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The counties of Ireland (Irish: Contaetha na hÉireann) are historic administrative divisions of the island.They began as Norman structures, and as the powers exercised by the Cambro-Norman barons and the Old English nobility waned over time, new offices of political control came to be established at a county level.
There are two defunct counties in Tennessee: James County, Tennessee (1870–1919): Now part of Hamilton County.The county seat was Ooltewah.; Tennessee County, Tennessee (1788–1796): When Tennessee achieved statehood, the previous Tennessee County in North Carolina became Tennessee County, Tennessee, and was divided into Montgomery and Robertson Counties.
The U.S. state of South Carolina is made up of 46 counties, the maximum allowable by state law. [1] [2] They range in size from 392 square miles (1,015 square kilometers) in the case of Calhoun County to 1,358 square miles (3,517 square kilometers) in the case of Charleston County.
Clinton County, Herkimer County, and Montgomery County: The St Lawrence River, which forms the northern border of the county and New York State: 37.91 106,940: 2,821 sq mi (7,306 km 2) Saratoga County: 091: Ballston Spa: February 7, 1791: Albany County: A corruption of a Native American word meaning "the hill beside the river" 282.83 238,711: ...
The U.S. state of Massachusetts has 14 counties, though eight [1] of these fourteen county governments were abolished between 1997 and 2000. The counties in the southeastern portion of the state retain county-level local government (Barnstable, Bristol, Dukes, Norfolk, Plymouth) or, in one case, (Nantucket County) consolidated city-county government.
Solano County (/ s ə ˈ l ɑː n oʊ / ⓘ) is a county located in the U.S. state of California. As of the 2020 census, its population was 453,491. [5] The county seat is Fairfield. [6] Solano County comprises the Vallejo–Fairfield metropolitan statistical area, which is also included in the San Jose–San Francisco–Oakland, combined ...
Oklahoma County is a county located in the central part of the U.S. state of Oklahoma. As of the 2020 census, the population was 796,292, [1] making it the most populous county in Oklahoma. The county seat is Oklahoma City, [2] the state capital and largest city. Oklahoma County is at the heart of the Oklahoma City metropolitan statistical area.
Parts of Sheridan County, Johnson County, and Fremont County. Big Horn Mountains, a mountain range extending into northern Wyoming: 12,018: 3,137 sq mi (8,125 km 2) Campbell County: 005: Gillette: 1911: Parts of Weston County and Crook County. John Allen Campbell (1835–80), first governor of the Wyoming Territory (1869–75) 47,498: 4,797 sq ...