For much of the county's history, the economy revolved mainly around agriculture.

Stanislaus County has historically been divided socially and economically by the north-flowing San Joaquin River, which provided a natural barrier to trade and travel for much of the county's history.

In September 2008, the Democratic Party reached the benchmark of 100, 000 registered voters for the first time in the county's history.

He was at Somerset in the most successful time in the county's history.

Gloucester County has celebrated Werowocomoco and other significant Powhatan heritage sites as part of the county's history.

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.

The museum and society collects, preserves, researches, and interprets documents and artifacts to promote the appreciation and preservation of the county's history and bring history to life in Andrew County.

Exhibits include displays on Hernando DeSoto, Civil War History, antebellum homes of the county, civil rights, and the history of each of the county's municipalities.

The county's history was initially tied to the confluence of the Mississippi and Minnesota Rivers, both strategically important for United States expansion and as the convergence of the Dakota and Ojibwe nations who regarded the site as sacred.

One of the darker aspects of the county's history involved the Bradley Transportation Company when one of their cargo ships, the Carl D. Bradley sank on Lake Michigan in a November Gale in 1958 with the lost of 33 lives, 29 of whom resided in Presque Isle County ( 26 were from Rogers City, two were from Onaway, and one was from Metz Township ).

Charles Medley Distillers Kentucky is at least the 59th distillery in the county's history.

Despite being named for Gen. John Stark and originally being known and appearing on maps as Stark County when initially created and organized, an e was added to the county's name fairly early in its history.

Much of the county's geologic history must be inferred from nearby Oklahoma and Missouri research, due to the steepness of the more recently-formed mountains that did not form in the neighboring states.

Much of the county's documented history was destroyed in the court house fires of 1855 and 1895.

St. Johns has been the county seat for almost all of the county's history.

Displays on permanent exhibit at the Museum include the history of local mining, the development and demise of the county's railroads, the history and impact of the Smith family of doctors, numerous Indian artifacts, and vintage quilts and other needlework.

It is the fourth purpose-built court house in the county's history.

Amongst other things, this museum houses displays and exhibits from the county's history during the War Between the States.

She served as the county's mayor in 2006-07, becoming only the second woman to hold the position in the body's hundred year history.

* Warwickshire's Railways the history of the county's railways from 1838 to 1968

Some of his interim observations on the county's natural history were read to the Royal Society in 1668 and 1675-6.

For a large part of the county's history, the powers held by the Bishop of Durham meant that the county virtually operated as an independent state from the rest of England.

The county's past, present, and future population booms and land development activities have created conflicts between farmers and developers / homeowners wishing to create subdivisions.

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 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.

It was split off in 1912, becoming the last county created in Oklahoma ; it was named for the county's primary crop.

The county's three major lakes were created in the early 20th century by Georgia Power for hydroelectric power generation.

The Gallatin Election Day Battle took place in 6 August 1838, when about 200 people attempted to forcibly prevent Mormons from voting in the newly created county's first election.

As a town formed in Albany County in 1788, it became the founding town of the newly created Schoharie County upon the county's formation in 1795.

I believe this image may be copyrighted since the original was created for the county's web page, even though I believe the seal may date from pre-1923 times.

After Pozsony county's territory had become part of the Kingdom of Hungary, the Hungarian comitatus was created around 1000 or even earlier.

Further, but less dramatic folding and uplift, along the county's subsurface faults, coupled with continuing erosion of Jurassic and Cretaceous sediments, created Dorset's modern landscape and drainage patterns.

By 850 AD the majority of the county's current pre-Danish placenames had been created, although only two names – Deorham ( modern West Dereham ) and Cnobheresburgh ( the site of an unidentified monastery on the east coast ) – exist in early Anglo-Saxon documents, Evidence of the importance of the emerging trade settlements of Thetford and Norwich is still being discovered.

Brereton's next assignment was back in his home county in England ; operating in a new position created by an Act of Parliament, he was to manage the county's roads.

A new entity, the Prince Edward Foundation, created a series of private schools to educate the county's white children.

Most of the county's climate is considered to fall in the humid continental climate zone.

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 county's relatively mild climate due to the influence of Lake Ontario has led to the establishment of about 50 vineyards and close to 30 wineries ; as a result Prince Edward County is one of Ontario's newest designated viticultural areas.

Closner became sheriff in 1890 and shortly afterward, under the protection of James B. Wellsqv, became the county's political boss.

It became the county's first political subdivision in 1685.

While the college towns in Hampshire County are known for their liberal political values and their embrace of alternative cultures and lifestyles, many of the county's outlying towns preserve their traditional, bucolic characters.

While the Parr Machine had always asserted undue influence over the county's affairs, it was not until Archer Parr that its leadership felt safely secure to overwhelm the remaining independent white farmers by appealing directly to county's new Mexican-American majority by offering them jobs ( and in some cases cash directly from the county coffers ) in exchange for political support.

Much of the Malaysian media is tied to the ruling UMNO party, with the county's main newspaper owned by the government and political parties in the ruling coalition.