The county's name is derived from the family name of the Barons of Baltimore, the proprietors of the English Colony of Maryland.

The variety of rocks of similar ages seen here have led to the county's name being lent to that of the Devonian period.

The county's name comes from Lake Erie, which in turn comes from the Erie tribe of American Indians who lived south and east of the lake before 1654.

The U. S. Census Bureau and the USGS list the county's name as De Witt, although the county uses the name DeWitt ( no space ).

Two years later on December 6, 1875, the county's name was shortened to " Clay " by the Arkansas General Assembly ; though some sources say it was renamed for the legendary statesman Henry Clay, others say John M. Clayton remained its official namesake.

The county's name is pronounced why-KAHM-ih-koh.

Named for Spanish explorer Hernando de Soto, whose name has also been honored in De Soto County, Hernando County was briefly renamed Benton County in 1844 for Missouri Senator Thomas Hart Benton, a strong supporter of territorial expansion who aided in the county's creation.

However, Benton fell out of favor with the county's residents later in the decade due to his decision to support the Missouri Compromise and the overall reversal of his stance on slavery, and the county's name reverted in 1850.

The county's name was changed to Orange County in 1845 when Florida became a state, and over the next 70 years several other counties were created.

The county's name originated from the word calumet, which was a ceremonial pipe used by Native Americans in councils on the east shore of Lake Winnebago.

The General Assembly of Virginia changed the county's name to Arlington in 1920 to avoid confusion with the adjacent City of Alexandria.

In 1940, the General Assembly officially added a " k " to the end of the county's name to arrive at its current spelling.

Karst topography is the name for the honeycomb type limestone formations ( including caves, sinkholes and fissures ) that are typical in the county's limestone geology west of Interstate 35.

However, Walker later supported the Union during the Civil War ; thus, in order to keep the county's name from being changed, it was renamed for Samuel H. Walker, a Texas Ranger and soldier in the American Army.

Thus, the county's name is derived from the name of an individual as opposed to any geographic feature, and as a result, Hill County is not a part of Texas Hill Country.

Although the origin of the county's name is not recorded, it is generally believed to have been named after Judge Benjamin C. Franklin, the first appointed justice in the Republic of Texas.

The reason the county's name is spelled differently is because the bill creating the county misspelled Collinsworth's name.

The origin of the county's name is in dispute.

The origin of the name Edgefield is unclear ; the South Carolina State Library's information on the county's history suggests that the name " is usually described as ' fanciful.

It originates to the southeast, near Highlands, the county's only other town.

Finalists from the county's east end failed to place.

Thus the possibility of re-incorporating Portugal ( up to then Southern Galicia ) into a Kingdom of Portugal and Galicia as before was eliminated and Afonso became sole ruler ( Duke of Portugal ) after demands for independence from the county's church and nobles.

Thus the possibility of incorporating Portugal into the Kingdom of Galicia was eliminated and Afonso become sole ruler ( Duke of Portugal ) after demands for independence from the county's people, church and nobles.

Partition cut the county off, economically and administratively, from Derry, which had acted for centuries as the county's main port, transport hub and financial centre.

The graduation rate from this school district is an above-average 92 %, and the county's schools are ranked among the best in the state.

The county's northern half, including Buffalo and its suburbs, is relatively flat and rises gently up from the lake.

Representative of the work are one county's accomplishments in less than five months, from November 1933 to March 1934.

The county's population flourished, from 89, 276 in 1950 to 265, 475 in 1990.

In honor of Mr. Hayes, the then new county's seat was appointed Hayesville and the newly formed county was named in honor Henry Clay, famous American statesman, member of the United States Senate from Kentucky.

15 % of Millard county's economy is from farming.

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

The county's geography ranges from high mountain terrain ( Uinta Mountains ) to the fertile Ashley Valley ( site of the county seat ), to a rugged and desolate canyonland which includes the Dinosaur National Monument, to desolate and largely uninhabited hills in the south (" The Bookcliffs " to locals ; officially Roan Plateau ).

The official county seat has been located in Titusville since 1894, although most of the county's administration is performed from Viera.

The county's population reached its peak in the 1920s, due in part from jobs created by a sawmill boom with companies as the E. E. Jackson Lumber Company and Choctaw Lumber Company.

The county's distance from the large metro areas of San Francisco and Los Angeles has helped it to retain its rural character and reminders of old California abound.

Six of the county's nine cities, from Healdsburg south through Santa Rosa to Rohnert Park and Cotati, are in the Santa Rosa Plain.

The county's topography makes a dramatic transition from the lower Sonoran Desert to the south to the heights of the Coconino Plateau to the north, and the Mogollon Rim to the east.

A typical criminal defendant will be arraigned and subsequently indicted or held over for trial before a trial court in and for a particular county where the crime occurred, kept in the county jail ( if he is not granted bail or cannot make bail ), prosecuted by the county's district attorney, and tried before a jury selected from that county.

Maximum extent of the Laurentide ice sheet, from John W. Attig. Taylor county's terrain was shaped chiefly by glaciers.

The town served as the county seat of government from the county's founding in 1844 until a county election in 1878 moved that honor to Grafton, West Virginia.

Interestingly, Oneida County's highest point does not lie on either the plateau nor in the Adirondack Park, but in the county's southern extremity.