Presidential Counties
J Adams - 8 (ID IA MS NE OH PA WA WI)
JQ Adams - 2 (IL IN)
Arthur - 1 (NE)
Buchanan - 3 (IN MO VA)
Cleveland - 2 (AR OK)
Fillmore - 3 (MN NE plus Millard UT)
Garfield - 6 (CO MT NE OK UT WA)
Grant - 12 (AR KS LA MN NE NM ND OK OR SD WA WV)
Harding - 1 (NM)
Harrison - 4 (IN IA MS OH)
Hayes - 1 (NE)
Jackson - 22 (AL AR CO FL IL IN IA KS KY LA MI MS MO NC OH OK OR TN TX WV WI + Hickory MO)
Jefferson - 26 (AL AR CO FL GA ID IL IN IA KS KY LA MS MO MT NE NY OH OK OR PA TN TX WA
WV WI)
Lincoln - 18 (AR CO ID KS LA MN MS MT NE NV NM OK OR SD WA WV WI WY)
Madison - 20 (AL AR FL GA ID IL IN IA KY LA MS MO MT NE NY NC OH TN TX VA)
Mckinley - 1 (NM)
Monroe - 17 (AL AR FL GA IL IN IA KY MI MS MO NY OH PA TN WV WI)
Pierce - 4 (GA NE WA WI)
Polk - 11 (AR FL GA IA MN MO NE OR TN TX WI)
Roosevelt - 2 (MT NM)
Taylor - 4 (FL GA IA KY)
Tyler - 1 (TX)
Van Buren - 4 (AR IA MI TN)
Washington - 30 (CO DC FL GA ID IL IN IA KS KY LA ME MD MN MS MO NE NY NC OH OK OR PA RI
TN TX UT VT VA WI)
Extra Credit -
Continental Congrees Presidents Pre-George Washington:
Hancock, John (GA,IL,IN,IA,KY,ME,MS,OH,TN,WV)
Huntington, Samuel (IN)
Jay, John (IN)
Laurens, Henry (SC)
Lee, Richard Henry (GA,IL)
McKean, Thomas (PA)
Mifflin, Thomas (PA)
Randolph, Peyton (NC)
St. Clair, Arthur (AL,IL,MI,MO)
You might think so, but it ain't so:
Adams CO (Alva Adams - governor)
Adams ND (John Quincy Adams - born 1848, Agent for the CMStP&P Railroad)
Cleveland NC (Benjamin Cleveland, Revolutionary War hero)
Clinton - no county is named for Bill Clinton
Grant IN (Samuel and Moses Grant, killed in IN Indian battles)
Grant KY (Samuel Grant)
Grant WI (Grant the fur trader [really!!])
Harding SD (J.A. Harding, speaker of the SD House)
Harrison MO (Albert Galliton Harrison, MO representative)
Harrison KY ([see WV] despite book, county was organized in 1794
Harrison TX (Jonas Harrison, a lawyer who moved to TX in 1820)
Harrison WV (Benjamin Harrison, signed Declaration of Independence)
Jackson GA (James Jackson, governor)
Jackson MN (Henry Jackson, first postmaster in St. Paul)
Jackson SD (John R. Jackson, SD Speaker of the House)
Johnson - no county is named for Andrew Johnson
Johnson - no county is named for Lyndon Johnson
Lincoln GA,KY,ME,MO,NC,TN (Benjamin Lincoln, Revolutionary War hero)
Pierce ND (Gilbert Ashville Pierce, governor)
Polk NC (Wm. Polk, Revolutionary War hero)
Taylor TX (Edward Taylor, settled Belton)
Taylor WV (John Taylor, Revolutionary War hero)
Taylor WI (Wm. Robert Taylor, governor)
Tyler WV (John Tyler, governor of VA, father of Pres. Tyler)
Wilson - no county is named for Woodrow Wilson
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County Names with Indian Origins
compiled by John Mitchler from Kane's American Counties
- Alabama - 9
- cherokee
- choctaw
- colbert
- conecuh
- coosa
- etowah
- mobile
- tallapoosa
- tuscaloosa
- Alaska - 11
- aleutians west
- aleutian east
- denali
- kenai pennisula
- ketchikan
- kodiak island
- prince of waless/outer ketchikan
- sitka
- skagway/hoonah/angoon
- yakutat
- yukon/koyukuk
- Arkansas - 3
- arkansas
- mississippi
- ouachita
- Arizona - 10
- apache
- cochise
- coconino
- maricopa
- mohave
- navajo
- pima
- pinal
- yavapai
- yuma
- California - 13
- colusa
- inyo
- marin
- modoc
- mono
- napa
- shasta
- siskiyou
- solano
- sonoma
- tehama
- tuolumne
- yolo
- Colorado - 6
- arapahoe
- cheyenne
- kiowa
- montezuma
- ouray
- saguache
- Florida - 9
- alachua
- charolette
- okaloosa
- okeechobee
- osceola
- sarasota
- seminole
- suwannee
- wakulla
- Georgia - 8
- catoosa
- chattahoochee
- cherokee
- coweta
- mcintosh
- muscogee
- oconee
- seminole
- Idaho - 11
- bannock
- benewah
- camas
- idaho
- kootenai
- latah
- minidoka
- nez perce
- oneida
- shoshone
- teton
- Illinois - 8
- du page
- iroquois
- kankakee
- macoupin
- peoria
- sangamon
- wabash
- winnebago
- Indiana - 6
- delaware
- miami
- muscatine
- ohio
- tippecanoe
- wabash
- Iowa - 18
- appanoose
- black hawk
- cherokee
- chickasaw
- iowa
- keokuk
- mahaska
- monona
- osceola
- pocahontas
- pottawattomie
- poweshiek
- sac
- sioux
- tama
- wapello
- winnebago
- winneshiek
- Kansas - 17
- chautuaqua
- cherokee
- cheyenne
- comanche
- kiowa
- miami
- nemaha
- neosho
- osage
- ottawa
- pawnee
- pottawattomie
- republic
- shawnee
- wabaunsee
- wichita
- wyandotte
- Kentucky - 1
- ohio
- Louisiana - 12
- autuaga
- avoyelles
- caddo
- calcasieu
- catahoula
- natchitoches
- ouachita
- plaquemines
- saint tammany
- talladega
- tangipahoa
- tensas
- Massachusetts - 1
- nantucket
- Maryland - 2
- allegany
- wicomico
- Maine - 5
- aroostook
- kennebec
- penobscot
- piscataquis
- sagadahoc
- Michigan - 29
- allegan
- cheboygan
- chippewa
- genesee
- gogebic
- huron
- iosco
- kalamazoo
- kalkaska
- keweenaw
- lapeer
- leelanau
- lenawee
- mackinac
- manistee
- mecosta
- menominee
- missaukee
- muskegon
- newaygo
- ogemaw
- ontonagon
- osceola
- otsego
- ottawa
- saginaw
- sanilac
- shiawassee
- washtenaw
- Minnesota - 15
- chippewa
- chisago
- crow wing
- dakota
- isanti
- kanabec
- kandiyohi
- koochiching
- mahnomen
- wabasha
- wadena
- waseca
- watonwan
- winona
- yellow medicine
- Mississippi - 19
- attala
- chickasaw
- choctaw
- coahoma
- copiah
- issaquena
- itawamba
- leflore
- neshoba
- noxubee
- oktibbeha
- panola
- pontotoc
- tallahatchie
- tippah
- tishomingo
- tunica
- yalobusha
- yazoo
- Missouri - 4
- mississippi
- nodaway
- osage
- pemiscot
- Montana - 3
- flathead
- missoula
- teton
- North Carolina - 11
- alamance
- alleghany
- catawba
- cherokee
- chowan
- currituck
- pamlico
- pasquotank
- perquimans
- watauga
- yadkin
- North Dakota - 2
- pembina
- sioux
- Nebraska - 8
- cheyenne
- dakota
- keya paha
- loup
- nemaha
- otoe
- pawnee
- sioux
- New Hampshire - 2
- coos
- merrimack
- New Jersey - 1
- passaic
- New Mexico - 1
- taos
- Nevada - 1
- washoe
- New York - 19
- allegany
- cattaraugus
- cayuga
- chautauqua
- chemung
- chenango
- erie
- genesee
- niagara
- oneida
- onondaga
- ontario
- oswego
- otsego
- saratoga
- schenectady
- schoharie
- tioga
- wyoming
- Ohio - 19
- ashtabula
- auglaize
- coshocton
- cuyahoga
- delaware
- erie
- geauga
- hocking
- huron
- mahoning
- miami
- muskingum
- ottawa
- pickaway
- sandusky
- scioto
- seneca
- tuscarawas
- wyandot
- Oklahoma - 27
- atoka
- caddo
- cherokee
- choctaw
- comanche
- craig
- creek
- delaware
- kiowa
- le flore
- love
- mayes
- mccurtain
- mcintosh
- muskogee
- nowata
- okfuskee
- oklahoma
- okmulgee
- osage
- ottawa
- pawnee
- pontotoc
- pottawattomie
- pushmataha
- seminole
- sequoyah
- Oregon - 10
- clackamas
- clatsop
- coos
- klamath
- multnomah
- tillamook
- umatilla
- wallowa
- wasco
- yamhill
- Pennsylvania - 10
- allegheny
- delaware
- erie
- juniata
- lackawanna
- lehigh
- lycoming
- susquehanna
- tioga
- wyoming
- South Carolina - 3
- cherokee
- oconee
- saluda
- South Dakota - 3
- brule
- minnehaha
- yankton
- Tennessee - 3
- obion
- sequatchie
- unicoi
- Texas - 6
- cherokee
- comanche
- nacogdoches
- panola
- pecos
- wichita
- Utah - 7
- juab
- piute
- sanpete
- tooele
- uintah
- utah
- wasatch
- Virginia - 9
- accomack
- alleghany
- appomattox
- nansemond
- nottoway
- powhatan
- rappahannock
- roanoke
- shenandoah
- Washington - 17
- asotin
- chelan
- clallam
- cowlitz
- kitsap
- kittitas
- klickitat
- okanogan
- pend oreille
- skagit
- skamania
- snohomish
- spokane
- wahkiakum
- walla walla
- whatcom
- yakima
- West Virginia - 7
- kanawha
- logan
- mingo
- monongalia
- ohio
- pocahontas
- wyoming
- Wisconsin - 20
- calumet
- chippewa
- iowa
- kenosha
- kewaunee
- la crosse
- manitowoc
- marinette
- menominee
- milwaukee
- oconto
- oneida
- outagamie
- ozaukee
- sauk
- shawano
- sheboygan
- waukesha
- waushara
- winnebago
- Wyoming - 4
- niobrara
- teton
- uinta
- washakie
Possible Indian origin:
AK - matanuska-susitna
MI - oscoda
GA - chattoog
Dishonorable mention:
CO, ID, MT, NE, OK, SD - custer
WV - wetzel [Indian fighter, eventually scalped]
[five states have no Indian name counties: CT, DE, HI, RI, VT]
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