of the United States are divided into 3,007 political subdivisions...
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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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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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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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Latin: comitatus Sarossiensis, German: Scharosch) was an administrative county (comitatus) of the Kingdom of Hungary. Its territory is now in northeastern...
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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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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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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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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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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 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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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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Lancashire (redirect from County of Lancaster)
(/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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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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Autonomous counties (Chinese: 自治县) and autonomous banners (Chinese: 自治旗) are county-level autonomous administrative divisions of China. The two are essentially...
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Los Angeles County, officially the County of Los Angeles and sometimes abbreviated as L.A. County, is the most populous county in the United States, with...
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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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Derby County Football Club (/ˈdɑːrbi/) is a professional association football club in Derby, England. They compete in the EFL Championship, the second...
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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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Westchester County is a county located in the southeastern portion of the U.S. state of New York, bordering the Long Island Sound to its east and the Hudson...
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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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Wiltshire (redirect from County of Wilts)
Wiltshire (/ˈwɪlt.ʃər, -ʃɪr/; abbreviated to Wilts) is a ceremonial county in South West England. It borders Gloucestershire to the north, Oxfordshire...
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The counties of England are a type of subdivision of England. Counties have been used as administrative areas in England since Anglo-Saxon times. There...
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Midlands is a metropolitan and ceremonial county in the larger West Midlands region of England. A landlocked county, it is bordered by Staffordshire to the...
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