List of the most common U.S. county names

Table columns:
Number
Name of county
Count[1]
Most commonly named after

Table rows:
cells: 1
Washington County
31
George Washington
cells: 2
Jefferson County
26
Thomas Jefferson
cells: 3
Franklin County
25
Benjamin Franklin
cells: 4
Jackson County
24
Andrew Jackson
cells: 4
Lincoln County
24
Abraham Lincoln or Benjamin Lincoln
cells: 6
Madison County
20
James Madison
cells: 7
Clay County
18
Henry Clay
cells: 7
Montgomery County
18
Richard Montgomery
cells: 7
Union County
18
the union of the states or union of parts of adjoining counties
cells: 10
Marion County
17
Francis Marion
cells: 10
Monroe County
17
James Monroe
cells: 12
Wayne County
16
Anthony Wayne
cells: 13
Grant County
15
Ulysses S. Grant
cells: 14
Greene County
14
Nathanael Greene
cells: 14
Warren County
14
Joseph Warren
cells: 16
Carroll County
13
Charles Carroll of Carrollton
cells: 17
Adams County
12
John Adams or John Quincy Adams
cells: 17
Clark County
12
William Clark or George Rogers Clark
cells: 17
Douglas County
12
Stephen A. Douglas
cells: 17
Johnson County
12
Richard M. Johnson
cells: 17
Lake County
12
geographical feature
cells: 17
Lee County
12
Robert E. Lee
cells: 17
Marshall County
12
John Marshall
cells: 17
Polk County
12
James K. Polk
cells: 25
Calhoun County
11
John C. Calhoun
cells: 25
Crawford County
11
William H. Crawford or Col. William Crawford
cells: 25
Fayette County
11
Marquis de la Fayette
cells: 25
Lawrence County
11
James Lawrence
cells: 25
Morgan County
11
Daniel Morgan
cells: 25
Scott County
11
Winfield Scott or Charles Scott
cells: 31
Hamilton County
10
Alexander Hamilton
cells: 31
Hancock County
10
John Hancock
cells: 31
Henry County
10
Patrick Henry (except Iowa; named for Col. Henry Dodge)
cells: 31
Logan County
10
John A. Logan or Benjamin Logan
cells: 31
Perry County
10
Oliver Hazard Perry
cells: 31
Pike County
10
Zebulon Pike
cells: 37
Benton County
9
Thomas Hart Benton
cells: 37
Brown County
9
Jacob Brown
cells: 37
Cass County
9
Lewis Cass
cells: 37
Clinton County
9
George Clinton or DeWitt Clinton
cells: 37
Knox County
9
Henry Knox
cells: 37
Putnam County
9
Israel Putnam
cells: 37
Shelby County
9
Isaac Shelby
cells: 44
Boone County
8
Daniel Boone
cells: 44
Butler County
8
William O. Butler or Richard Butler
cells: 44
Cherokee County
8
Cherokee tribe
cells: 44
Columbia County
8
Columbia (poetic name for America)
cells: 44
Cumberland County
8
Prince William, Duke of Cumberland
cells: 44
Fulton County
8
Robert Fulton
cells: 44
Harrison County
8
William Henry Harrison
cells: 44
Jasper County
8
William Jasper
cells: 44
Mercer County
8
Hugh Mercer
cells: 44
Orange County
8
the fruit or King William of Orange
cells: 44
Randolph County
8
Edmund Randolph or John Randolph of Roanoke
cells: 44
Webster County
8
Daniel Webster
cells: 56
Howard County
7
Tilghman Howard, John Eager Howard, or Oliver Otis Howard
cells: 56
Lewis County
7
Meriwether Lewis
cells: 56
Pulaski County
7
Kazimierz Pułaski
cells: 56
Richland County
7
fertile soil
cells: 56
Taylor County
7
Zachary Taylor
cells: 61
Custer County
6
George Armstrong Custer
cells: 61
DeKalb County
6
Johann de Kalb
cells: 61
Delaware County
6
Delaware (tribe) (3)
cells: 61
Lafayette County
6
Marquis de Lafayette
cells: 61
Floyd County
6
cells: 61
Garfield County
6
James A. Garfield
cells: 61
Hardin County
6
cells: 61
Jones County
6
cells: 61
Livingston County
6
Edward Livingston (4)
cells: 61
Macon County
6
Nathaniel Macon
cells: 61
Martin County
6
cells: 61
Mason County
6
George Mason (3)
cells: 61
Newton County
6
Sgt. John Newton (4)
cells: 61
Sullivan County
6
John Sullivan
cells: 61
Allen County
5
cells: 61
Anderson County
5
cells: 61
Caldwell County
5
cells: 61
Campbell County
5
cells: 61
Carter County
5
cells: 61
Clarke County
5
cells: 61
Dallas County
5
cells: 61
Decatur County
5
Stephen Decatur
cells: 61
Essex County
5
County of Essex in England
cells: 61
Henderson County
5
cells: 61
Houston County
5
cells: 61
Kent County
5
County of Kent in England
cells: 61
Lyon County
5
cells: 61
Mitchell County
5
cells: 61
Pierce County
5
Franklin Pierce
cells: 61
Saline County
5
cells: 61
Sheridan County
5
cells: 61
White County
5
cells: 61
York County
5
cells: 61
Adair County
4
John Adair
cells: 61
Blaine County
4
James Blaine
cells: 61
Camden County
4
Charles Pratt, 1st Earl Camden
cells: 61
Carbon County
4
cells: 61
Dawson County
4
cells: 61
Dodge County
4
cells: 61
Fremont County
4
John C. Frémont
cells: 61
Grundy County
4
cells: 61
Iron County
4
Iron ore deposits
cells: 61
Lamar County
4
cells: 61
Lancaster County
4
cells: 61
Liberty County
4
cells: 61
Linn County
4
cells: 61
Middlesex County
4
Historic county of Middlesex in England
cells: 61
Mineral County
4
cells: 61
Ottawa County
4
Ottawa (Odawa) people
cells: 61
Phillips County
4
cells: 61
Richmond County
4
cells: 61
Russell County
4
cells: 61
San Juan County
4
cells: 61
Sherman County
4
cells: 61
Smith County
4
cells: 61
Somerset County
4
County of Somerset in England
cells: 61
St. Clair County
4
cells: 61
Sumter County
4
cells: 61
Van Buren County
4
cells: 61
Wheeler County
4
cells: 61
Wilson County
4
cells: 61
Wood County
4
cells: 61
Baker County
3
cells: 61
Beaver County
3
cells: 61
Bedford County
3
cells: 61
Buchanan County
3
cells: 61
Buffalo County
3
cells: 61
Burke County
3
cells: 61
Butte County
3[2]
cells: 61
Cameron County
3
cells: 61
Cedar County
3
cells: 61
Chester County
3
cells: 61
Cheyenne County
3
cells: 61
Chippewa County
3
cells: 61
Choctaw County
3
cells: 61
Christian County
3
cells: 61
Claiborne County
3
cells: 61
Cleveland County
3
cells: 61
Coffee County
3
John Coffee
cells: 61
Comanche County
3
cells: 61
Cook County
3
cells: 61
Daviess County
3
Joseph Hamilton Daveiss
cells: 61
Delta County
3
cells: 61
Dickinson County
3
cells: 61
Edwards County
3
cells: 61
Ellis County
3
cells: 61
Erie County
3
Lake Erie, Erie people
cells: 61
Fairfield County
3
cells: 61
Gallatin County
3
cells: 61
Graham County
3
cells: 61
Grayson County
3
cells: 61
Hall County
3
cells: 61
Haskell County
3
cells: 61
Holmes County
3
cells: 61
Humboldt County
3
Alexander von Humboldt
cells: 61
Kiowa County
3
Kiowa people
cells: 61
La Salle County (or LaSalle)
3
René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle
cells: 61
Lauderdale County
3
cells: 61
Lowndes County
3
cells: 61
McIntosh County
3
cells: 61
McLean County
3
cells: 61
McPherson County
3
cells: 61
Meade County
3
cells: 61
Miami County
3[3]
Miami people
cells: 61
Miller County
3
cells: 61
Moore County
3
cells: 61
Morris County
3
cells: 61
Murray County
3
cells: 61
Nelson County
3
cells: 61
Noble County
3
cells: 61
Northampton County
3
cells: 61
Ohio County
3
Ohio River
cells: 61
Oneida County
3
cells: 61
Orleans County
3
cells: 61
Osage County
3
cells: 61
Osceola County
3
cells: 61
Park County
3
cells: 61
Pawnee County
3
cells: 61
Pickens County
3
cells: 61
Platte County
3
cells: 61
Pope County
3
cells: 61
Pottawatomie County
3
cells: 61
Potter County
3
cells: 61
Robertson County
3
cells: 61
Rock County
3
cells: 61
Rockingham County
3
cells: 61
Schuyler County
3
cells: 61
Seminole County
3
cells: 61
Sevier County
3
cells: 61
Sioux County
3
cells: 61
Stark County
3
cells: 61
Stephens County
3
cells: 61
Stevens County
3
cells: 61
Stone County
3
cells: 61
Summit County
3
cells: 61
Sussex County
3
County of Sussex in England
cells: 61
Teton County
3
cells: 61
Thomas County
3
cells: 61
Todd County
3
cells: 61
Valley County
3
cells: 61
Vermilion or Vermillion County
3
cells: 61
Vernon County
3
cells: 61
Walker County
3
cells: 61
Williamson County
3
cells: 61
Winnebago County
3
cells: 61
Worth County
3
cells: 61
Wright County
3
cells: 61
Wyoming County
3
cells: 61
Albany County
2
cells: 61
Alexander County
2
cells: 61
Allegany County
2
cells: 61
Alleghany County
2
cells: 61
Armstrong County
2
cells: 61
Ashland County
2
cells: 61
Atchison County
2
cells: 61
Baldwin County
2
cells: 61
Barry County
2
cells: 61
Barton County
2
cells: 61
Bath County
2
cells: 61
Barbour County
2
cells: 61
Bay County
2
cells: 61
Beaufort County
2
cells: 61
Bell County
2
cells: 61
Berkeley County
2
cells: 61
Berrien County
2
cells: 61
Bibb County
2
cells: 61
Big Horn County
2
cells: 61
Blount County
2
cells: 61
Bourbon County
2
cells: 61
Boyd County
2
cells: 61
Bradford County
2
cells: 61
Bradley County
2
cells: 61
Bristol County
2
cells: 61
Brooks County
2
cells: 61
Brunswick County
2
cells: 61
Bryan County
2
cells: 61
Caddo County
2
cells: 61
Caroline County
2
cells: 61
Chambers County
2
cells: 61
Champaign County
2
cells: 61
Charlotte County
2
cells: 61
Chase County
2
cells: 61
Chatham County
2
cells: 61
Chautauqua County
2
cells: 61
Chesterfield County
2
cells: 61
Chickasaw County
2
cells: 61
Clayton County
2
cells: 61
Clearwater County
2
cells: 61
Cleburne County
2
cells: 61
Coos County
2
cells: 61
Covington County
2
cells: 61
Craig County
2
cells: 61
Crittenden County
2
cells: 61
Crockett County
2
cells: 61
Crook County
2
cells: 61
Curry County
2
cells: 61
Dade County
2
cells: 61
Dakota County
2
cells: 61
Davidson County
2
cells: 61
Davis County
2
cells: 61
De Soto County
2
cells: 61
Deuel County
2
cells: 61
Dewey County
2
cells: 61
Dorchester County
2
cells: 61
Dunn County
2
cells: 61
Duval County
2
cells: 61
Eddy County
2
cells: 61
Effingham County
2
cells: 61
El Paso County
2
cells: 61
Elbert County
2
cells: 61
Elk County
2
cells: 61
Elmore County
2
cells: 61
Emmet County
2
cells: 61
Escambia County
2
cells: 61
Fannin County
2
cells: 61
Fillmore County
2
cells: 61
Ford County
2
cells: 61
Forest County
2
cells: 61
Forsyth County
2
cells: 61
Frederick County
2
cells: 61
Genesee County
2
cells: 61
Gibson County
2
cells: 61
Giles County
2
cells: 61
Gilmer County
2
cells: 61
Gloucester County
2
cells: 61
Golden Valley County
2
cells: 61
Grady County
2
cells: 61
Grand County
2
cells: 61
Gray County
2
cells: 61
Greeley County
2
cells: 61
Greenwood County
2
cells: 61
Green County
2
Nathanael Greene
cells: 61
Guadalupe County
2
cells: 61
Hale County
2
cells: 61
Halifax County
2
cells: 61
Hampshire County
2
County of Hampshire in England
cells: 61
Hardeman County
2
cells: 61
Harding County
2
cells: 61
Harlan County
2
cells: 61
Harper County
2
cells: 61
Harris County
2
cells: 61
Hart County
2
cells: 61
Haywood County
2
cells: 61
Hickman County
2
cells: 61
Hidalgo County
2
cells: 61
Highland County
2
cells: 61
Hill County
2
cells: 61
Hillsborough County
2
cells: 61
Holt County
2
cells: 61
Hopkins County
2
cells: 61
Hughes County
2
cells: 61
Humphreys County
2
cells: 61
Huron County
2
cells: 61
Humphreys County
2
cells: 61
Hutchinson County
2
cells: 61
Hyde County
2
cells: 61
Iowa County
2
cells: 61
Jeff Davis County
2
Jefferson Davis
cells: 61
Juneau County
2
cells: 61
Kane County
2
cells: 61
Kendall County
2
cells: 61
King County
2
cells: 61
Kings County
2
cells: 61
Lane County
2
cells: 61
Laurens County
2
cells: 61
Leon County
2
cells: 61
Limestone County
2
cells: 61
Louisa County
2
cells: 61
Lucas County
2
cells: 61
Marquette County
2
cells: 61
McDowell County
2
cells: 61
McHenry County
2
cells: 61
Mecklenburg County
2
Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
cells: 61
Medina County
2
cells: 61
Meigs County
2
cells: 61
Menard County
2
cells: 61
Menominee County
2
cells: 61
Midland County
2
cells: 61
Mills County
2
cells: 61
Mississippi County
2
cells: 61
Morrow County
2
cells: 61
Morton County
2
cells: 61
Nassau County
2
cells: 61
Nemaha County
2
cells: 61
Nevada County
2
cells: 61
Nicholas County
2
cells: 61
Northumberland County
2
cells: 61
Oconee County
2
cells: 61
Oldham County
2
cells: 61
Otero County
2
cells: 61
Otsego County
2
cells: 61
Ouachita County
2
cells: 61
Owen County
2
cells: 61
Page County
2
cells: 61
Panola County
2
cells: 61
Pendleton County
2
cells: 61
Pennington County
2
cells: 61
Perkins County
2
cells: 61
Phelps County
2
cells: 61
Plymouth County
2
cells: 61
Pocahontas County
2
cells: 61
Pontotoc County
2
cells: 61
Portage County
2
cells: 61
Powell County
2
cells: 61
Prairie County
2
cells: 61
Quitman County
2
cells: 61
Ramsey County
2
cells: 61
Red River County
2
cells: 61
Renville County
2
cells: 61
Rice County
2
cells: 61
Roane County
2
cells: 61
Roberts County
2
cells: 61
Roosevelt County
2
cells: 61
Rowan County
2
cells: 61
Rush County
2
cells: 61
Rusk County
2
cells: 61
Rutherford County
2
cells: 61
Sabine County
2
cells: 61
San Miguel County
2
cells: 61
Santa Cruz County
2
cells: 61
Scotland County
2
cells: 61
Sedgwick County
2
cells: 61
Seneca County
2
cells: 61
Seward County
2
cells: 61
Shannon County
2
cells: 61
Sierra County
2
cells: 61
Simpson County
2
cells: 61
Spencer County
2
cells: 61
St. Charles County
2
cells: 61
St. Joseph County
2
cells: 61
St. Louis County
2
cells: 61
Stafford County
2
cells: 61
Stanton County
2
cells: 61
Steuben County
2
cells: 61
Stewart County
2
cells: 61
Suffolk County
2
County of Suffolk in England
cells: 61
Sumner County
2
cells: 61
Surry County
2
cells: 61
Talbot County
2
cells: 61
Tazewell County
2
cells: 61
Terrell County
2
cells: 61
Texas County
2
cells: 61
Thurston County
2
cells: 61
Tioga County
2
cells: 61
Tipton County
2
cells: 61
Trinity County
2
cells: 61
Turner County
2
cells: 61
Tyler County
2
cells: 61
Upshur County
2
cells: 61
Wabash County
2
cells: 61
Walton County
2
cells: 61
Walworth County
2
cells: 61
Ward County
2
cells: 61
Wells County
2
cells: 61
Westmoreland County
2
cells: 61
Whitley County
2
cells: 61
Wichita County
2
cells: 61
Wilcox County
2
cells: 61
Wilkes County
2
cells: 61
Wilkinson County
2
cells: 61
Williams County
2
cells: 61
Windham County
2
cells: 61
Winston County
2
cells: 61
Wise County
2
cells: 61
Woodford County
2
cells: 61
Worcester County
2
cells: 61
Yuma County
2

Questions about this table:
originalText: how many lake counties are there in the united states
answer: answerTexts: 12