List of U.S. counties named after other U.S. counties

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.

*Albany County, Wyoming, is named for Albany County, New York
*Champaign County, Illinois, is named for Champaign County, Ohio.
*Christian County, Illinois, is named for Christian County, Kentucky.
*Genesee County, Michigan, is named for Genesee County, New York.
*Hardin County, Illinois, is named for Hardin County, Kentucky.
*Henderson County, Illinois, is named for Henderson County, Kentucky.
*Lancaster County, Nebraska, is named for Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.
*Lancaster County, South Carolina, is named for Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.
*Lincoln County, South Dakota, is named for Lincoln County, Maine.
*Mason County, Illinois, is named for Mason County, Kentucky.
*Oneida County, Idaho, is named for Oneida County, New York.
*Orange County, Indiana, is named for Orange County, North Carolina.
*Otsego County, Michigan, is named for Otsego County, New York.
*Richland County, Illinois, is named for Richland County, Ohio.
*Williamson County, Illinois, is named for Williamson County, Tennessee.
*Woodford County, Illinois, is named for Woodford County, Kentucky.
*York County, South Carolina, is named for York County, Pennsylvania.

Possibly

*Delaware County, Iowa, is named for either the state of Delaware or Delaware County, New York.
*Louisa County, Iowa, is named for either Louisa Massey of Dubuque, Iowa, who, according to legend, killed the murderer of her brother; or Louisa County, Virginia.
*Randolph County, Indiana, is named for either Thomas Randolph or Randolph County, North Carolina.


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