List of less common U.S. county names

This is a list of less common U.S. county names. Specifically it lists names shared by 2 to 6 counties, parishes (in Louisiana), or boroughs (in Alaska).

See List of the most common U.S. county names for names shared by 7 or more counties.

List

Rank	Name	Number of counties, parishes, or boroughs	Most commonly named for
1	Custer County	6	George Armstrong Custer
1	Delaware County	6	Delaware (tribe) (3)
1	Lafayette County	6 (5 counties, 1 parish)	Marquis de la Fayette
1	Floyd County	6
1	Garfield County	6	James A. Garfield
1	Hardin County	6
1	Jones County	6
1	Livingston County	6 (5 counties, 1 parish)	Edward Livingston (4)
1	Macon County	6	Nathaniel Macon
1	Martin County	6
1	Mason County	6	George Mason (3)
1	Newton County	6	Sgt. John Newton (4)
1	Sullivan County	6	John Sullivan
14	Allen County	5 (4 counties, 1 parish)
14	Anderson County	5
14	Caldwell County	5 (4 counties, 1 parish)
14	Campbell County	5
14	Carter County	5
14	Clarke County	5
14	Dallas County	5
14	Decatur County	5	Stephen Decatur
14	Essex County	5
14	Henderson County	5
14	Houston County	5
14	Kent County	5
14	Lyon County	5
14	Mitchell County	5
14	Pierce County	5
14	Saline County	5
14	Sheridan County	5
14	White County	5
14	York County	5
33	Adair County	4	John Adair
33	Blaine County	4
33	Camden County	4
33	Carbon County	4
33	Dawson County	4
33	DeKalb County	4
33	Dodge County	4
33	Fremont County	4
33	Grundy County	4
33	Iron County	4
33	Lamar County	4
33	Lancaster County	4
33	Liberty County	4
33	Linn County	4
33	Middlesex County	4
33	Mineral County	4
33	Ottawa County	4
33	Phillips County	4
33	Richmond County	4
33	Russell County	4
33	San Juan County	4
33	Sherman County	4
33	Smith County	4
33	Somerset County	4
33	St. Clair County	4
33	Sumter County	4
33	Van Buren County	4
33	Wheeler County	4
33	Wilson County	4
33	Wood County	4
63	Baker County	3
63	Beaver County	3
?	Bedford County	3
?	Buchanan County	3
?	Buffalo County	3
?	Burke County	3
?	Butte County	3 (or 4 including Box Butte County)
?	Cameron County	3 (2 counties, 1 parish)
?	Cedar County	3
?	Chester County	3
?	Cheyenne County	3
?	Chippewa County	3
?	Choctaw County	3
?	Christian County	3
?	Claiborne County	3 (2 counties, 1 parish)
?	Cleveland County	3
?	CoFFEE County	3
?	Comanche County	3
?	Cook County	3
?	Daviess County	3	Joseph Hamilton Daveiss
?	Delta County	3
?	Dickinson County	3
?	Edwards County	3
?	Ellis County	3
?	Erie County	3
?	Fairfield County	3
?	Gallatin County	3
?	Graham County	3
?	Grayson County	3
?	Hall County	3
?	Haskell County	3
?	Holmes County	3
?	Humboldt County	3
?	Kiowa County	3
?	La Salle County (or LaSalle)	3 (2 counties, 1 parish)
?	Lauderdale County	3
?	Lowndes County	3
?	McIntosh County	3
?	McLean County	3
?	McPherson County	3
?	Meade County	3
?	Miami County	3 (4 including Miami-Dade County)
?	Miller County	3
?	Moore County	3
?	Morris County	3
?	Murray County	3
?	Nelson County	3
?	Noble County	3
?	Northampton County	3
?	Ohio County	3
?	Oneida County	3
?	Orleans County	3 (2 counties, 1 parish)
?	Osage County	3
?	Osceola County	3
?	Park County	3
?	Pawnee County	3
?	Pickens County	3
?	Platte County	3
?	Pope County	3
?	Pottawatomie County	3
?	Potter County	3
?	Robertson County	3
?	Rock County	3
?	Rockingham County	3
?	Schuyler County	3
?	Seminole County	3
?	Sevier County	3
?	Sioux County	3
?	Stark County	3
?	Stephens County	3
?	Stevens County	3
?	Stone County	3
?	Summit County	3
?	Sussex County	3
?	Teton County	3
?	Thomas County	3
?	Todd County	3
?	Valley County	3
?	Vermilion County	3 (includes Vermillion County, Indiana)
?	Vernon County	3 (2 counties, 1 parish)
?	Walker County	3
?	Williamson County	3
?	Winnebago County	3
?	Worth County	3
?	Wright County	3
?	Wyoming County	3
?	Albany County	2
?	Alexander County	2
?	Allegany County	2
?	Alleghany County	2
?	Armstrong County	2
?	Ashland County	2
?	Atchison County	2
?	Baldwin County	2
?	Barry County	2
?	Barton County	2
?	Bath County	2
?	Barbour County	2
?	Bay County	2
?	Beaufort County	2
?	Bell County	2
?	Berkeley County	2
?	Berrien County	2
?	Bibb County	2
?	Big Horn County	2
?	Blount County	2
?	Bourbon County	2
?	Boyd County	2
?	Bradford County	2
?	Bradley County	2
?	Bristol County	2
?	Brooks County	2
?	Brunswick County	2
?	Bryan County	2
?	Caddo County	2 (1 county, 1 parish)
?	Calloway County	2
?	Caroline County	2
?	Chambers County	2
?	Champaign County	2
?	Charlotte County	2
?	Chase County	2
?	Chatham County	2
?	Chesterfield County	2
?	Chickasaw County	2
?	Clayton County	2
?	Clearwater County	2
?	Cleburne County	2
?	Coos County	2
?	Covington County	2
?	Craig County	2
?	Crittenden County	2
?	Crockett County	2
?	Crook County	2
?	Curry County	2
?	Dade County	2
?	DAKOTA County	2
?	Davidson County	2
?	Davis County	2
?	De Kalb County	2
?	De Soto County	2
?	Deuel County	2
?	Dewey County	2
?	Dorchester County	2
?	Dunn County	2
?	Duval County	2
?	Eddy County	2
?	Effingham County	2
?	El Paso County	2
?	Elbert County	2
?	Elk County	2
?	Elmore County	2
?	Emmet County	2
?	Escambia County	2
?	Fannin County	2
?	Fillmore County	2
?	Ford County	2
?	Forest County	2
?	Forsyth County	2
?	Frederick County	2
?	Genesee County	2
?	Gibson County	2
?	Giles County	2
?	Gilmer County	2
?	Gloucester County	2
?	Golden Valley County	2
?	Grady County	2
?	Grand County	2
?	Gray County	2
?	Greeley County	2
?	Greenwood County	2
?	Green County	2	Nathanael Greene
?	Guadalupe County	2
?	Hale County	2
?	Halifax County	2
?	Hampshire County	2
?	Hardeman County	2
?	Harding County	2
?	Harlan County	2
?	Harper County	2
?	Harris County	2
?	Hart County	2
?	Haywood County	2
?	Hickman County	2
?	Hidalgo County	2
?	Highland County	2
?	Hill County	2
?	Hillsborough County	2
?	Holt County	2
?	Hopkins County	2
?	Hughes County	2
?	Humphreys County	2
?	Huron County	2
?	Humphreys County	2
?	Hutchinson County	2
?	Hyde County	2
?	Iowa County	2
?	Jeff Davis County	2	Jefferson Davis
?	Jefferson Davis County	2 (1 county, 1 parish)	Jefferson Davis
?	Juneau County	2 (1 county, 1 borough)
?	Kane County	2
?	Kendall County	2
?	King County	2
?	Kings County	2
?	Lane County	2
?	Laurens County	2
?	Leon County	2
?	Limestone County	2
?	Louisa County	2
?	Lucas County	2
?	Marquette County	2
?	McDowell County	2
?	McHenry County	2
?	Mecklenburg County	2
?	Medina County	2
?	Meigs County	2
?	Menard County	2
?	Menominee County	2
?	Midland County	2
?	Mills County	2
?	Mississippi County	2
?	Morrow County	2
?	Morton County	2
?	Nassau County	2
?	Nemaha County	2
?	Nevada County	2
?	Nicholas County	2
?	Northumberland County	2
?	Oconee County	2
?	Oldham County	2
?	Otero County	2
?	Otsego County	2
?	Ouachita County	2 (1 county, 1 parish)
?	Owen County	2
?	Page County	2
?	Panola County	2
?	Pendleton County	2
?	Pennington County	2
?	Perkins County	2
?	Phelps County	2
?	Plymouth County	2
?	Pocahontas County	2
?	Pontotoc County	2
?	Portage County	2
?	Powell County	2
?	Prairie County	2
?	Quitman County	2
?	Ramsey County	2
?	Red River County	2 (1 county, 1 parish)
?	Renville County	2
?	Rice County	2
?	Roane County	2
?	Roberts County	2
?	Roosevelt County	2
?	Rowan County	2
?	Rush County	2
?	Rusk County	2
?	Rutherford County	2
?	Sabine County	2 (1 county, 1 parish)
?	San Miguel County	2
?	Santa Cruz County	2
?	Scotland County	2
?	Sedgwick County	2
?	Seneca County	2
?	Seward County	2
?	Shannon County	2
?	Sierra County	2
?	Simpson County	2
?	Spencer County	2
?	St. Charles County	2 (1 county, 1 parish)
?	St. Joseph County	2
?	St. Louis County	2
?	Stafford County	2
?	Stanton County	2
?	Steuben County	2
?	Stewart County	2
?	Suffolk County	2
?	Sumner County	2
?	Surry County	2
?	Talbot County	2
?	Tazewell County	2
?	Terrell County	2
?	Texas County	2
?	Thurston County	2
?	Tioga County	2
?	Tipton County	2
?	Trinity County	2
?	Turner County	2
?	Tyler County	2
?	Upshur County	2
?	Wabash County	2
?	Walton County	2
?	Walworth County	2
?	Ward County	2
?	Wells County	2
?	Westmoreland County	2
?	Whitley County	2
?	Wichita County	2
?	Wilcox County	2
?	Wilkes County	2
?	Wilkinson County	2
?	Williams County	2
?	Windham County	2
?	Winston County	2
?	Wise County	2
?	Woodford County	2
?	Worcester County	2
?	Yuma County	2

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GarfieldJeff Davis CountyJefferson DavisJefferson Davis CountyJohn AdairJohn Newton (soldier)John SullivanJones CountyJoseph Hamilton DaveissJuneau CountyKane CountyKendall CountyKent CountyKing CountyKings CountyKiowa CountyLa Salle CountyLafayette CountyLamar CountyLancaster CountyLane CountyLauderdale CountyLaurens CountyLeon CountyLiberty CountyLimestone CountyLinn CountyList of the most common U.S. county namesList of U.S. counties in alphabetical orderLivingston CountyLouisa CountyLowndes CountyLucas CountyLyon CountyMacon CountyMarquette CountyMarquis de la FayetteMartin CountyMason CountyMcDowell CountyMcHenry CountyMcIntosh CountyMcLean CountyMcPherson CountyMeade CountyMecklenburg CountyMedina CountyMeigs CountyMenard CountyMenominee CountyMiami CountyMiami-Dade CountyMiddlesex CountyMidland CountyMiller CountyMills CountyMineral CountyMississippi CountyMitchell CountyMoore CountyMorris CountyMorrow CountyMorton CountyMurray CountyNassau CountyNathanael GreeneNathaniel MaconNelson CountyNemaha CountyNevada CountyNewton CountyNicholas CountyNoble CountyNorthampton CountyNorthumberland CountyOconee CountyOhio CountyOldham CountyOneida CountyOrleans CountyOsage CountyOsceola CountyOtero CountyOtsego CountyOttawa CountyOuachita CountyOwen CountyPage CountyPanola CountyPark CountyPawnee CountyPendleton CountyPennington CountyPerkins CountyPhelps CountyPhillips CountyPickens CountyPierce CountyPlatte CountyPlymouth CountyPocahontas CountyPontotoc CountyPope CountyPortage CountyPottawatomie CountyPotter CountyPowell CountyPrairie CountyQuitman CountyRamsey CountyRed River CountyRenville CountyRice CountyRichmond CountyRoane CountyRoberts CountyRobertson CountyRock CountyRockingham CountyRoosevelt CountyRowan CountyRush CountyRusk CountyRussell CountyRutherford CountySabine CountySaline CountySan Juan CountySan Miguel CountySanta Cruz CountySchuyler CountyScotland CountySedgwick CountySeminole CountySeneca CountySevier CountySeward CountyShannon CountySheridan CountySherman CountySierra CountySimpson CountySioux CountySmith CountySomerset CountySpencer CountySt. Charles CountySt. Clair CountySt. Joseph CountySt. Louis CountyStafford CountyStanton CountyStark CountyStephen DecaturStephens CountySteuben CountyStevens CountyStewart CountyStone CountySuffolk CountySullivan CountySummit CountySumner CountySumter CountySurry CountySussex CountyTalbot CountyTazewell CountyTerrell CountyTeton CountyTexas CountyThomas CountyThurston CountyTioga CountyTipton CountyTodd CountyTrinity CountyTurner CountyTyler CountyUpshur CountyValley CountyVan Buren CountyVermilion CountyVermillion County, IndianaVernon CountyWabash CountyWalker CountyWalton CountyWalworth CountyWard CountyWells CountyWestmoreland CountyWheeler CountyWhite CountyWhitley CountyWichita CountyWilcox CountyWilkes CountyWilkinson CountyWilliams CountyWilliamson CountyWilson CountyWindham CountyWinnebago CountyWinston CountyWise CountyWood CountyWoodford CountyWorcester CountyWorth CountyWright CountyWyoming CountyYork CountyYuma County

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