Paul finally became sheriff in April 1881, but it was too late to reappoint Wyatt Earp as deputy sheriff because on January 1, 1881, the eastern portion of Pima County containing Tombstone had been split off into the new Cochise County, which would need its own sheriff, based in the county's largest city, Tombstone.

In the first decade of the 21st century, the county's largest communities voted to legalize alcohol sales: Jackson on May 10, 2005 ; Thomasville on August 14, 2007 ; and Grove Hill on November 3, 2009.

The Yakama Indian Reservation, the 15th largest reservation in America, covers 1, 573 mi² ( 4, 074 km² ), comprising 36 % of the county's total area.

The county seat is at Bellingham, which is also the county's largest city.

The county seat is the town of Cathlamet, which is also the county's largest and only incorporated community.

The county seat is at Olympia, the state capital and also the county's largest city.

The county seat is at Colville, which is also the county's largest city.

The county seat is at Stevenson, which is also the county's largest city, although the Carson River Valley CDP is more populous.

The county seat is Everett, the county's largest city in population.

The county seat is at Mount Vernon, which is also the county's largest city.

Most of the county's population lives on the largest four islands, which are the only county islands served by the Washington State Ferries.

The county seat is Tacoma, which is also the county's largest city, on Commencement Bay.

The county seat is at Newport, which is also the county's largest city.

The county's largest city is Raymond.

The county seat is at Davenport, which is also the county's largest city.

Its county seat is Ellensburg, which is also the county's largest city.

The county seat is at Pasco, which is also the county's largest city.

The county seat is at Republic, which is also the county's largest city.

The county seat is at Dayton, which is also the county's largest city.

The county seat is Port Angeles, which is also the county's largest city.

The county seat is at Wenatchee, which is also the county's largest city.

The Town of Urbanna remains the county's largest commercial center and its only incorporated area but the county seat of government has moved to the Village of Saluda on U. S. Route 17.

The county's largest employer is the U. S. Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division.

Fort Davis has always been the county's largest town.

League City is the largest city in Galveston County in terms of population ; between 2000 and 2005 it surpassed Galveston as the county's largest city.

A three-member board of commissioners is the county's governing body.

They approve, adopt, and amend the budget ; they also serve as the legislative body and regulate business licensing in the county's unincorporated areas.

Lake Tschida, a U. S. Bureau of Reclamation reservoir and recreation area on the Heart River, is the county's largest body of water.

The county's largest body of water is Lake Summit, a reservoir impounded by the Duke Power Company for hydroelectric generation.

Lake Leelanau is the county's largest body of inland water, formed from the Leland River dam near Leland.

In addition, the Supervisor serves on the Montgomery County Board of Supervisors, the county's legislative and executive body.

Most of the county's borders are defined by water.

Runoff from the western slopes of these mountains provides water to the county's cities and agricultural areas.

It is a unique ecological system covering more than and a mosaic of creeks, open water, perennial marshes, seasonal wetlands, riparian forests, oak woodlands and grasslands ... As the receiving water of a watershed where most of the county's human population lives, it is a landscape feature of critical importance to Sonoma County's water quality, flood control, and biodiversity.

Crum Creek was dammed in 1931 near Pennsylvania Route 252 to fill Springton Lake ( also known as Geist Reservoir ), an approximately drinking water reservoir maintained by Aqua America, the county's largest lake.

The U. S. Census Bureau, reports the county's area is, of which is water and land.

The county's largest natural water supply is the Cullasaja River.

This village is Blackford County's oldest community, and is the site of the county's largest water mill.

Typically, the county's climate reflects most Midwest areas, located in the transitional zone between the humid continental climate type and the humid subtropical climate type ( Köppen Dfa and Cfa, respectively ), with neither large mountains nor large bodies of water to moderate its temperature.

The vast majority of the water area is the county's primary attraction, Lake Coeur d ' Alene.

At every entry to Lake County, signs warn boaters not to spread hydrilla in the county's bodies of water.

The Trust is currently involved in projects to protect species such as the great crested newt, the water vole and the barn owl, and played an important part in helping to re-establish otters across the county's river catchments.

The water that sits between these two beds is responsible for the many landslips which have occurred throughout the county's history.