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 429 most common county names, which are shared by counties in two or more states each, accounting for 1,732 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, Benjamin Lincoln (6)
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
12Greene County16Nathanael Greene. See also Green County.
12Wayne County16Anthony Wayne
14Grant County15Ulysses S. Grant
15Warren County14Joseph Warren
16Carroll County13Charles Carroll of Carrollton
17Adams County12John Adams or John Quincy Adams
17Clark County12William Clark or George Rogers Clark. See also Clarke County.
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 (except Colorado, named for Fort Morgan, which was named for Col. Christopher A. Morgan) (1)
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 except Lewis County, New York, which was named after Morgan Lewis, then Governor of New York.
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 County5Robert Campbell (Wyoming)
75Carter County5
75Dallas County5Alexander J. Dallas (Alabama); George M. Dallas
75Decatur County5Stephen Decatur
75Essex County5County of Essex in England
75Henderson County5
75Houston County5Sam Houston; George S. Houston; John Houstoun
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
94Adair County4John Adair
94Alleghany County4
94Blaine County4James Blaine
94Camden County4Charles Pratt, 1st Earl Camden
94Carbon County4Coal deposits
94Dawson County4
94Dodge County4Henry Dodge
94Fremont County4John C. Frémont
94Grundy County4Felix Grundy
94Iron County4Iron ore deposits
94Lamar County4Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar (except for Lamar County, Texas)
94Lancaster County4Lancaster, Lancashire
94Liberty County4
94Linn County4Lewis F. Linn
94Middlesex County4Historic county of Middlesex in England
94Mineral County4
94Ottawa County4Ottawa Indians
94Phillips County4
94Richmond County4
94Russell County4
94San Juan County4
94Sherman County4William Tecumseh Sherman, except Sherman County, Texas, named for Sidney Sherman
94Smith County4
94Somerset County4County of Somerset in England
94St. Clair County4Arthur St. Clair, except St. Clair County, Michigan, named for St. Clare of Assisi
94Sumter County4Thomas Sumter
94Van Buren County4Martin Van Buren
94Wheeler County4
94Wilson County4
94Wood County4
123Baker County3
123Beaver County3Beaver
123Bedford County3
123Buchanan County3James Buchanan
123Buffalo County3Buffalo; Buffalo River (Wisconsin)
123Burke County3
123Butte County3[2]Butte (natural feature)
123Cameron County3
123Cedar County3
123Chester County3
123Cheyenne County3Cheyenne people
123Chippewa County3Ojibwa people
123Choctaw County3Choctaw people
123Christian County3
123Claiborne County3
123Cleveland County3
123Coffee County3John Coffee
123Comanche County3Comanche people
123Cook County3
123Daviess County3Joseph Hamilton Daveiss
123Delta County3
123DeSoto County3Hernando de Soto
123Dickinson County3
123Edwards County3
123Ellis County3
123Erie County3Lake Erie, Erie people
123Fairfield County3The beauty of the fields in these areas
123Gallatin County3Albert Gallatin
123Graham County3
123Grayson County3
123Hall County3
123Haskell County3
123Holmes County3
123Humboldt County3Alexander von Humboldt
123Kiowa County3Kiowa people
123LaSalle County3René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle
123Lauderdale County3James Lauderdale
123Lowndes County3William Jones Lowndes
123McIntosh County3
123McLean County3
123McPherson County3James B. McPherson
123Meade County3George Gordon Meade
123Miami County3Miami people
123Miller County3
123Moore County3
123Morris County3
123Murray County3
123Nelson County3
123Noble County3
123Northampton County3
123Ohio County3Ohio River
123Oneida County3
123Orleans County3
123Osage County3
123Osceola County3Osceola
123Park County3
123Pawnee County3Pawnee people
123Pickens County3Andrew Pickens
123Platte County3Platte River
123Pope County3
123Pottawatomie County3Potawatomi people
123Potter County3
123Robertson County3
123Rock County3
123Rockingham County3Charles Watson-Wentworth, 2nd Marquess of Rockingham
123Schuyler County3Philip Schuyler
123Seminole County3Seminole people
123Sevier County3
123Sioux County3Sioux people
123Stark County3
123Stephens County3
123Stevens County3
123Stone County3
123Summit County3Summits (geographical feature)
123Sussex County3County of Sussex in England
123Teton County3Teton River (Montana); Teton Range
123Thomas County3
123Todd County3
123Valley County3
123Vermilion County3Vermilion River
123Vernon County3Mount Vernon
123Walker County3Samuel Walker (Texas)
123Williamson County3
123Winnebago County3Winnebago people
123Worth County3William J. Worth
123Wright County3Silas Wright
123Wyoming County3Delaware Indian word meaning "wide plains"; Wyoming Valley
210Albany County2
210Alexander County2
210Armstrong County2
210Ashland County2
210Atchison County2
210Baldwin County2
210Barry County2
210Barton County2
210Bath County2
210Barbour County2
210Bay County2
210Beaufort County2
210Beckham County2J. C. W. Beckham
210Bell County2
210Berkeley County2
210Berrien County2
210Bibb County2
210Big Horn County2Big Horn River
210Blount County2
210Bourbon County2
210Boyd County2
210Bradford County2
210Bradley County2
210Bristol County2
210Brooks County2
210Brunswick County2
210Bryan County2
210Burnett County2
210Caddo County2
210Caroline County2
210Chambers County2
210Champaign County2
210Charlotte County2
210Chase County2
210Chatham County2
210Chautauqua County2
210Chesterfield County2
210Chickasaw County2
210Clayton County2
210Clearwater County2
210Cleburne County2
210Colfax County2Schuyler Colfax
210Coos County2
210Covington County2
210Craig County2
210Crittenden County2
210Crockett County2David Crockett
210Crook County2George Crook
210Curry County2
210Dade County2[3]
210Dakota County2Sioux people
210Davidson County2
210Davis County2
210Deuel County2
210Dewey County2
210DeWitt County2
210Dorchester County2
210Dunn County2
210Duval County2
210Eddy County2
210Effingham County2
210El Paso County2
210Elbert County2
210Elk County2Elk
210Elmore County2
210Emmet County2
210Escambia County2
210Fannin County2James Fannin
210Fillmore County2Millard Fillmore
210Florence County2
210Ford County2
210Forest County2
210Forsyth County2
210Frederick County2
210Genesee County2
210Gibson County2
210Giles County2
210Gilmer County2
210Gloucester County2County of Gloucestershire in England
210Golden Valley County2
210Grady County2
210Grand County2 Grand River
210Gray County2
210Greeley County2Horace Greeley
210Greenwood County2
210Guadalupe County2
210Hale County2
210Halifax County2
210Hampshire County2County of Hampshire in England
210Hardeman County2
210Harding County2Warren Harding (New Mexico); J.A. Harding (South Dakota)
210Harlan County2
210Harper County2
210Harris County2
210Hart County2
210Hayes County2Rutherford B. Hayes (Nebraska), and Hays County, Texas, named for John Coffee Hays
210Haywood County2
210Hickman County2
210Hidalgo County2
210Highland County2
210Hill County2
210Hillsborough County2
210Holt County2
210Hopkins County2
210Hughes County2
210Humphreys County2
210Huron County2
210Hutchinson County2
210Hyde County2
210Iowa County2
210Jeff Davis County2Jefferson Davis
210Johnston County2
210Juneau County2
210Kane County2
210Kendall County2
210King County2
210Kings County2
210Klamath County2
210Lane County2
210Laurens County2Henry Laurens[4] and John Laurens[5]
210Leon County2
210Limestone County2
210Louisa County2
210Lucas County2
210Marquette County2
210McDowell County2
210McHenry County2
210Mecklenburg County2Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
210Medina County2
210Meigs County2Return J. Meigs Sr.
210Menard County2
210Menominee County2
210Midland County2
210Mills County2
210Mississippi County2Mississippi River
210Morrow County2
210Morton County2
210Nassau County2
210Nemaha County2
210Nevada County2Nevada City, California (California); Nevada
210Nicholas County2
210Northumberland County2
210Oconee County2
210Oldham County2
210Otero County2
210Otsego County2
210Ouachita County2
210Owen County2
210Page County2
210Panola County2
210Paulding County2John Paulding
210Pendleton County2Edmund Pendleton
210Pennington County2
210Perkins County2
210Phelps County2
210Plymouth County2
210Pocahontas County2Pocahontas
210Pontotoc County2Chicasaw word for the region
210Portage County2Portages
210Powell County2Lazarus Powell (Kentucky); John Wesley Powell (Montana)
210Prairie County2Grand Prairie (Arkansas); Great Plains (Montana)
210Quitman County2John A. Quitman
210Ramsey County2Alexander Ramsey
210Red River County2The Red River
210Renville County2Joseph Renville
210Rice County2Samuel Rice (Kansas); Henry Rice (Minnesota)
210Ripley County2Eleazer Wheelock Ripley
210Roane County2
210Roberts County2
210Roosevelt County2Theodore Roosevelt
210Rowan County2
210Rush County2
210Rusk County2
210Rutherford County2Griffith Rutherford
210Sabine County2Sabine River
210San Miguel County2
210Santa Cruz County2
210Scotland County2Scotland
210Sedgwick County2John Sedgwick
210Seneca County2The Seneca people
210Seward County2William H. Seward
210Shannon County2George Shannon; Peter Shannon
210Sierra County2
210Simpson County2
210Spencer County2Spier Spencer
210Stanley County2David Stanley
210St. Charles County2
210St. Joseph County2
210St. Louis County2
210Stafford County2
210Stanton County2Edwin Stanton
210Steele County2
210Steuben County2Baron von Steuben
210Stewart County2
210Suffolk County2County of Suffolk in England
210Sumner County2Edwin V. Sumner (Kansas); Jethro Sumner (Tennessee)
210Surry County2County of Surrey in England
210Talbot County2
210Tazewell County2
210Terrell County2
210Texas County2
210Thurston County2
210Tioga County2
210Tipton County2
210Trinity County2Trinity River
210Turner County2
210Tyler County2John Tyler
210Upshur County2Abel Parker Upshur
210Wabash County2Wabash River
210Walton County2
210Walworth County2
210Ward County2
210Wells County2
210Westmoreland County2County of Westmorland in England
210Whitley County2William Whitley
210Wichita County2The Wichita people, indirectly
210Wilcox County2
210Wilkes County2John Wilkes
210Wilkinson County2James Wilkinson
210Williams County2
210Windham County2
210Winston County2
210Wise County2Henry Alexander Wise
210Woodford County2William Woodford
210Worcester County2
210Yuma County2

Notes and references
  1. Count includes parishes in Louisiana
  2. 4 including Box Butte County, Nebraska
  3. 3 including Miami-Dade County, Florida
  4. "History of Laurens County, SC - A Brief History". Town Square Publications. 2019-10-23. Retrieved 2021-12-20.
  5. "History | Laurens County, GA".

Fulton is missing from list, should be about 11. Google it. Plz correct...

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