List of the most common U.S. county names - wikipedia List of the most common U.S. county names Location of counties with the five most popular names This is a list of U.S. county names that are used in two or more states. Ranked are the 60 most common county names, which are shared by counties in seven or more states each, accounting for 726 of the 3,140 counties and county - equivalents in the United States. List Number Name of county Count Most commonly named after Washington County 31 George Washington Jefferson County 26 Thomas Jefferson Franklin County 25 Benjamin Franklin Jackson County 24 Andrew Jackson Lincoln County 24 Abraham Lincoln or Benjamin Lincoln 6 Madison County 20 James Madison 7 Clay County 18 Henry Clay 7 Montgomery County 18 Richard Montgomery 7 Union County 18 the union of the states or union of parts of adjoining counties 10 Marion County 17 Francis Marion 10 Monroe County 17 James Monroe 12 Wayne County 16 Anthony Wayne 13 Grant County 15 Ulysses S. Grant 14 Greene County 14 Nathanael Greene 14 Warren County 14 Joseph Warren 16 Carroll County 13 Charles Carroll of Carrollton 17 Adams County 12 John Adams or John Quincy Adams 17 Clark County 12 William Clark or George Rogers Clark 17 Douglas County 12 Stephen A. Douglas 17 Johnson County 12 Richard M. Johnson 17 Lake County 12 geographical feature 17 Lee County 12 Robert E. Lee 17 Marshall County 12 John Marshall 17 Polk County 12 James K. Polk 25 Calhoun County 11 John C. Calhoun 25 Crawford County 11 William H. Crawford or Col. William Crawford 25 Fayette County 11 Marquis de la Fayette 25 Lawrence County 11 James Lawrence 25 Morgan County 11 Daniel Morgan 25 Scott County 11 Winfield Scott or Charles Scott 31 Hamilton County 10 Alexander Hamilton 31 Hancock County 10 John Hancock 31 Henry County 10 Patrick Henry ( except Iowa ; named for Col. Henry Dodge ) 31 Logan County 10 John A. Logan or Benjamin Logan 31 Perry County 10 Oliver Hazard Perry 31 Pike County 10 Zebulon Pike 37 Benton County 9 Thomas Hart Benton 37 Brown County 9 Jacob Brown 37 Cass County 9 Lewis Cass 37 Clinton County 9 George Clinton or DeWitt Clinton 37 Knox County 9 Henry Knox 37 Putnam County 9 Israel Putnam 37 Shelby County 9 Isaac Shelby 44 Boone County 8 Daniel Boone 44 Butler County 8 William O. Butler or Richard Butler 44 Cherokee County 8 Cherokee tribe 44 Columbia County 8 Columbia ( poetic name for America ) 44 Cumberland County 8 Prince William, Duke of Cumberland 44 Fulton County 8 Robert Fulton 44 Harrison County 8 William Henry Harrison 44 Jasper County 8 William Jasper 44 Mercer County 8 Hugh Mercer 44 Orange County 8 the fruit or King William of Orange 44 Randolph County 8 Edmund Randolph or John Randolph of Roanoke 44 Webster County 8 Daniel Webster 56 Howard County 7 Tilghman Howard, John Eager Howard, or Oliver Otis Howard 56 Lewis County 7 Meriwether Lewis 56 Pulaski County 7 Kazimierz Pułaski 56 Richland County 7 fertile soil 56 Taylor County 7 Zachary Taylor 61 Custer County 6 George Armstrong Custer 61 DeKalb County 6 Johann de Kalb 61 Delaware County 6 Delaware ( tribe ) ( 3 ) 61 Lafayette County 6 Marquis de Lafayette 61 Floyd County 6 61 Garfield County 6 James A. Garfield 61 Hardin County 6 61 Jones County 6 61 Livingston County 6 Edward Livingston ( 4 ) 61 Macon County 6 Nathaniel Macon 61 Martin County 6 61 Mason County 6 George Mason ( 3 ) 61 Newton County 6 Sgt. John Newton ( 4 ) 61 Sullivan County 6 John Sullivan 61 Allen County 5 61 Anderson County 5 61 Caldwell County 5 61 Campbell County 5 61 Carter County 5 61 Clarke County 5 61 Dallas County 5 61 Decatur County 5 Stephen Decatur 61 Essex County 5 County of Essex in England 61 Henderson County 5 61 Houston County 5 61 Kent County 5 County of Kent in England 61 Lyon County 5 61 Mitchell County 5 61 Pierce County 5 Franklin Pierce 61 Saline County 5 61 Sheridan County 5 61 White County 5 61 York County 5 61 Adair County John Adair 61 Blaine County James Blaine 61 Camden County Charles Pratt, 1st Earl Camden 61 Carbon County 61 Dawson County 61 Dodge County 61 Fremont County John C. Frémont 61 Grundy County 61 Iron County Iron ore deposits 61 Lamar County 61 Lancaster County 61 Liberty County 61 Linn County 61 Middlesex County Historic county of Middlesex in England 61 Mineral County 61 Ottawa County Ottawa ( Odawa ) people 61 Phillips County 61 Richmond County 61 Russell County 61 San Juan County 61 Sherman County 61 Smith County 61 Somerset County County of Somerset in England 61 St. Clair County 61 Sumter County 61 Van Buren County 61 Wheeler County 61 Wilson County 61 Wood County 61 Baker County 61 Beaver County 61 Bedford County 61 Buchanan County 61 Buffalo County 61 Burke County 61 Butte County 61 Cameron County 61 Cedar County 61 Chester County 61 Cheyenne County 61 Chippewa County 61 Choctaw County 61 Christian County 61 Claiborne County 61 Cleveland County 61 Coffee County John Coffee 61 Comanche County 61 Cook County 61 Daviess County Joseph Hamilton Daveiss 61 Delta County 61 Dickinson County 61 Edwards County 61 Ellis County 61 Erie County Lake Erie, Erie people 61 Fairfield County 61 Gallatin County 61 Graham County 61 Grayson County 61 Hall County 61 Haskell County 61 Holmes County 61 Humboldt County Alexander von Humboldt 61 Kiowa County Kiowa people 61 La Salle County ( or LaSalle ) René - Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle 61 Lauderdale County 61 Lowndes County 61 McIntosh County 61 McLean County 61 McPherson County 61 Meade County 61 Miami County Miami people 61 Miller County 61 Moore County 61 Morris County 61 Murray County 61 Nelson County 61 Noble County 61 Northampton County 61 Ohio County Ohio River 61 Oneida County 61 Orleans County 61 Osage County 61 Osceola County 61 Park County 61 Pawnee County 61 Pickens County 61 Platte County 61 Pope County 61 Pottawatomie County 61 Potter County 61 Robertson County 61 Rock County 61 Rockingham County 61 Schuyler County 61 Seminole County 61 Sevier County 61 Sioux County 61 Stark County 61 Stephens County 61 Stevens County 61 Stone County 61 Summit County 61 Sussex County County of Sussex in England 61 Teton County 61 Thomas County 61 Todd County 61 Valley County 61 Vermilion or Vermillion County 61 Vernon County 61 Walker County 61 Williamson County 61 Winnebago County 61 Worth County 61 Wright County 61 Wyoming County 61 Albany County 61 Alexander County 61 Allegany County 61 Alleghany County 61 Armstrong County 61 Ashland County 61 Atchison County 61 Baldwin County 61 Barry County 61 Barton County 61 Bath County 61 Barbour County 61 Bay County 61 Beaufort County 61 Bell County 61 Berkeley County 61 Berrien County 61 Bibb County 61 Big Horn County 61 Blount County 61 Bourbon County 61 Boyd County 61 Bradford County 61 Bradley County 61 Bristol County 61 Brooks County 61 Brunswick County 61 Bryan County 61 Caddo County 61 Caroline County 61 Chambers County 61 Champaign County 61 Charlotte County 61 Chase County 61 Chatham County 61 Chautauqua County 61 Chesterfield County 61 Chickasaw County 61 Clayton County 61 Clearwater County 61 Cleburne County 61 Coos County 61 Covington County 61 Craig County 61 Crittenden County 61 Crockett County 61 Crook County 61 Curry County 61 Dade County 61 Dakota County 61 Davidson County 61 Davis County 61 De Soto County 61 Deuel County 61 Dewey County 61 Dorchester County 61 Dunn County 61 Duval County 61 Eddy County 61 Effingham County 61 El Paso County 61 Elbert County 61 Elk County 61 Elmore County 61 Emmet County 61 Escambia County 61 Fannin County 61 Fillmore County 61 Ford County 61 Forest County 61 Forsyth County 61 Frederick County 61 Genesee County 61 Gibson County 61 Giles County 61 Gilmer County 61 Gloucester County 61 Golden Valley County 61 Grady County 61 Grand County 61 Gray County 61 Greeley County 61 Greenwood County 61 Green County Nathanael Greene 61 Guadalupe County 61 Hale County 61 Halifax County 61 Hampshire County County of Hampshire in England 61 Hardeman County 61 Harding County 61 Harlan County 61 Harper County 61 Harris County 61 Hart County 61 Haywood County 61 Hickman County 61 Hidalgo County 61 Highland County 61 Hill County 61 Hillsborough County 61 Holt County 61 Hopkins County 61 Hughes County 61 Humphreys County 61 Huron County 61 Humphreys County 61 Hutchinson County 61 Hyde County 61 Iowa County 61 Jeff Davis County Jefferson Davis 61 Juneau County 61 Kane County 61 Kendall County 61 King County 61 Kings County 61 Lane County 61 Laurens County 61 Leon County 61 Limestone County 61 Louisa County 61 Lucas County 61 Marquette County 61 McDowell County 61 McHenry County 61 Mecklenburg County Charlotte of Mecklenburg - Strelitz 61 Medina County 61 Meigs County 61 Menard County 61 Menominee County 61 Midland County 61 Mills County 61 Mississippi County 61 Morrow County 61 Morton County 61 Nassau County 61 Nemaha County 61 Nevada County 61 Nicholas County 61 Northumberland County 61 Oconee County 61 Oldham County 61 Otero County 61 Otsego County 61 Ouachita County 61 Owen County 61 Page County 61 Panola County 61 Pendleton County 61 Pennington County 61 Perkins County 61 Phelps County 61 Plymouth County 61 Pocahontas County 61 Pontotoc County 61 Portage County 61 Powell County 61 Prairie County 61 Quitman County 61 Ramsey County 61 Red River County 61 Renville County 61 Rice County 61 Roane County 61 Roberts County 61 Roosevelt County 61 Rowan County 61 Rush County 61 Rusk County 61 Rutherford County 61 Sabine County 61 San Miguel County 61 Santa Cruz County 61 Scotland County 61 Sedgwick County 61 Seneca County 61 Seward County 61 Shannon County 61 Sierra County 61 Simpson County 61 Spencer County 61 St. Charles County 61 St. Joseph County 61 St. Louis County 61 Stafford County 61 Stanton County 61 Steuben County 61 Stewart County 61 Suffolk County County of Suffolk in England 61 Sumner County 61 Surry County 61 Talbot County 61 Tazewell County 61 Terrell County 61 Texas County 61 Thurston County 61 Tioga County 61 Tipton County 61 Trinity County 61 Turner County 61 Tyler County 61 Upshur County 61 Wabash County 61 Walton County 61 Walworth County 61 Ward County 61 Wells County 61 Westmoreland County 61 Whitley County 61 Wichita County 61 Wilcox County 61 Wilkes County 61 Wilkinson County 61 Williams County 61 Windham County 61 Winston County 61 Wise County 61 Woodford County 61 Worcester County 61 Yuma County Notes and references Jump up ^ Count includes parishes in Louisiana Jump up ^ 4 including Box Butte County Jump up ^ 4 including Miami - Dade County External links GEOBOPological Survey : The most popular county names, from Washington to Buffalo United States county - related lists General Index By state Former counties Secession proposals Demographics Population African - American majority Hispanic / Latino majority Native American majority Most populous county by state Most densely populated county least Economy Highest - income Lowest - income Geography Largest area Smallest area Highest mountains 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 Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_the_most_common_U.S._county_names&oldid=845092726 '' Categories : Lists of counties of the United States United States - related lists of superlatives Talk About Wikipedia Add links This page was last edited on 9 June 2018, at 09 : 30 ( UTC ). 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