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

Coconino County has a relatively large Native American population at nearly 30 % of the county's total population, being mostly Navajo with smaller numbers of Havasupai, Hopi, and others.

The county can be divided into four major geographic divisions: the low-lying and relatively flat valley of Pumpkin Creek, which occupies about 40 % of the county's area ; a tableland, in places smooth and in others deeply dissected, occupying the southern one-third of the county ; the Wildcat Hills, a highly dissected escarpment that crosses the northwestern portion of the county ; and a small portion of the North Platte River valley in the northeastern corner of the county.

The parish church dates from 13th century and has a relatively long entry in Pevsner's survey of the county's buildings.

The Longford Gaelic football team has been relatively unsuccessful at national level, in large part reflecting the county's small population size-although it succeeded in winning a Leinster title at Senior level in 1968 and a National League title in 1966.

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

The county's progressive history created a climate of political independence.

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 strong Presbyterian presence in the county is due largely to the county's historical links with lowland Scotland.

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.

On July 11, 1997, the Massachusetts State Legislature abolished Middlesex County as a governmental entity due primarily to the county's insolvency.

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 natural resources are most often used these days for skiing, snowboarding, hiking, mountain biking, camping, and wilderness recreation, as historic logging practices have been largely discontinued due to Federal and State environmental regulations.

In 1999, Hurricane Bret struck the county, but damage was minimal due to the county's low population.

The massive amount of unemployment was due to the closure of a major automotive parts plant that employed a significant portion of the county's residents.

Presumably, the state's failure to offer instruction in the language of the county's titular ethnic group was due to the ethnic group in question being too small and / or remote to possess qualified teachers or instruction materials in their language.

On May 15, 2007, residents voted not to reopen the county's 15 libraries, which had been closed since April 6 due to a shortage of funds.

Since about 2000, the county's population declines by about 100-300 persons annually, mainly due to a migration deficit of about 300 persons annually.

Residential and commercial development have grown steadily over the past few years in part due to the county's location near the Research Triangle region.

According to alternate theories of the term's origin, " Free State of Jones " came to be associated with Jones County for one of two reasons: 1 ) in reference to the county's reputation as a sparsely populated " backwater " of the young state, whose few residents were notorious for their disdain for organized governmental authority, or 2 ) due to a period of time in the early 1840s when, due to low population numbers and lack of legal proceedings, the county was left without duly-inducted legal and / or civil authorities.

Bootleggers, those who stockpile alcohol and resell it at a higher price in this context, are willing to take risks due to profit potential fueled by the market which is perpetuated by the county's " dry " status.

In 1970, Johnson County schools integrated peacefully due to careful planning by the county's board of education and firm management by superintendent Buren Claxton.

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.

In 1770, Amherst became the county seat of Hillsborough County, due largely to its location on the county's major east-west road.

After Ross and the county's coroner Milton Briggs ( James Handy ) perform an autopsy on the victims and confirm Ross ' suspicion that the deaths were caused by spider bites, he, along with Dr. Atherton, his assistant Chris Collins ( Brian McNamara ), Briggs, Sheriff Lloyd Parsons ( Stuart Pankin ) and exterminator Delbert McClintock ( John Goodman ) investigate and eventually discover that the killer spiders are descendants of the new species James discovered earlier and, due to being born a mixed breed, have a short life expectancy.

Housing prices in the area have steadily risen in recent years due to its prime location in one of the county's wealthiest areas, Hunt Valley

This led to some areas, such as the Aberconwy district, moving to a preserved county it had never been administered by in the past, and therefore these moves went generally unreported due to the preserved county's limited status.

The Antelope Valley was formerly served by a county hospital, High Desert Hospital, which was converted into an urgent care clinic in 2003 due to the county's budget problems.

As owner of the bridge, the county's contribution is the largest component of the funding plan, but several other governments are also due to share in the cost of the project, under a funding agreement approved in early February 2011.

The importance of agriculture as an employer has declined rapidly in the 20th century though ; currently under one percent of the county's population are involved due to high mechanisation.

In 1924, the county's three commissioners were indicted and recalled by voters " in response to ' gross irregularities ' in the award of contracts for construction of the Burnside and Ross Island bridges "; since all three had been supported by the Ku Klux Klan, their recall also helped reduce that organization's influence in the city.

He used his influence as Chairman to create the Blue Ridge Parkway, which runs along the county's eastern and southern borders.

Others would say he was directly responsible for the huge influence the coal companies had over the county's vast coal resources and ultimately the reason that the region remains, to this day, so economically depressed.

Some dispute Cecil County as a true Shore county, because of the presence of Interstate 95 and related development, the county's proximity to and influence from nearby urban areas such as Philadelphia and Wilmington, and its position straddling the Elk River — leaving half geographically west of the Shore, if the Elk River is taken as its northern edge.

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.

The " Southern " style reflects the county's heritage and states ' rights sympathies during the American Civil War, largely due to the influence of the local newspaper editor Will S. Green.

The Colorado River forms the county's southeastern boundary, with Hoover Dam forming Lake Mead along much of its length.

The area that drains into the Conewango Creek ( including Chautauqua Lake ) eventually empties into the Gulf of Mexico ; the rest of the county's watershed empties into Lake Erie and out into the North Atlantic Ocean.

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.

Utah Territory adjusted the county's boundary in 1872 and Idaho Territory took the eight aforementioned communities and others in the Bear Lake Valley to form Bear Lake County on January 5, 1875.

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.

Although the county's 2008 population is only 31, 000, it is one of the fastest-growing in Virginia, as people have moved near Lake Anna.

While agriculture is still an important factor in the county's economy, Bedford County has significant residential development to serve Lynchburg, Roanoke, and Smith Mountain Lake.

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.

Tourism is a growing industry because of the county's many attractions which include Hart Mountain National Antelope Refuge, Hunter's Hot Springs, Goose Lake, Warner Canyon, hanggliding and areas for rock hunting.

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 Adger, located about north of Columbus.

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

Being situated on the western shores of Lake Saint Clair, the county's name is taken from the lake.

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 ).

Three miles south of Gaylord, Otsego Lake, is the county's largest, and has a surface area of.

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

Soldier Township was organized following the change in the county's borders in 1860, and it contained all of the county north of the Kansas River until the formation of Silver Lake Township in 1868.

Silver Lake Township was carved out of the western portion of Soldier Township after the county's northern border was moved in 1868.

The county's lakes include Lake Blue Water in Harrison Township ; Cain's Lake, Shamrock Lakes and Lake Mohee in Licking Township ; and Lake Placid in Jackson Township.

Lake County government services extend throughout the county's.