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Elmore County, Idaho, named for the Ida Elmore mines, which may have been named for a woman named Ida Elmore. Ida County, Iowa, possibly named for Ida Smith, the first European American child born in the county. Jessamine County, Kentucky, traditionally said to be named for Jessamine Douglas, the daughter of surveyor James Douglas. [16]
In 1780, Kentucky County was divided into Fayette, Jefferson, and Lincoln counties. Kentucky was admitted as a state in 1792, when it had nine counties. [4] Each county has a legislative council called the fiscal court; [5] despite the name, it no longer has any responsibility for judicial proceedings. [6]
These are lists of U.S. county name etymologies.Many U.S. states have counties named after U.S. presidents such as Washington, Madison, Polk, Jefferson, etc. Counties are also commonly named after famous individuals, local Native American tribes once in the area (Washoe County, Nevada), cities located within the county, and land or water features (Cerro Gordo County, Iowa, meaning "Fat Hill ...
Union County, North Carolina: Named as a compromise between Whigs, who wanted to name the new county after Henry Clay, and Democrats, who wanted to name it after Andrew Jackson. [3] [4] Union County, Ohio: Named because it is a union of portions of Delaware, Franklin, Logan, and Madison counties. Union County, Oregon; Union County, Pennsylvania
Wolfe County is a county located in the U.S. state of Kentucky.As of the 2020 census, the population was 6,562. [1] Its county seat is Campton. [2] The county is named for Nathaniel Wolfe, one of the first two graduates of the University of Virginia School of Laws in 1829 and a loyal Unionist attorney for Jefferson County, Kentucky.
As of the 2020 census, the population was 135,968, [1] making it the fourth-most populous county in Kentucky. Its county seat is Burlington. [2] The county was formed in 1798 from a portion of Campbell County [3] and was named for frontiersman Daniel Boone. [4] Boone County, with Kenton and Campbell Counties, is of the Northern Kentucky metro ...
Record-s etting running back Daniel Thomas of Bell County High School has been named Kentucky’s 2023 Mr. Football by the Kentucky Football Coaches Association.. The 5-foot-9, 175-pound Thomas ...
Danville is a home rule-class city [6] and the county seat of Boyle County, Kentucky, United States. [7] The population was 17,236 at the 2020 census. [8] Danville is the principal city of the Danville Micropolitan Statistical Area, which includes all of the Boyle and Lincoln counties.