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name	county parish etc.	number	?ct_named	?all	named after	to do
Washington	County, Parish	31	30	false	George Washington⁽³¹⁾	Q61148
Union	County, Parish	18	8	false	United States of America⁽⁴⁾, union⁽¹⁾, Union⁽¹⁾, merger⁽¹⁾, Union⁽¹⁾	Q485020 Q489536 Q491547 Q502707 Q512832 Q501078 Q501935 Q502447 Q115344 Q61129
Lake	County	12	11	false	Lake Superior⁽¹⁾, lake⁽³⁾, Clear Lake⁽¹⁾, Flathead Lake⁽¹⁾, Lake Erie⁽³⁾, Reelfoot Lake⁽¹⁾, Lake Michigan⁽²⁾, Twin Lakes⁽¹⁾	Q495246
Morgan	County	11	10	false	Daniel Morgan⁽⁸⁾, Fort Morgan⁽¹⁾, Jedediah M. Grant⁽¹⁾	Q493083
Brown	County	9	8	false	Jacob Brown⁽⁴⁾, Henry Stevenson Brown⁽¹⁾, Joseph Renshaw Brown⁽¹⁾, Albert G. Brown⁽¹⁾, Alfred Brown⁽¹⁾	Q485239
Cherokee	County	8	7	false	Cherokee Nation⁽²⁾, Cherokee⁽⁶⁾	Q619609
Harrison	County	8	7	false	Benjamin Harrison V⁽²⁾, Albert Galliton Harrison⁽¹⁾, William Henry Harrison⁽⁴⁾	Q110904
Randolph	County	8	7	false	Randolph County⁽¹⁾, Peyton Randolph⁽¹⁾, Edmund Randolph⁽²⁾, John Randolph of Roanoke⁽³⁾	Q498307
Richland	County, Parish	7	2	false	Morgan T. Rich⁽¹⁾, Richland County⁽¹⁾	Q403310 Q505993 Q507028 Q496716 Q501596
Howard	County	7	6	false	Volney Howard⁽¹⁾, Benjamin Howard⁽¹⁾, Tilghman Howard⁽²⁾, Oliver Otis Howard⁽¹⁾, John Eager Howard⁽¹⁾	Q61034
Taylor	County	7	6	false	Zachary Taylor⁽⁴⁾, William Robert Taylor⁽¹⁾, John Taylor of Caroline⁽¹⁾	Q490287
Garfield	County	6	5	false	James A. Garfield⁽⁵⁾	Q486961
Newton	County	6	5	false	John Newton⁽⁴⁾, Isaac Newton⁽¹⁾	Q61370
Hardin	County	6	5	false	John Hardin⁽³⁾, Joseph Hardin, Sr.⁽¹⁾, John J. Hardin⁽¹⁾	Q109270
Martin	County	6	5	false	John T. Martin⁽¹⁾, John Preston Martin⁽¹⁾, Josiah Martin⁽¹⁾, Morgan Lewis Martin⁽¹⁾, John W. Martin⁽¹⁾	Q484551
Floyd	County	6	5	false	John Floyd⁽²⁾, John Floyd⁽¹⁾, Charles Floyd⁽¹⁾, John Floyd⁽¹⁾	Q110528
Kent	County	5	4	false	Kent⁽⁴⁾, James Kent⁽¹⁾	Q110978
Saline	County	5	3	false	hot spring⁽²⁾, Saline River⁽¹⁾, Saline River⁽¹⁾	Q496045 Q61327
York	County	5	4	false	York⁽⁴⁾, York County⁽¹⁾	Q384754
Mitchell	County	5	4	false	David Brydie Mitchell⁽¹⁾, Henry Mitchell⁽¹⁾, Elisha Mitchell⁽¹⁾, William D. Mitchell⁽¹⁾, John Mitchel⁽¹⁾	Q112442
White	County	5	4	false	Isaac White⁽²⁾, James White⁽¹⁾, John White⁽¹⁾, Hugh Lawson White⁽¹⁾	Q389365
Lancaster	County	4	3	false	Lancaster⁽²⁾, Lancaster County⁽¹⁾	Q495090
Smith	County	4	3	false	James Smith⁽¹⁾, Daniel Smith⁽¹⁾, J. Nelson Smith⁽¹⁾	Q484681
Russell	County	4	3	false	William Russell⁽¹⁾, William Russell⁽¹⁾, Gilbert C. Russell⁽¹⁾	Q375143
Liberty	County	4	2	false	liberty⁽¹⁾, Liberty⁽¹⁾	Q255943 Q487692
Phillips	County	4	3	false	Benjamin D. Phillips⁽¹⁾, William A. Phillips⁽¹⁾, Sylvanus Phillips⁽¹⁾	Q312451
Mineral	County	4	2	false	mineral⁽²⁾	Q312473 Q370329
Springfield metropolitan area	Springfield metropolitan area	4	1	false	Springfield⁽¹⁾	Q5306754 Q7580898 Q7580900
Franklin	County, Parish, Franklin	26	26	true	Benjamin Cromwell Franklin⁽¹⁾, Benjamin Franklin⁽²⁴⁾, Franklin D. Richards⁽¹⁾
Jefferson	County, Parish	26	26	true	Thomas Jefferson⁽²⁵⁾, Mount Jefferson⁽¹⁾
Jackson	County, Parish	24	24	true	Andrew Jackson⁽²¹⁾, J.R. Jackson⁽¹⁾, Stonewall Jackson⁽²⁾, James Jackson⁽¹⁾, Henry Jackson⁽¹⁾
Lincoln	Parish, County	24	24	true	Abraham Lincoln⁽¹⁸⁾, Benjamin Lincoln⁽⁵⁾, Lincoln⁽¹⁾
Madison	County, Parish	20	20	true	James Madison⁽²⁰⁾
Clay	County	18	18	true	Henry Clay⁽¹⁶⁾, Green Clay⁽¹⁾, Henry Clay⁽¹⁾, John M. Clayton⁽¹⁾
Montgomery	County	18	18	true	Richard Montgomery⁽¹⁵⁾, Montgomery County⁽¹⁾, Montgomeryshire⁽¹⁾, John Montgomery⁽¹⁾, Lemuel Purnell Montgomery⁽¹⁾, Montgomery⁽¹⁾
Monroe	County	17	17	true	James Monroe⁽¹⁷⁾
Marion	County	17	17	true	Francis Marion⁽¹⁷⁾
Wayne	County	16	16	true	Anthony Wayne⁽¹⁶⁾, Wayne County⁽¹⁾
Grant	County, Parish	15	15	true	John Grant⁽¹⁾, Ulysses S. Grant⁽¹²⁾, Moses Grant⁽¹⁾, Samuel Grant⁽¹⁾, Grant⁽¹⁾
Greene	County	14	14	true	Nathanael Greene⁽¹⁶⁾
Warren	County	14	14	true	Joseph Warren⁽¹⁴⁾
Carroll	County	13	13	true	Charles Carroll of Carrollton⁽¹⁴⁾, William Carroll⁽¹⁾
Adams	County	12	12	true	John Adams⁽⁷⁾, John Quincy Adams⁽³⁾, Alva Adams⁽¹⁾, John Quincy Adams⁽¹⁾
Douglas	County	12	12	true	Stephen A. Douglas⁽¹²⁾
Clark	County	12	12	true	George Rogers Clark⁽⁶⁾, William A. Clark⁽¹⁾, William Clark⁽⁴⁾, Sam K. Clark⁽¹⁾, Charles F. Clarke⁽¹⁾, Newton Clark⁽¹⁾
Polk	County	12	12	true	James K. Polk⁽¹¹⁾, William Polk⁽¹⁾
Johnson	County	12	12	true	Middleton Johnson⁽¹⁾, Richard Mentor Johnson⁽⁵⁾, Thomas Johnson⁽¹⁾, John Johnson⁽¹⁾, Herschel V. Johnson⁽¹⁾, Thomas Johnson⁽¹⁾, E. P. Johnson⁽¹⁾, Benjamin Johnson⁽¹⁾
Lee	County	12	12	true	Robert E. Lee⁽⁹⁾, Henry Lee III⁽³⁾, Albert Miller Lea⁽¹⁾, Marsh, Delevan & Lee⁽¹⁾
Marshall	County	12	12	true	John Marshall⁽⁸⁾, Marshall Vincent⁽¹⁾, Frank J. Marshall⁽¹⁾, Miss Marshall⁽¹⁾, William Rainey Marshall⁽¹⁾
Calhoun	County	11	11	true	John C. Calhoun⁽¹¹⁾
Crawford	County	11	11	true	William H. Crawford⁽⁷⁾, William Crawford⁽³⁾, Samuel J. Crawford⁽¹⁾
Fayette	County	11	11	true	Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette⁽¹⁷⁾
Lawrence	County	11	11	true	James Lawrence⁽⁹⁾, John Lawrence⁽¹⁾, USS Lawrence⁽¹⁾
Scott	County	11	11	true	Winfield Scott⁽⁶⁾, John Scott⁽¹⁾, Charles Scott⁽²⁾, Scott County⁽¹⁾, Abram M. Scott⁽¹⁾, Andrew Scott⁽¹⁾
Hamilton	County	10	10	true	James Hamilton⁽¹⁾, Alexander Hamilton⁽⁸⁾, William W. Hamilton⁽¹⁾
Henry	County	10	10	true	Patrick Henry⁽¹⁰⁾, Henry Dodge⁽³⁾
Logan	County	10	10	true	Benjamin Logan⁽²⁾, John A. Logan⁽⁶⁾, Logan⁽¹⁾, James Logan⁽¹⁾
Pike	County	10	10	true	Zebulon Pike⁽¹⁰⁾
Hancock	County	10	10	true	John Hancock⁽¹⁰⁾
Perry	County	10	10	true	Oliver Hazard Perry⁽¹⁰⁾
Benton	County	9	9	true	Thomas Hart Benton⁽⁷⁾, Samuel Benton⁽¹⁾, David Benton⁽¹⁾
Shelby	County	9	9	true	Isaac Shelby⁽⁹⁾
Cass	County	9	9	true	Lewis Cass⁽⁸⁾, George Washington Cass⁽¹⁾
Clinton	County	9	9	true	DeWitt Clinton⁽⁸⁾, George Clinton⁽²⁾
Knox	County	9	9	true	Henry Knox⁽⁹⁾
Putnam	County	9	9	true	Israel Putnam⁽⁸⁾, Benjamin Alexander Putnam⁽¹⁾
Boone	County	8	8	true	Daniel Boone⁽⁷⁾, Nathan Boone⁽¹⁾
Cumberland	County	8	8	true	National Road⁽¹⁾, Prince William, Duke of Cumberland⁽⁵⁾, Cumberland⁽¹⁾, Cumberland River⁽¹⁾, Cumberland Mountains⁽¹⁾
Jasper	County	8	8	true	William Jasper⁽⁸⁾
Orange	County	8	8	true	William III of England⁽⁸⁾, orange⁽³⁾, William V, Prince of Orange⁽²⁾, Orange County⁽¹⁾
Butler	County	8	8	true	William Butler⁽¹⁾, William Orlando Butler⁽³⁾, Andrew Butler⁽¹⁾, Richard Butler⁽³⁾
Columbia	County	8	8	true	Christopher Columbus⁽⁸⁾, Columbia River⁽²⁾, Columbia⁽¹⁾
Fulton	County	8	8	true	Robert Fulton⁽⁶⁾, Hamilton Fulton⁽¹⁾, William S. Fulton⁽¹⁾
Mercer	County	8	8	true	Hugh Mercer⁽⁶⁾, John Francis Mercer⁽¹⁾, William Henry Harrison Mercer⁽¹⁾
Webster	County, Parish	8	8	true	Daniel Webster⁽⁸⁾
Lewis	County	7	7	true	Morgan Lewis⁽¹⁾, Meriwether Lewis⁽⁶⁾, Charles Lewis⁽¹⁾
Pulaski	County	7	7	true	Casimir Pulaski⁽⁷⁾
Delaware	County	6	6	true	Delaware⁽¹⁾, Delaware River⁽²⁾, Lenape⁽³⁾
Macon	County	6	6	true	Nathaniel Macon⁽⁶⁾
Jones	County	6	6	true	John Paul Jones⁽¹⁾, James Jones⁽¹⁾, Anson Jones⁽¹⁾, Willie Jones⁽¹⁾, George W. Jones⁽²⁾
Sullivan	County	6	6	true	John Sullivan⁽⁵⁾, Daniel Sullivan⁽¹⁾
Mason	County	6	6	true	Fort Mason⁽¹⁾, Charles H. Mason⁽¹⁾, George Mason⁽³⁾, Stevens T. Mason⁽¹⁾
DeKalb	County	6	6	true	Johann de Kalb⁽⁶⁾
Livingston	County, Parish	6	6	true	Edward Livingston⁽⁴⁾, Robert R. Livingston⁽²⁾
Lafayette	County, Parish	6	6	true	Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette⁽¹⁷⁾
Custer	County	6	6	true	George Armstrong Custer⁽⁶⁾
Campbell	County	5	5	true	John Allen Campbell⁽¹⁾, John Campbell⁽¹⁾, William Campbell⁽¹⁾, Arthur Campbell⁽¹⁾, Norman B. Campbell⁽¹⁾
Dallas	County	5	5	true	George M. Dallas⁽⁴⁾, Alexander J. Dallas⁽¹⁾
Anderson	County	5	5	true	Kenneth Lewis Anderson⁽¹⁾, Joseph Anderson⁽¹⁾, Joseph C. Anderson⁽¹⁾, Richard Clough Anderson, Jr.⁽¹⁾, Robert Anderson⁽¹⁾
Clarke	County	5	5	true	James Clarke⁽¹⁾, Joshua G. Clarke⁽¹⁾, John Clark⁽¹⁾, Elijah Clarke⁽¹⁾, George Rogers Clark⁽⁶⁾
Lyon	County	5	5	true	Chittenden Lyon⁽¹⁾, Nathaniel Lyon⁽⁴⁾
Essex	County	5	5	true	Essex⁽⁵⁾
San Juan	County, San Juan	5	5	true	San Juan River⁽²⁾, John the Apostle⁽¹⁾, San Juan Islands⁽¹⁾, John the Baptist⁽¹⁾
Henderson	County	5	5	true	J. Pinckney Henderson⁽¹⁾, Richard Henderson⁽²⁾, James Henderson⁽¹⁾, Leonard Henderson⁽¹⁾
Caldwell	County, Parish	5	5	true	John Caldwell⁽²⁾, Caldwell⁽¹⁾, Joseph Caldwell⁽¹⁾, Mathew Caldwell⁽¹⁾
Sheridan	County	5	5	true	Philip Sheridan⁽⁵⁾
Decatur	County	5	5	true	Stephen Decatur⁽⁵⁾
Allen	County, Parish	5	5	true	John Allen⁽²⁾, William Allen⁽¹⁾, Ethan Allen⁽¹⁾, Henry Watkins Allen⁽¹⁾
Pierce	County	5	5	true	Franklin Pierce⁽⁴⁾, Gilbert A. Pierce⁽¹⁾
Houston	County	5	5	true	Sam Houston⁽³⁾, George S. Houston⁽¹⁾, John Houstoun⁽¹⁾
Richmond	County, Richmond	5	5	true	Richmond⁽²⁾, Charles Lennox, 3rd Duke of Richmond⁽²⁾, Charles Lennox, 1st Duke of Richmond⁽¹⁾
Carter	County	5	5	true	Thomas H. Carter⁽¹⁾, Landon Carter⁽¹⁾, Zimri A. Carter⁽¹⁾, Ben W. Carter⁽¹⁾, William Grayson Carter⁽¹⁾
Camden	County	4	4	true	Charles Pratt, 1st Earl Camden⁽⁴⁾
Dawson	County	4	4	true	Dawson Massacre⁽¹⁾, William Crosby Dawson⁽¹⁾, Andrew Dawson⁽¹⁾, John Littleton Dawson⁽¹⁾, Jacob Dawson⁽¹⁾
Dodge	County	4	4	true	William E. Dodge⁽¹⁾, Henry Dodge⁽³⁾, Augustus C. Dodge⁽¹⁾
St. Clair	County	4	4	true	Lake Saint Clair⁽¹⁾, St. Clair River⁽¹⁾, Arthur St. Clair⁽³⁾
Adair	County	4	4	true	John Adair⁽³⁾, William Penn Adair⁽¹⁾
Fremont	County	4	4	true	John C. Frémont⁽⁴⁾
Van Buren	County	4	4	true	Martin Van Buren⁽⁴⁾
Lamar	County	4	4	true	Mirabeau B. Lamar⁽¹⁾, Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar⁽³⁾
Sherman	County	4	4	true	Sidney Sherman⁽¹⁾, William Tecumseh Sherman⁽³⁾
Ottawa	County	4	4	true	Odawa⁽⁴⁾
Wheeler	County	4	4	true	Royall T. Wheeler⁽¹⁾, Henry H. Wheeler⁽¹⁾, Joseph Wheeler⁽¹⁾, Daniel H. Wheeler⁽¹⁾
Wood	County	4	4	true	George Tyler Wood⁽¹⁾, Joseph Wood⁽¹⁾, James Wood⁽¹⁾, Eleazer D. Wood⁽¹⁾
Blaine	County	4	4	true	James G. Blaine⁽⁴⁾
Linn	County	4	4	true	Lewis F. Linn⁽⁴⁾
Iron	County	4	4	true	iron ore⁽¹⁾, iron⁽³⁾
Grundy	County	4	4	true	Felix Grundy⁽⁴⁾
Somerset	County	4	4	true	Somerset⁽³⁾, Mary, Lady Somerset⁽²⁾
Sumter	County	4	4	true	Thomas Sumter⁽⁴⁾
Carbon	County	4	4	true	carbon⁽³⁾, coal⁽³⁾
Wilson	County	4	4	true	James Charles Wilson⁽¹⁾, Louis Dicken Wilson⁽¹⁾, Hiero T. Wilson⁽¹⁾, David Wilson⁽¹⁾
Middlesex	County	4	4	true	Middlesex⁽⁴⁾

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