The taxpayers of East Greenwich appropriate sums of money, as do other Kent County communities, for the support of the Kent County Memorial Hospital, a regional facility.

There are forty-seven special district governments in Rhode Island ( excluding two regional school districts, four housing authorities, and the Kent County Water Authority ).

Despite Connecticut's relatively small size, it features wide regional variations in its landscape ; for example, in the northwestern Litchfield Hills, it features rolling mountains and horse farms, whereas in the southeastern New London County, it features beaches and maritime activities.

Rather than largely simple domestic residences in prehistory, Medieval crannogs were increasingly seen as strongholds of the upper class or regional ' political players ' such as Gaelic chieftains like the O ' Boylans and McMahons in County Monaghan and the Kingdom of Airgíalla up until the 17th century.

The main aim of the County Administrative Board is to fulfil the goals set in national politics by the Parliament and the Government, to coordinate the interests and promote the development of the county, to establish regional goals and safeguard the due process of law in the handling of each case.

Local jurisdictions of Fairfax County, Arlington County, and the cities of Alexandria and Falls Church agreed to appropriate $ 3 million to purchase land adjacent to Mason to provide for a Fairfax Campus in 1966 with the intention that the institution would expand into a regional university of major proportions, including the granting of graduate degrees.

With the discovery of the Orcutt and Lompoc fields, northern Santa Barbara County became a regional center of production ; towns such as Orcutt owe their existence to the quickly growing industry.

The Municipality of Bucharest, along with the surrounding Ilfov County, forms the Bucharest development region, which is equivalent to NUTS-II regions in the European Union and is used by the European Union and the Romanian Government for statistical analysis and regional development.

The accents of Northern England are also distinctive including a range of variations: Northumberland, County Durham, Newcastle upon Tyne, Sunderland, Cumbria, Lancashire with regional variants in Bolton, Burnley, Blackburn, Manchester, Preston, Blackpool, Merseyside and Wigan, Yorkshire is also distinctive, having variations between the North Riding of Yorkshire, West Riding of Yorkshire and East Riding of Yorkshire.

The city also has several upscale regional shopping centers and is one of the major retail hubs in Montgomery County.

Garrett County is part of the Pittsburgh DMA, a regional media market centered in neighboring Pennsylvania.

Clay County is a member of the regional Southwestern Commission council of governments.

Montgomery County is a sustaining member of the regional Piedmont Triad Council of Governments.

Political corruption in Wilkes-Barre and Luzerne County became a major regional news story following nationwide publication of stories about the Kids for Cash scandal, a kickback scheme involving two local judges, Mark Ciavarella and Michael Conahan, charged with enriching themselves by investing in juvenile detention facilities to which they subsequently sentenced children under their judicial power.

In fact, during the 1970 – 71 season, the name " Dallas " was dropped in favor of " Texas " and an attempt was made to make the team a regional one, playing games in Fort Worth, Texas, at the Tarrant County Coliseum, as well as Lubbock, Texas, at the Lubbock Municipal Coliseum, but this proved a failure and the team returned full-time to Dallas in time for the 1971 – 72 season, splitting their games at Moody Coliseum and Dallas Convention Center Arena.

See Kalisz County for the regional administrative area ( powiat ).

The fabled 1715 Spanish treasure fleet sank off the area that is now St. Lucie County, leading to the regional naming of the area as the Treasure Coast.

The towns of Berkshire County have formed such a regional compact known as the Berkshire Regional Planning Commission.

The regional council provides various services on a regional basis, and a majority of the county's towns are members of the Franklin County Solid Waste Management District, which provides municipal waste disposal and recycling services to its members.

The main aim of the County Administrative Board is to fulfil the goals set in national politics by the Parliament and the Government, to coordinate the interests and promote the development of the county, to establish regional goals and safeguard the due process of law in the handling of each case.

The main aim of the County Administrative Board is to fulfil the goals set out in national politics by the Parliament and the Government, to coordinate the interests of the county, to promote the development of the county, to establish regional goals and safeguard the due process of law in the handling of each case.

* THEA ( Tampa-Hillsborough Expressway Authority ), a regional expressway authority based in Hillsborough County, Florida, which includes the city of Tampa.

Category: Military history of County Londonderry

The youngest son of William Edward Parkinson ( 1871 – 1927 ), an art master at North East County School and from 1913 principal of York School of Arts and Crafts, and his wife, Rose Emily Mary Curnow ( born 1877 ), the young Parkinson attended St. Peter's School, York, where in 1929 he won an Exhibition to study history at Emmanuel College at the University of Cambridge.

Approximately 75 % of the island's population is located in the Cape Breton Regional Municipality ( CBRM ) which includes all of Cape Breton County and is often referred to as Industrial Cape Breton, given the history of coal mining and steel manufacturing in this area.

– The Fermanagh story: a documented history of the County Fermanagh from the earliest times to the present day – Enniskillen: Cumann Seanchais Chlochair, 1969.

Rohrabacher has a long history in Orange County.

Category: Natural history of Kern County, California

* 1910 – The worst avalanche in United States history buries a Great Northern Railway train in northeastern King County, Washington, killing 96 people.

* 1831 – In Southampton County, Virginia, escaped slave Nat Turner is captured and arrested for leading the bloodiest slave rebellion in United States history.

Naison ( 2005 ) describes the Bronx African American History Project, an oral community history project developed by the Bronx County Historical Society.

Old Cornish Inns and their place in the social history of the County.

* Millard, Alfred L., Early history of Lenawee County and of the city of Adrian from the first settlement of the county Adrian, Mich .: Times and Expositor Steam Print, 1876.

* Knapp, John I. with Richard Illenden BonnerIllustrated history and biographical record of Lenawee County, Mich. Adrian, Mich .: The Times printing company, 1903.

In 1999, what is believed to be the largest outbreak of waterborne E. coli O157: H7 illness in United States history occurred at the Washington County, New York fair.

What is believed to be the largest E. coli O157: H7 outbreak in Oregon history occurred among attendees at the Lane County fair in 2002.

* May 5 – Only thirteen spectators attend the soccer match between Leicester City and Stockport County, the lowest attendance in The Football League's history.

Agnew went from his first election as County Executive to Vice President in six years — one of the fastest rises in US political history, comparable with that of Nixon, who became Vice President after four years in the House of Representatives and two years in the Senate.

At various times in its history, it has been known as County Tirconaill, County Tirconnell or County Tyrconnell ().

The following is a population history for Howard County from the U. S. Census Bureau.

In September 1902 the Yacolt Burn, the largest fire in state history, began in neighboring Skamania County and swept west along a 12-mile front to Yacolt, nearly engulfing the town.

Opened in 2002, the Ohio Glass Museum is located in historic downtown Lancaster and dedicated to recording the history of the glass industry, which for over 100 years has been one of the mainstays of the economy of Fairfield County.

: For the history of Montgomery County prior to 1784 see Tryon County, New York

* Summary history of Montgomery County