List of former United States counties

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

  (Redirected from List of extinct U.S. counties)
Jump to: navigation, search

This article provides an incomplete list of U.S. counties that no longer exist. They were established by a state, provincial, colonial, or territorial government. Most of these counties were created and disbanded in the 19th century; county boundaries have changed little since 1900 in the vast majority of states. A county is repeated on the list if its jurisdiction changed from one state/colony/territory to another.

This list is incomplete; you can help by expanding it.

This list includes (but is not limited to) counties that were renamed but retained their territorial integrity, or counties that were transferred wholesale to another state when it was separated from another state (Massachusetts counties transferred to Maine; Virginia counties transferred to West Virginia).

Contents

[edit] Alabama

[edit] Alaska

The State of Alaska has never created any counties, although the state has organized 18 boroughs and the United States Census Bureau has divided the rest of the state, known as the Unorganized Borough, into 11 census areas.

[edit] Arizona

[edit] Arkansas

[edit] California

[edit] Colorado

Main article: Historic Colorado Counties

[edit] Connecticut

[edit] District of Columbia

  • Washington County, D.C. Abolished in 1871. Under the current (2001, revised through 2005) District of Columbia Code, the entire District of Columbia is a single body corporate for municipal purposes; the code does not mention Washington County except to make the District of Columbia the successor in title to its property.
  • Alexandria County, D.C.

[edit] Florida

[edit] Georgia

[edit] Idaho

[edit] Iowa

[edit] Illinois

[edit] Indiana

[edit] Kansas

[edit] Kentucky

See also Virginia & Virginia Colony, below

[edit] Louisiana

The Territory of Orleans was divided into 12 counties on 10 Apr 1805; these were later re-organized into parishes on 31 Mar 1807:

See also: List of parishes of Louisiana

[edit] Maine

See also Massachusetts, below.

[edit] Maryland

  • Charles County: formed in 1650 from part of Saint Mary's County. Abolished in 1654. Referred to as Old Charles County.
  • Durham County: formed in 1669 from part of Somerset County and nonorganized territory. Abolished in 1672 and incorporated in Worcester County.
  • Worcester County: formed in 1672 from part of Durham County and nonorganized territory. Lost in 1685 when Delaware Colony was established.

[edit] Massachusetts

[edit] Michigan

[edit] Minnesota

[edit] Mississippi

[edit] Missouri

[edit] Montana

[edit] Nevada

[edit] New Hampshire

[edit] New Mexico Territory

[edit] New York & Province of New York

See also: Counties of New York

[edit] North Carolina

[edit] North Dakota

[edit] Pennsylvania

[edit] Ohio

[edit] Oklahoma

[edit] Indian Territory

[edit] Chickasaw Nation

  • Tishomingo County
  • Pontotoc County
  • Pickens County
  • Ponola County

[edit] Choctaw Nation

[edit] Oklahoma Territory

[edit] Oregon

[edit] South Dakota

[edit] Tennessee

[edit] Texas

[edit] Vermont & Vermont Republic

[edit] Virginia & Virginia Colony

See also Lost counties, cities and towns of Virginia.

[edit] West Virginia

See Virginia & Virginia Colony, above

[edit] Wisconsin

[edit] See also

[edit] References

  1. ^ Exploring Florida Hernando County Maps


[edit] External links

Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_former_United_States_counties"