List of less common U.S. county names

This is a list of less common U.S. county names. Specifically, it lists names shared by 2 to 6 counties, parishes (in Louisiana), or boroughs (in Alaska).

List

Rank	Name	Count	Most commonly named for
1	Custer County	6	George Armstrong Custer
1	DeKalb County	6	Johann de Kalb
1	Delaware County	6	Delaware (tribe) (3)
1	Lafayette County	6^[1]	Marquis de Lafayette
1	Floyd County	6
1	Garfield County	6	James A. Garfield
1	Hardin County	6
1	Jones County	6
1	Livingston County	6^[1]	Edward Livingston (4)
1	Macon County	6	Nathaniel Macon
1	Martin County	6
1	Mason County	6	George Mason (3)
1	Newton County	6	Sgt. John Newton (4)
1	Sullivan County	6	John Sullivan
15	Allen County	5^[1]
15	Anderson County	5
15	Caldwell County	5^[1]
15	Campbell County	5
15	Carter County	5
15	Clarke County	5
15	Dallas County	5
15	Decatur County	5	Stephen Decatur
15	Essex County	5	County of Essex in England
15	Henderson County	5
15	Houston County	5
15	Kent County	5	County of Kent in England
15	Lyon County	5
15	Mitchell County	5
15	Pierce County	5	Franklin Pierce
15	Saline County	5
15	Sheridan County	5
15	White County	5
15	York County	5
34	Adair County	4	John Adair
34	Blaine County	4	James Blaine
34	Camden County	4
34	Carbon County	4
34	Dawson County	4
34	Dodge County	4
34	Fremont County	4	John C. Frémont
34	Grundy County	4
34	Iron County	4	Iron ore deposits
34	Lamar County	4
34	Lancaster County	4
34	Liberty County	4
34	Linn County	4
34	Middlesex County	4
34	Mineral County	4
34	Ottawa County	4	Ottawa Indians
34	Phillips County	4
34	Richmond County	4
34	Russell County	4
34	San Juan County	4
34	Sherman County	4
34	Smith County	4
34	Somerset County	4
34	St. Clair County	4
34	Sumter County	4
34	Van Buren County	4
34	Wheeler County	4
34	Wilson County	4
34	Wood County	4
63	Baker County	3
63	Beaver County	3
65	Bedford County	3
65	Buchanan County	3
65	Buffalo County	3
65	Burke County	3
65	Butte County	3^[2]
65	Cameron County	3^[1]
65	Cedar County	3
65	Chester County	3
65	Cheyenne County	3
65	Chippewa County	3
65	Choctaw County	3
65	Christian County	3
65	Claiborne County	3^[1]
65	Cleveland County	3
65	Coffee County	3	John Coffee
65	Comanche County	3
65	Cook County	3
65	Daviess County	3	Joseph Hamilton Daveiss
65	Delta County	3
65	Dickinson County	3
65	Edwards County	3
65	Ellis County	3
65	Erie County	3	Lake Erie, Erie Indians
65	Fairfield County	3
65	Gallatin County	3
65	Graham County	3
65	Grayson County	3
65	Hall County	3
65	Haskell County	3
65	Holmes County	3
65	Humboldt County	3
65	Kiowa County	3
65	La Salle County (or LaSalle)	3^[1]
65	Lauderdale County	3
?	Lowndes County	3
?	McIntosh County	3
?	McLean County	3
?	McPherson County	3
?	Meade County	3
?	Miami County	3^[3]	Miami Indians
?	Miller County	3
?	Moore County	3
?	Morris County	3
?	Murray County	3
?	Nelson County	3
?	Noble County	3
?	Northampton County	3
?	Ohio County	3	Ohio River
?	Oneida County	3
?	Orleans County	3^[1]
?	Osage County	3
?	Osceola County	3
?	Park County	3
?	Pawnee County	3
?	Pickens County	3
?	Platte County	3
?	Pope County	3
?	Pottawatomie County	3
?	Potter County	3
?	Robertson County	3
?	Rock County	3
?	Rockingham County	3
?	Schuyler County	3
?	Seminole County	3
?	Sevier County	3
?	Sioux County	3
?	Stark County	3
?	Stephens County	3
?	Stevens County	3
?	Stone County	3
?	Summit County	3
?	Sussex County	3
?	Teton County	3
?	Thomas County	3
?	Todd County	3
?	Valley County	3
?	Vermilion or Vermillion County	3
?	Vernon County	3^[1]
?	Walker County	3
?	Williamson County	3
?	Winnebago County	3
?	Worth County	3
?	Wright County	3
?	Wyoming County	3
151	Albany County	2
?	Alexander County	2
?	Allegany County	2
?	Alleghany County	2
?	Armstrong County	2
?	Ashland County	2
?	Atchison County	2
?	Baldwin County	2
?	Barry County	2
?	Barton County	2
?	Bath County	2
?	Barbour County	2
?	Bay County	2
?	Beaufort County	2
?	Bell County	2
?	Berkeley County	2
?	Berrien County	2
?	Bibb County	2
?	Big Horn County	2
?	Blount County	2
?	Bourbon County	2
?	Boyd County	2
?	Bradford County	2
?	Bradley County	2
?	Bristol County	2
?	Brooks County	2
?	Brunswick County	2
?	Bryan County	2
?	Caddo County	2^[1]
?	Caroline County	2
?	Chambers County	2
?	Champaign County	2
?	Charlotte County	2
?	Chase County	2
?	Chatham County	2
?	Chautauqua County	2
?	Chesterfield County	2
?	Chickasaw County	2
?	Clayton County	2
?	Clearwater County	2
?	Cleburne County	2
?	Coos County	2
?	Covington County	2
?	Craig County	2
?	Crittenden County	2
?	Crockett County	2
?	Crook County	2
?	Curry County	2
?	Dade County	2
?	Dakota County	2
?	Davidson County	2
?	Davis County	2
?	De Soto County	2
?	Deuel County	2
?	Dewey County	2
?	Dorchester County	2
?	Dunn County	2
?	Duval County	2
?	Eddy County	2
?	Effingham County	2
?	El Paso County	2
?	Elbert County	2
?	Elk County	2
?	Elmore County	2
?	Emmet County	2
?	Escambia County	2
?	Fannin County	2
?	Fillmore County	2
?	Ford County	2
?	Forest County	2
?	Forsyth County	2
?	Frederick County	2
?	Genesee County	2
?	Gibson County	2
?	Giles County	2
?	Gilmer County	2
?	Gloucester County	2
?	Golden Valley County	2
?	Grady County	2
?	Grand County	2
?	Gray County	2
?	Greeley County	2
?	Greenwood County	2
?	Green County	2	Nathanael Greene
?	Guadalupe County	2
?	Hale County	2
?	Halifax County	2
?	Hampshire County	2
?	Hardeman County	2
?	Harding County	2
?	Harlan County	2
?	Harper County	2
?	Harris County	2
?	Hart County	2
?	Haywood County	2
?	Hickman County	2
?	Hidalgo County	2
?	Highland County	2
?	Hill County	2
?	Hillsborough County	2
?	Holt County	2
?	Hopkins County	2
?	Hughes County	2
?	Humphreys County	2
?	Huron County	2
?	Humphreys County	2
?	Hutchinson County	2
?	Hyde County	2
?	Iowa County	2
?	Jeff Davis County	2	Jefferson Davis
?	Jefferson Davis County	2^[1]	Jefferson Davis
?	Juneau County	2^[4]
?	Kane County	2
?	Kendall County	2
?	King County	2
?	Kings County	2
?	Lane County	2
?	Laurens County	2
?	Leon County	2
?	Limestone County	2
?	Louisa County	2
?	Lucas County	2
?	Marquette County	2
?	McDowell County	2
?	McHenry County	2
?	Mecklenburg County	2
?	Medina County	2
?	Meigs County	2
?	Menard County	2
?	Menominee County	2
?	Midland County	2
?	Mills County	2
?	Mississippi County	2
?	Morrow County	2
?	Morton County	2
?	Nassau County	2
?	Nemaha County	2
?	Nevada County	2
?	Nicholas County	2
?	Northumberland County	2
?	Oconee County	2
?	Oldham County	2
?	Otero County	2
?	Otsego County	2
?	Ouachita County	2^[1]
?	Owen County	2
?	Page County	2
?	Panola County	2
?	Pendleton County	2
?	Pennington County	2
?	Perkins County	2
?	Phelps County	2
?	Plymouth County	2
?	Pocahontas County	2
?	Pontotoc County	2
?	Portage County	2
?	Powell County	2
?	Prairie County	2
?	Quitman County	2
?	Ramsey County	2
?	Red River County	2^[1]
?	Renville County	2
?	Rice County	2
?	Roane County	2
?	Roberts County	2
?	Roosevelt County	2
?	Rowan County	2
?	Rush County	2
?	Rusk County	2
?	Rutherford County	2
?	Sabine County	2^[1]
?	San Miguel County	2
?	Santa Cruz County	2
?	Scotland County	2
?	Sedgwick County	2
?	Seneca County	2
?	Seward County	2
?	Shannon County	2
?	Sierra County	2
?	Simpson County	2
?	Spencer County	2
?	St. Charles County	2^[1]
?	St. Joseph County	2
?	St. Louis County	2
?	Stafford County	2
?	Stanton County	2
?	Steuben County	2
?	Stewart County	2
?	Suffolk County	2
?	Sumner County	2
?	Surry County	2
?	Talbot County	2
?	Tazewell County	2
?	Terrell County	2
?	Texas County	2
?	Thurston County	2
?	Tioga County	2
?	Tipton County	2
?	Trinity County	2
?	Turner County	2
?	Tyler County	2
?	Upshur County	2
?	Wabash County	2
?	Walton County	2
?	Walworth County	2
?	Ward County	2
?	Wells County	2
?	Westmoreland County	2
?	Whitley County	2
?	Wichita County	2
?	Wilcox County	2
?	Wilkes County	2
?	Wilkinson County	2
?	Williams County	2
?	Windham County	2
?	Winston County	2
?	Wise County	2
?	Woodford County	2
?	Worcester County	2
?	Yuma County	2

References

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Includes 1 parish in Louisiana
↑ 4 including Box Butte County
↑ 4 including Miami-Dade County
↑ Includes one borough in Alaska

United States county-related lists

General	Index By state Former counties Secession proposals

Demographics	Population African-American majority Hispanic or Latino majority Most populous county by state Most densely populated county least

Economy	Highest-income Lowest-income

Geography	By area

Name origins	Etymologies A–D E–I J–M N–R S–Z Most common names Less common names Named after Confederate historical figures Named after rivers Named after U.S. Presidents Named after women

See also	County statistics of the United States Smithsonian trinomial

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List of less common U.S. county names

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