* Counties named for George Clinton, first and third Governor of New York:

Of the 10 Counties named Orange in the US, Orange County NY is the oldest ( 1683 ).

The act specified the " county town " be named " Cookeville " in honor of Richard F. Cooke, who served in the Tennessee Senate from 1851 – 1854, representing at various times Jackson, Fentress, Macon, Overton and White Counties.

He agreed to build the Tamiami Trail for what was then Lee County ( Lee, Collier, Hendry, Glades & Charlotte Counties ) in exchange for favorable consideration with the state legislature to have a county named for him.

On May 12, 1887, Osceola was named a county, having been created from both Orange and Brevard Counties.

Siskiyou County was created on March 22, 1852, from parts of Shasta and Klamath Counties, and named after the Siskiyou mountain range.

Counties are most often named for people, often political figures or early settlers, with over 2, 100 of the 3, 140 total so named.

Upshur County was formed in 1851 from Randolph, Barbour, and Lewis Counties and named for Abel Parker Upshur, a distinguished statesman and jurist of Virginia.

It was created by the Virginia General Assembly in 1788 from parts of Augusta, Hardy, and Rockingham Counties and was named for Edmund Pendleton ( 1721 – 1803 ), a distinguished Virginia statesman and jurist.

Pendleton County was created by the Virginia General Assembly in 1788 from parts of Augusta, Hardy, and Rockingham Counties and was named for Edmund Pendleton, a distinguished Virginia statesman and jurist.

Morgan County was formed in 1820 from parts of Hampshire and Berkeley Counties and named in honor of General Daniel Morgan, prominent soldier of the American Revolutionary War.

Jackson County was formed in 1831 from parts of Kanawha, Wood, and Mason Counties, and named for Andrew Jackson, seventh President of the United States.

Gilmer County was formed in 1845 from parts of Lewis and Kanawha Counties, and named for Thomas Walker Gilmer, Governor of Virginia from 1840 to 1841.

Doddridge County was created in 1845 from parts of Harrison, Tyler, Ritchie, and Lewis Counties, and named for Philip Doddridge ( 1773 – 1832 ), a distinguished statesman of Western Virginia, who spent the greater part of his life in Brooke County, West Virginia.

Boone County was formed in 1847 from parts of Kanawha, Cabell, and Logan Counties and named for Daniel Boone, noted hunter and explorer, whose home was in the Great Kanawha Valley from 1789 to 1795.

Scott County was formed by an act of the General Assembly on November 24, 1814 from parts of Washington, Lee, and Russell Counties and was named for Virginia born General Winfield Scott.

* 1856 The Sixth Texas Legislature formed Lampasas County, named after the Lampasas River, from parts of Travis, Bell, and Coryell Counties.

It was formed from portions of Rutherford, Smith, and Warren Counties and was named for then Tennessee governor Newton Cannon.

Schuylkill County was created on March 1, 1811, from parts of Berks and Northumberland Counties and named for the Schuylkill River.

It was formed in 1772 from parts of Lancaster, Berks, Bedford, Cumberland, and Northampton Counties and named for the county of Northumberland in northern England.

Indiana County was created on March 30, 1803, from parts of Westmoreland and Clearfield Counties, and is probably named for the Indiana Territory.

Elk County was created on April 18, 1843, from parts of Jefferson, Clearfield and McKean Counties, and is named for the Eastern elk that historically inhabited the region.

Carbon County was created on March 13, 1843 from parts of Northampton and Monroe Counties and was named for the extensive deposits of coal in the region.

Negro parents have filed application for admission of additional children to schools in Alexandria, Arlington, Fairfax, and Warren Counties.

* 831: 959-1122 Santa Cruz, San Benito, and Monterey Counties, CA < Current for all PB switches >

Berkeley lies within telephone area code 510 ( until September 2, 1991, Berkeley was part of the 415 telephone code that now covers San Francisco and Marin Counties ), and the postal ZIP codes are 94701 through 94710, 94712, and 94720 for the University of California campus.

Penn strongly desired access to the sea for his Pennsylvania province and leased what then came to be known as the " Lower Counties on the Delaware " from the Duke.

Penn and his heirs remained proprietors of both and always appointed the same person Governor for their Province of Pennsylvania and their territory of the Lower Counties.

Like the other middle colonies, the Lower Counties on the Delaware initially showed little enthusiasm for a break with Britain.

Edward appointed him the sole Commissioner of Array for the Western Counties in 1464, when he was 11.

Dover was founded as the court town for newly established Kent County in 1683 by William Penn, the proprietor of the territory generally known as the " Lower Counties on the Delaware.

The northern part of Aksai Chin is referred to as the Soda Plain and contains Aksai Chin's largest river, the Karakosh, The river, which receives meltwater from a number of glaciers, crosses the Kunlun farther northwest, in Pishan County and enters the Tarim Basin, where it serves as one of the main sources of water for Karakax and Hotan Counties.

Counties with the County Executive Form, Urban County Executive, or County Manager Plan of Government usually install just three ( Clerk, Commonwealth Attorney, and Sheriff ) opting for a Director of Finance appointed by the Board to take the place of the Commissioner of Revenue and Treasurer.

When the City of Falls Church was incorporated in 1948, its boundaries included only the central portion of the area historically known as Falls Church ; those other areas, often still known as Falls Church ( although they lie in Fairfax and Arlington Counties ), are considered here for historical reasons.

Yoakum is a city in DeWitt and Lavaca Counties in the U. S. state of Texas.

The Diocese of Peoria comprises the Counties of Bureau, Champaign, DeWitt, Fulton, Hancock, Henderson, Henry, Knox, LaSalle, Livingston, Logan, Marshall, Mason, McDonough, McLean, Mercer, Peoria, Piatt, Putnam, Rock Island, Schuyler, Stark, Tazewell, Vermilion, Warren and Woodford.

Clinton County was organized in 1824 out of Washington, Fayette, and Bond Counties.

By 1813 the area once comprising the sprawling county of Northumberland had been divided over time and allotted to other counties such that lands once occupied by Old Northumberland at its greatest extent are now found in Centre, Columbia, Luzerne, Lycoming, Mifflin, Union, Clearfield, Clinton, Montour, Bradford, Lackawanna, Susquehanna, Wyoming, Tioga, Potter, McKean, Warren, Venango, Snyder, and Schuylkill Counties and the current county is but a fraction of its former size.

Cameron County was created on March 29, 1860, from parts of Clinton, Elk, McKean, and Potter Counties.

In 1802, parts of Clinton, Herkimer, and Montgomery Counties were taken to form the new St. Lawrence County.

Wayne County is on Eastern Time ; however, its western border, shared with Clinton and Russell Counties, is part of the Eastern / Central time zone boundary, as is its southern border with Pickett County, TN.

* Sugar Creek District, serving Boone, Montgomery, and southern Clinton Counties

With a decreasing membership in the Scout units of Clinton, Essex, and Franklin Counties, this also translated to fewer campers who attended camp, which caused less camping and popcorn sales revenues to be available to operate the Adirondack Council and Camp Bedford.

Girl Scouts of Northeastern New York was created in June 2007 from the union of four Girl Scout Councils ( Hudson Valley, Mohawk Pathways, Adirondack and North Country ) and now serves Albany, Clinton, Columbia, Greene, Essex, Franklin, Fulton, Montgomery, Hamilton, Rensselaer, Saratoga, Schenectady, Schoharie, Warren and Washington Counties and a portion of St. Lawrence County.

It spread over parts of what are now, Clinton, Centre and Lycoming Counties.

Stewardson Township is located in the southeastern corner of Potter County and is bordered by Abbott Township to the north, Tioga and Lycoming Counties to the east, Clinton County to the south and Wharton Township to the west.

The Au Sable River, forming the boundary between Clinton and Essex Counties, flows through the village.

Route 173 parallels Interstate 78 and U. S. Route 22 for its entire length through rural areas of Warren and Hunterdon Counties, passing through the towns of Bloomsbury and Clinton along the way.

The district covers most of the city of Dayton and includes most of Montgomery County, much of Warren County, and is home to all of Highland and Clinton Counties.

McEwen's district contained parts of Clinton, Fayette, Greene, and Highland Counties and all of Madison County.

When McEwen was first elected in 1980, the Sixth District of Ohio consisted of Adams, Brown, Clinton, Fayette, Highland, Pickaway, Pike, Scioto, and Ross Counties plus Clermont County outside the city of Loveland, Harrison Township in Vinton County and the Warren County townships of Clearcreek, Deerfield, Hamilton, Harlan, Massie, Salem, and Wayne.

The boundaries from 1983 to 1987 included all of Adams, Clinton, Fayette, Highland, Hocking, Jackson, Pike, Ross, Scioto, Vinton and Warren Counties, plus Waterloo and York Townships in Athens County ; Wayne Township in Clermont County ; Concord, Jasper, Marion, Perry, Union, and Wayne Townships in Fayette County ; and Washington Township and the Cities of Miamisburg and West Carrollton in Montgomery County.

Deerfield Township is a former township of Hamilton County, Ohio which contained land now in Warren and Clinton Counties prior to the division of Hamilton on May 1, 1803.

Caesar Creek State Park is located in southwestern Ohio, five miles ( 8 km ) east of Waynesville, in Warren, Clinton, and Greene Counties.

Caesar Creek Watershed, Miami Valley Resource Conservation and Development Area: Clinton, Greene, and Warren Counties, Ohio.

In 1932 Bell acquired properties of Clinton Telephone, which operated in portions of Lycoming and Clinton Counties.