List of the most common U.S. county names

Location of counties with the five most popular names

This is a list of the most common U.S. county names, specifically the 60 county names shared by counties in seven or more states, which account for 726 of the 3,140 counties and county-equivalents in the United States.

List

#	Name of county	Count	Most commonly named for
1	Washington County	31	George Washington
2	Jefferson County	27	Thomas Jefferson
3	Franklin County	24	Benjamin Franklin
4	Jackson County	24	Andrew Jackson
4	Lincoln County	24	Abraham Lincoln
6	Madison County	20	James Madison
7	Clay County	18	Henry Clay
7	Montgomery County	18	Richard Montgomery
7	Union County	18	the union of the states
10	Marion County	17	Francis Marion
10	Monroe County	17	James Monroe
12	Wayne County	16	Anthony Wayne
13	Grant County	15	Ulysses S. Grant
14	Greene County	14	Nathanael Greene
14	Warren County	14	Joseph Warren
16	Carroll County	13	Charles Carroll of Carrollton
17	Adams County	12	John Adams or John Quincy Adams
17	Clark County	12	William Clark or George Rogers Clark
17	Douglas County	12	Stephen A. Douglas
17	Johnson County	12	Andrew Johnson
17	Lake County	12	geographical feature
17	Lee County	12	Robert E. Lee
17	Marshall County	12	John Marshall
17	Polk County	12	James K. Polk
25	Calhoun County	11	John C. Calhoun
25	Crawford County	11	William H. Crawford or Col. William Crawford
25	Fayette County	11	Marquis de la Fayette
25	Lawrence County	11	James Lawrence
25	Morgan County	11	Daniel Morgan
25	Scott County	11	Winfield Scott or Charles Scott
31	Hamilton County	10	Alexander Hamilton
31	Hancock County	10	John Hancock
31	Henry County	10	Patrick Henry
31	Logan County	10	John A. Logan or Benjamin Logan
31	Perry County	10	Oliver Hazard Perry
31	Pike County	10	Zebulon Pike
37	Benton County	9	Thomas Hart Benton
37	Brown County	9	Jacob Brown
37	Cass County	9	Lewis Cass
37	Clinton County	9	DeWitt Clinton
37	Knox County	9	Henry Knox
37	Putnam County	9	Israel Putnam
37	Shelby County	9	Isaac Shelby
44	Boone County	8	Daniel Boone
44	Butler County	8	William O. Butler or Richard Butler
44	Cherokee County	8	Cherokee tribe
44	Columbia County	8	Columbia (poetic name for America)
44	Cumberland County	8	Prince William, Duke of Cumberland
44	Fulton County	8	Robert Fulton
44	Harrison County	8	William Henry Harrison
44	Jasper County	8	William Jasper
44	Mercer County	8	Hugh Mercer
44	Orange County	8	the fruit or King William of Orange
44	Randolph County	8	Edmund Randolph
44	Webster County	8	Daniel Webster
56	Howard County	7	Tilghman Howard, John Eager Howard, or Oliver Howard
56	Lewis County	7	Meriwether Lewis
56	Pulaski County	7	Kazimierz Pułaski
56	Richland County	7	fertile soil
56	Taylor County	7	Zachary Taylor

See also

• List of less common U.S. county names

External links

• GEOBOPological Survey: The most popular county names, from Washington to Buffalo