- List of U.S. counties named after other U.S. counties
This is a list of U.S. counties named after other U.S. counties.
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Albany County, Wyoming , is named forAlbany County, New York
*Champaign County, Illinois , is named forChampaign County, Ohio .
*Christian County, Illinois , is named forChristian County, Kentucky .
*Genesee County, Michigan , is named forGenesee County, New York .
*Hardin County, Illinois , is named forHardin County, Kentucky .
*Henderson County, Illinois , is named forHenderson County, Kentucky .
*Lancaster County, Nebraska , is named forLancaster County, Pennsylvania .
*Lancaster County, South Carolina , is named forLancaster County, Pennsylvania .
*Lincoln County, South Dakota , is named forLincoln County, Maine .
*Mason County, Illinois , is named forMason County, Kentucky .
*Oneida County, Idaho , is named forOneida County, New York .
*Orange County, Indiana , is named forOrange County, North Carolina .
*Otsego County, Michigan , is named forOtsego County, New York .
*Richland County, Illinois , is named forRichland County, Ohio .
*Williamson County, Illinois , is named forWilliamson County, Tennessee .
*Woodford County, Illinois , is named forWoodford County, Kentucky .
*York County, South Carolina , is named forYork County, Pennsylvania .Possibly
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Delaware County, Iowa , is named for either the state ofDelaware orDelaware County, New York .
*Louisa County, Iowa , is named for either Louisa Massey ofDubuque, Iowa , who, according to legend, killed the murderer of her brother; orLouisa County, Virginia .
*Randolph County, Indiana , is named for eitherThomas Randolph orRandolph County, North Carolina .
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