County name |
State |
Name origin
|
Cabarrus County |
North Carolina |
Stephen Cabarrus, a North Carolina state legislator
|
Cabell County |
West Virginia |
William H. Cabell, the fourteenth
governor of Virginia
|
Cache County |
Utah |
The caches of furs collected in the area by
Rocky Mountain Fur Company trappers
|
Caddo County |
Oklahoma |
The
Caddo
Native American tribe
|
Caddo Parish |
Louisiana
|
Calaveras County |
California |
Calaveras, the
Spanish word for
skulls, reportedly for the bones of fighters left behind after a
Native American war that were discovered by Captain
Gabriel Moraga
|
Calcasieu Parish |
Louisiana |
Supposedly for
Calcasieu, an
Atakapas
Native American leader, whose name is said to mean crying eagle
|
Caldwell County |
Kentucky |
John Caldwell, a U. S. senator and the second lieutenant governor of Kentucky
|
Caldwell County |
Missouri |
Either for
John Caldwell, a
Native American scout;
John Caldwell, a U.S. senator and the second lieutenant governor of
Kentucky; or
Mathew Caldwell, a signer of the
Texas Declaration of Independence and soldier during the
Texas Revolution
|
Caldwell County |
North Carolina |
Joseph Caldwell, the first president of the University of North Carolina, who advocated public school and railroad systems in North Carolina
|
Caldwell County |
Texas |
Probably for
Mathew Caldwell, a signer of the
Texas Declaration of Independence and soldier during the
Texas Revolution
|
Caldwell Parish |
Louisiana |
The locally prominent Caldwell family
|
Caledonia County |
Vermont |
The
Latin name for
Scotland
|
Calhoun County |
Alabama |
John C. Calhoun, the U.S. statesman, seventh
vice president of the United States,
Secretary of State, and U.S. senator from
South Carolina
|
Calhoun County |
Arkansas
|
Calhoun County |
Florida
|
Calhoun County |
Georgia
|
Calhoun County |
Illinois
|
Calhoun County |
Iowa
|
Calhoun County |
Michigan
|
Calhoun County |
Mississippi
|
Calhoun County |
South Carolina
|
Calhoun County |
Texas
|
Calhoun County |
West Virginia
|
Callahan County |
Texas |
James Hughes Callahan, a soldier during the
Texas Revolution
|
Callaway County |
Missouri |
James Callaway, a "Missouri ranger" killed by
Native Americans during the
War of 1812
|
Calloway County |
Kentucky |
Richard Calloway, an early pioneer in Kentucky
|
Calumet County |
Wisconsin |
Calumet, the
French word for a
Menominee peace pipe
|
Calvert County |
Maryland |
The Calvert family, whose male members bore the title of
Baron Baltimore and included the founders of the colony of Maryland
|
Camas County |
Idaho |
The local
camassia plant
|
Cambria County |
Pennsylvania |
The county's original status as Cambria Township of
Somerset County, Pennsylvania;
Cambria is an ancient name for
Wales
|
Camden County |
Georgia |
Charles Pratt, 1st Earl Camden, a member of the
British Parliament who opposed the
Stamp Act in the 1760s
|
Camden County |
Missouri
|
Camden County |
New Jersey
|
Camden County |
North Carolina
|
Cameron County |
Pennsylvania |
Simon Cameron, the twenty-sixth
Secretary of War of the United States in the first year of the
American Civil War and a U.S. senator from Pennsylvania
|
Cameron Parish |
Louisiana
|
Cameron County |
Texas |
Ewen Cameron, a soldier during the
Texas Revolution
|
Camp County |
Texas |
John Lafayette Camp, a Texas state politician
|
Campbell County |
Kentucky |
John Campbell, a soldier in the
American Revolutionary War, founder of
Louisville, and Kentucky state senator
|
Campbell County |
South Dakota |
Newton B. Campbell, territorial legislator
|
Campbell County |
Tennessee |
Arthur Campbell, a Virginia
House of Burgesses representative
|
Campbell County |
Virginia |
William Campbell, a
Continental Army general of the
Revolutionary War
|
Campbell County |
Wyoming |
John Allen Campbell (1835–1880), first governor of the
Wyoming Territory (1869–1875); or for
John Archibald Campbell, a governor of the Wyoming Territory and associate justice of the
United States Supreme Court; or
Robert Campbell, an explorer of the area
|
Canadian County |
Oklahoma |
The
Canadian River, which flows through the county
|
Candler County |
Georgia |
Allen Daniel Candler, the fifty-sixth
governor of Georgia
|
Cannon County |
Tennessee |
Newton Cannon, the tenth
governor of Tennessee
|
Canyon County |
Idaho |
Either the
Boise River or
Snake River
canyon
|
Cape Girardeau County |
Missouri |
Supposedly for
Sieur Jean Baptiste de Girardot, an early
French colonial officer in the area
|
Cape May County |
New Jersey |
Cape May, a peninsula named for
Cornelius Jacobsen Mey, the Dutch sea captain who discovered it
|
Carbon County |
Montana |
Coal deposits in the region
|
Carbon County |
Pennsylvania
|
Carbon County |
Utah
|
Carbon County |
Wyoming
|
Caribou County |
Idaho |
The
Caribou Mountains
|
Carlisle County |
Kentucky |
John Griffin Carlisle, a
Speaker of the U. S. House of Representatives and
U.S. Secretary of the Treasury from Kentucky
|
Carlton County |
Minnesota |
Reuben B. Carlton, a pioneer in the area
|
Caroline County |
Maryland |
Lady
Caroline Eden, the daughter of
Charles Calvert, 5th Baron Baltimore, sister of
Frederick Calvert, 6th Baron Baltimore, and wife of
Robert Eden, the last colonial governor of Maryland
|
Caroline County |
Virginia |
Caroline of Ansbach, the consort of King
George II of Great Britain
|
Carroll County |
Arkansas |
Charles Carroll of Carrollton, the last surviving and only
Catholic signer of the
Declaration of Independence
|
Carroll County |
Georgia
|
Carroll County |
Illinois
|
Carroll County |
Indiana
|
Carroll County |
Iowa
|
Carroll County |
Kentucky
|
Carroll County |
Maryland
|
Carroll County |
Mississippi
|
Carroll County |
Missouri
|
Carroll County |
New Hampshire
|
Carroll County |
Ohio
|
Carroll County |
Virginia
|
Carroll County |
Tennessee |
William Carroll, the sixth
governor of Tennessee
|
Carson City |
Nevada |
Christopher Houston "Kit" Carson, the famous frontier scout and soldier
|
Carson County |
Texas |
Samuel Price Carson, the first secretary of state of the
Republic of Texas
|
Carter County |
Kentucky |
William Grayson Carter, a Kentucky state senator
|
Carter County |
Missouri |
Zimri A. Carter, a pioneer in the area
|
Carter County |
Montana |
Thomas Henry Carter, a U.S. senator from Montana
|
Carter County |
Oklahoma |
Ben W. Carter, a captain in the
United States Army and a
Cherokee who married and settled among the
Chickasaws, whose son was a state senator for over forty years following statehood
|
Carter County |
Tennessee |
Landon Carter, a speaker of the senate of the
State of Franklin
|
Carteret County |
North Carolina |
John Carteret, 2nd Earl Granville (1690–1763), who inherited one-eighth share in the
Province of Carolina through his great-grandfather
George Carteret
|
Carver County |
Minnesota |
Jonathan Carver, an early explorer in the area
|
Cascade County |
Montana |
The
Great Falls of the Missouri River, which were located in the county
|
Casey County |
Kentucky |
William Casey, an early pioneer in western Kentucky
|
Cass County |
Illinois |
Lewis Cass,
Governor of Michigan and U.S. cabinet member
|
Cass County |
Indiana
|
Cass County |
Iowa
|
Cass County |
Michigan
|
Cass County |
Minnesota
|
Cass County |
Missouri
|
Cass County |
Nebraska
|
Cass County |
Texas
|
Cass County |
North Dakota |
George Washington Cass, president of the
Northern Pacific Railroad
|
Cassia County |
Idaho |
Either for Cassia Creek or
Mormon Battalion member James John Cazier
|
Castro County |
Texas |
Henri Castro, consul general to France for the
Republic of Texas and founder of a colony in Texas
|
Caswell County |
North Carolina |
Richard Caswell (1729–1789), member of the first
Continental Congress and first governor of North Carolina after the
Declaration of Independence
|
Catahoula Parish |
Louisiana |
Catahoula Lake, formerly within the parish's boundaries (now within
La Salle Parish) and named from a Tensas word meaning "big, clear lake"
|
Catawba County |
North Carolina |
The Native American
Catawba Nation
|
Catoosa County |
Georgia |
Derived from the
Cherokee "Gatusi," signifying a prominent hill or point on a mountain.
[3]
|
Catron County |
New Mexico |
Thomas B. Catron, advocate for statehood and first U.S. senator from New Mexico
|
Cattaraugus County |
New York |
A
Seneca word meaning "bad smelling banks", referring to the odor of
natural gas which leaked from local rock formations
|
Cavalier County |
North Dakota |
Charles Cavalier of
Pembina, one of the area's earliest European-American settlers
|
Cayuga County |
New York |
The
Cayuga nation of Native Americans
|
Cecil County |
Maryland |
Cecil Calvert, 2nd Baron Baltimore (1605–1675), founder of the Maryland colony
|
Cedar County |
Iowa |
The
Cedar River, which runs through the county
|
Cedar County |
Missouri |
The abundance of
juniper trees (known as
Eastern Red Cedar) in the county
|
Cedar County |
Nebraska
|
Centre County |
Pennsylvania |
Its geographical location in relation to the rest of the counties in the state
|
Cerro Gordo County |
Iowa |
The
Battle of Cerro Gordo in the
Mexican–American War
|
Chaffee County |
Colorado |
Jerome B. Chaffee, a pioneer and one of Colorado's first two U.S. senators
|
Chambers County |
Alabama |
Henry H. Chambers (1790–1826), U.S. senator
|
Chambers County |
Texas |
Thomas Jefferson Chambers, an early lawyer in Texas
|
Champaign County |
Illinois |
Named by John W. Vance of
Vermilion County, Illinois in 1833, after
Champaign County, Ohio, where Vance was originally from
|
Champaign County |
Ohio |
French for "a plain", describing the land in the area
|
Chariton County |
Missouri |
The
Chariton River, whose naming origin is disputed
|
Charles City County |
Virginia |
King
Charles I of England
|
Charles County |
Maryland |
Charles Calvert, 3rd Baron Baltimore
|
Charles Mix County |
South Dakota |
Charles Eli Mix, commissioner of
Indian Affairs
|
Charleston County |
South Carolina |
King
Charles II of England
|
Charlevoix County |
Michigan |
Pierre François Xavier de Charlevoix (1682–1761),
Jesuit traveller and historian of
New France
|
Charlotte County |
Florida |
Directly named for Charlotte Harbor, a bay of the
Gulf of Mexico that borders on the county, which in turn was named for
Charlotte,
queen consort of
King George III. The bay was originally named "Carlos" by the area's earlier Spanish explorers, from the native
Calusa people and their leaders, known as
Carlos to the Spanish.)
|
Charlotte County |
Virginia |
Charlotte,
queen consort of
King George III
|
City of Charlottesville |
Virginia
|
Charlton County |
Georgia |
Robert Milledge Charlton, a U.S. senator from Georgia
|
Chase County |
Kansas |
Salmon P. Chase, senator and governor from
Ohio and
Chief Justice of the United States
|
Chase County |
Nebraska |
Champion S. Chase, a mayor of
Omaha who served as Nebraska's first attorney general
|
Chatham County |
Georgia |
William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham, one of England's most celebrated prime ministers
|
Chatham County |
North Carolina
|
Chattahoochee County |
Georgia |
The
Chattahoochee River, which forms the county's western boundary, whose name probably comes from a
Creek Indian word for "painted rock"
|
Chattooga County |
Georgia |
The
Chattooga River, one of two Georgia rivers bearing that name
|
Chautauqua County |
Kansas |
Chautauqua County, New York
|
Chautauqua County |
New York |
A
Seneca word meaning "where the fish was taken out"
|
Chaves County |
New Mexico |
José Francisco Chaves, a 19th-century New Mexico political and military figure
|
Cheatham County |
Tennessee |
Edward Cheatham, state legislator
|
Cheboygan County |
Michigan |
The
Cheboygan River
|
Chelan County |
Washington |
A Native American word meaning "deep water", likely referring to
Lake Chelan
|
Chemung County |
New York |
A
Lenape word meaning "big horn", which was the name of a local Native American village
|
Chenango County |
New York |
An
Onondaga word meaning "large bull-thistle"
|
Cherokee County |
Alabama |
The
Cherokee Nation
|
Cherokee County |
Iowa
|
Cherokee County |
Kansas
|
Cherokee County |
North Carolina
|
Cherokee County |
Oklahoma
|
Cherokee County |
South Carolina
|
Cherokee County |
Texas
|
Cherry County |
Nebraska |
Samuel A. Cherry
|
City of Chesapeake |
Virginia |
The
Chesapeake tribe of Native Americans
|
Cheshire County |
New Hampshire |
The English county of
Cheshire
|
Chester County |
Pennsylvania |
The English city of
Chester in the county of
Cheshire
|
Chester County |
South Carolina |
Chester, Pennsylvania
|
Chester County |
Tennessee |
Tennessee state legislator
Robert I. Chester
|
Chesterfield County |
South Carolina |
Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield
|
Chesterfield County |
Virginia
|
Cheyenne County |
Colorado |
The
Cheyenne Native American people
|
Cheyenne County |
Kansas
|
Cheyenne County |
Nebraska
|
Chickasaw County |
Iowa |
The
Chickasaw Native American people
|
Chickasaw County |
Mississippi
|
Chicot County |
Arkansas |
Point Chicot on the
Mississippi River
|
Childress County |
Texas |
George Childress (1804–1841), one of the authors of the
Texas Declaration of Independence
|
Chilton County |
Alabama |
William Parish Chilton (1810–1871),
Alabama Supreme Court Justice and
Confederate congressman
|
Chippewa County |
Michigan |
The
Ojibwe Native American people, also known as the Chippewa
|
Chippewa County |
Wisconsin
|
Chippewa County |
Minnesota |
The
Chippewa River
|
Chisago County |
Minnesota |
Chisago Lake
|
Chittenden County |
Vermont |
Thomas Chittenden, Vermont's first governor
|
Choctaw County |
Alabama |
The
Choctaw Nation of Native Americans
|
Choctaw County |
Mississippi
|
Choctaw County |
Oklahoma
|
Chouteau County |
Montana |
Jean Pierre Chouteau and his son
Pierre Chouteau, Jr., members of the
Chouteau fur-trading family
|
Chowan County |
North Carolina |
The Chowan Native American tribe
[4]
|
Christian County |
Illinois |
Christian County, Kentucky
|
Christian County |
Kentucky |
William Christian, a Kentucky soldier of the
Revolutionary War
|
Christian County |
Missouri
|
Churchill County |
Nevada |
Fort Churchill, named in turn for
Sylvester Churchill (1783–1862), a general in the
Mexican–American War
|
Cibola County |
New Mexico |
The
Seven Cities of Cibola
|
Cimarron County |
Oklahoma |
The
Cimarron River, from the early Spanish name, RÃo de los Carneros Cimarrón, which is usually translated as "River of the Wild Sheep"
|
Citrus County |
Florida |
The county's
citrus trees
|
Clackamas County |
Oregon |
The
Clackamas tribe of Native Americans living in the area
|
Claiborne County |
Mississippi |
William C. C. Claiborne (1775–1817),
Governor of Louisiana and
Governor of Mississippi Territory
|
Claiborne County |
Tennessee
|
Claiborne Parish |
Louisiana
|
Clallam County |
Washington |
From
Klallam, meaning "the strong people"
|
Clare County |
Michigan |
County Clare, Ireland
|
Clarendon County |
South Carolina |
Edward Hyde, 1st Earl of Clarendon
|
Clarion County |
Pennsylvania |
The
Clarion River, which was named by surveyor Daniel Stanard in 1817, who said "The ripple of the river sounds like a distant
clarion."
[5]
|
Clark County |
Arkansas |
William Clark, co-leader of the
Lewis and Clark Expedition
|
Clark County |
Missouri
|
Clark County |
Washington
|
Clark County |
Idaho |
Sam K. Clark, an Idaho state senator and early settler in the area
|
Clark County |
Illinois |
George Rogers Clark, the hero of the western front of the
Revolutionary War, and older brother of William Clark
|
Clark County |
Indiana
|
Clark County |
Kentucky
|
Clark County |
Ohio
|
Clark County |
Kansas |
Charles F. Clark
|
Clark County |
Nevada |
William A. Clark (1839–1925), a Montana copper magnate and United States senator who was largely responsible for the building of the
Los Angeles and Salt Lake Railroad through the area
|
Clark County |
South Dakota |
Newton Clark, territorial legislator
|
Clark County |
Wisconsin |
Either
George Rogers Clark (1752–1812), Revolutionary War general, or A.W. Clark, founder of Clark's Mill
|
Clarke County |
Alabama |
John Clarke (1766–1832), general from
Georgia
|
Clarke County |
Georgia |
Revolutionary War hero
Elijah Clarke
|
Clarke County |
Iowa |
James Clarke, third governor of the
Iowa Territory
|
Clarke County |
Mississippi |
Joshua G. Clark
|
Clarke County |
Virginia |
George Rogers Clark, the hero of the western front of the
American Revolutionary War, and older brother of William Clark
|
Clatsop County |
Oregon |
The
Clatsop people, who lived along the coast of the
Pacific Ocean prior to European settlement
|
Clay County |
Alabama |
Henry Clay (1777–1852), U.S. legislator from Kentucky
|
Clay County |
Florida
|
Clay County |
Georgia
|
Clay County |
Illinois
|
Clay County |
Indiana
|
Clay County |
Kansas
|
Clay County |
Minnesota
|
Clay County |
Mississippi
|
Clay County |
Missouri
|
Clay County |
Nebraska
|
Clay County |
North Carolina
|
Clay County |
South Dakota
|
Clay County |
Tennessee
|
Clay County |
Texas
|
Clay County |
West Virginia
|
Clay County |
Arkansas |
John M. Clayton, a state senator
|
Clay County |
Iowa |
Henry Clay, Jr. (1807–1847), officer in the
Mexican–American War
|
Clay County |
Kentucky |
Green Clay (1757–1826), a Kentucky politician and cousin of
Henry Clay who fought in the Revolutionary War and
War of 1812
|
Clayton County |
Georgia |
Judge
Augustin Smith Clayton, who held the county's first sessions of the superior court and later served in both the Georgia House of Representatives and Senate
|
Clayton County |
Iowa |
John M. Clayton (1796–1856), United States senator from Delaware
|
Clear Creek County |
Colorado |
Clear Creek, which runs through the county
|
Clearfield County |
Pennsylvania |
The cleared fields from logging in the area
|
Clearwater County |
Idaho |
The
Clearwater River
|
Clearwater County |
Minnesota |
The Clearwater River and Clearwater Lake, both within the county
|
Cleburne County |
Alabama |
Patrick Cleburne (1828–1864), major general in the
Confederate States Army
|
Cleburne County |
Arkansas
|
Clermont County |
Ohio |
Unknown. Clermont is
French for "clear mountain"
|
Cleveland County |
Arkansas |
Grover Cleveland (1837–1908), 22nd and 24th President of the United States
|
Cleveland County |
Oklahoma
|
Cleveland County |
North Carolina |
Benjamin Cleveland (1738–1806), a colonel in the
Revolutionary War who took part in the
Battle of Kings Mountain
|
Clinch County |
Georgia |
General
Duncan Lamont Clinch, who served in the
War of 1812, defeated the
Seminole leader
Osceola in
Florida, and later served in the U.S. Congress
|
Clinton County |
Illinois |
DeWitt Clinton (1769–1828),
Governor of New York, responsible for the construction of the
Erie Canal
|
Clinton County |
Indiana
|
Clinton County |
Iowa
|
Clinton County |
Kentucky
|
Clinton County |
Michigan
|
Clinton County |
Pennsylvania
|
Clinton County |
Missouri |
George Clinton, fourth Vice President of the United States and first and third
Governor of New York
|
Clinton County |
New York
|
Clinton County |
Ohio
|
Cloud County |
Kansas |
William F. Cloud,
Union Army officer
|
Coahoma County |
Mississippi |
A
Choctaw word meaning "red panther"
|
Coal County |
Oklahoma |
Coal, the primary economic product of the region at the time
|
Cobb County |
Georgia |
Thomas Willis Cobb, a US representative and senator
|
Cochise County |
Arizona |
Cochise, the
Apache leader
|
Cochran County |
Texas |
Robert E. Cochran (1810–1836), a defender of the
Alamo
|
Cocke County |
Tennessee |
William Cocke (1747–1828), one of Tennessee's first
U.S. senators
|
Coconino County |
Arizona |
The Coconino Native American people, a
Hopi designation for the
Havasupai and
Yavapai people
|
Codington County |
South Dakota |
The Reverend
G. S. Codington
|
Coffee County |
Alabama |
John Coffee (1772–1833), frontiersman, planter, and veteran of the
Creek War and
War of 1812
|
Coffee County |
Georgia
|
Coffee County |
Tennessee
|
Coffey County |
Kansas |
A. M. Coffey
|
Coke County |
Texas |
Richard Coke, the fifteenth governor of Texas (1874–1876)
|
Colbert County |
Alabama |
George Colbert (?–1839) and
Levi Colbert (?–1834),
Chickasaw chiefs
|
Cole County |
Missouri |
Stephen Cole, pioneer
|
Coleman County |
Texas |
Robert M. Coleman, a signer of the
Texas Declaration of Independence and soldier at the
Battle of San Jacinto
|
Coles County |
Illinois |
Edward Coles (1786–1868), second
Governor of Illinois
|
Colfax County |
Nebraska |
Schuyler Colfax, 17th Vice President of the United States
|
Colfax County |
New Mexico
|
Colleton County |
South Carolina |
Sir John Colleton, 1st Baronet
|
Collier County |
Florida |
Barron Collier (1873–1939), an advertising entrepreneur who developed much of the land in southern Florida
|
Collin County |
Texas |
Collin McKinney (1766–1861), an author of the
Texas Declaration of Independence
|
Collingsworth County |
Texas |
James Collinsworth, a signer of the
Texas Declaration of Independence and first chief justice of the
Republic of Texas
|
City of Colonial Heights |
Virginia |
From the Coloniels, French troops under the command of
Gilbert du Motier, marquis de Lafayette, who occupied the site in 1781 during the
Revolutionary War
|
Colorado County |
Texas |
The
Colorado River of Texas (Colorado is Spanish for "red")
|
Colquitt County |
Georgia |
U.S. Senator
Walter T. Colquitt
|
Columbia County |
Arkansas |
Columbia, a female personification of the United States, derived from
Christopher Columbus
|
Columbia County |
Florida
|
Columbia County |
Georgia
|
Columbia County |
New York
|
Columbia County |
Pennsylvania
|
Columbia County |
Wisconsin
|
Columbia County |
Oregon |
The
Columbia River, itself named after the ship
Columbia Rediviva of Captain
Robert Gray, first American explorer to enter the river
|
Columbia County |
Washington
|
Columbiana County |
Ohio |
Christopher Columbus
|
Columbus County |
North Carolina
|
Colusa County |
California |
Two Mexican land grants; Coluses (1844) and Colus (1845)
|
Comal County |
Texas |
The
Comal River (Comal is Spanish for "basin")
|
Comanche County |
Kansas |
The
Comanche Native Americans, from the Spanish Camino Ancho, meaning "broad trail"
|
Comanche County |
Oklahoma
|
Comanche County |
Texas
|
Concho County |
Texas |
The
Concho River (concho is Spanish for "shell")
|
Concordia Parish |
Louisiana |
From an early land grant called New Concordia; or from the "concord" reached by local authorities over a mutual surrender of slaves; or for a mansion called Concord which was owned by Governor
de Lemos
|
Conecuh County |
Alabama |
The
Conecuh River, which flows through the county. Derived from
Muscogee koha anaka ("near the
canebrake") or kono ekv ("
skunk head")
|
Conejos County |
Colorado |
The
Spanish word for "rabbits"; the swift-moving
Conejos River also runs through the county
|
Contra Costa County |
California |
The Spanish phrase for "opposite coast", referring to its position across
San Francisco Bay from the city of
San Francisco
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Converse County |
Wyoming |
A. R. Converse, a banker and rancher from
Cheyenne
|
Conway County |
Arkansas |
Henry Wharton Conway (1793–1827), territorial delegate to the United States House of Representatives
|
Cook County |
Georgia |
General Philip Cook, who fought in the
Seminole Wars and the
Civil War and was Georgia's Secretary of State for over 20 years
|
Cook County |
Illinois |
The early Illinois statesman
Daniel Pope Cook
|
Cook County |
Minnesota |
Major
Michael Cook of
Faribault:
Civil War veteran and territorial and state senator, 1857–62
|
Cooke County |
Texas |
William Gordon Cooke, a soldier during the
Texas Revolution
|
Cooper County |
Missouri |
Sarshel Benjamin Cooper, pioneer settler
|
Coös County |
New Hampshire |
Native American word meaning "crooked", in reference to a bend in the
Connecticut River
|
Coos County |
Oregon |
The
Coos tribe of Native Americans who lived in the region
|
Coosa County |
Alabama |
The
Coosa River, which flows through the county, after a Native American village
|
Copiah County |
Mississippi |
Choctaw coi apahyah, "calling
panther"
|
Corson County |
South Dakota |
Dighton Corson, a Justice of the
South Dakota Supreme Court
|
Cortland County |
New York |
Pierre Van Cortlandt, first
Lieutenant Governor of New York
|
Coryell County |
Texas |
James Coryell, a frontiersman who was killed by Native Americans
|
Coshocton County |
Ohio |
A
Lenape village, the name of which means "union of waters"
|
Costilla County |
Colorado |
The settlement of Costilla, New Mexico (at the time the county was named (1861), the settlement was in Colorado- an 1868 boundary revision placed it in New Mexico). Costilla is a Spanish word meaning either "little rib" or "furring timber".
|
Cottle County |
Texas |
George Washington Cottle, who died defending the
Alamo
|
Cotton County |
Oklahoma |
Cotton, the principal economic base of the county
|
Cottonwood County |
Minnesota |
The
Cottonwood River, named for the
cottonwood trees along its shores
|
City of Covington |
Virginia |
Leonard Covington (1768–1813), brigadier general in the
War of 1812 and U.S. congressman
|
Covington County |
Alabama
|
Covington County |
Mississippi
|
Coweta County |
Georgia |
The Coweta Indians, a
Creek tribe headed by William McIntosh, Jr., the half-Scot, half-Creek who relinquished lands to the federal government in the 1825
Treaty of Indian Springs
|
Cowley County |
Kansas |
Matthew Cowley,
Union Army lieutenant
|
Cowlitz County |
Washington |
The
Cowlitz tribe of Native Americans
|
Craig County |
Oklahoma |
Granville Craig, a prominent Cherokee
|
Craig County |
Virginia |
Robert Craig (1792–1892), U.S. Representative from Virginia
|
Craighead County |
Arkansas |
Thomas Craighead (1798–1862), a state senator who actually opposed the creation of the county
|
Crane County |
Texas |
William Carey Crane, a president of
Baylor University
|
Craven County |
North Carolina |
William, Earl of Craven, who was a
Lord Proprietor of colonial North Carolina
|
Crawford County |
Arkansas |
William H. Crawford,
U.S. Treasury Secretary
|
Crawford County |
Georgia
|
Crawford County |
Illinois
|
Crawford County |
Iowa
|
Crawford County |
Missouri
|
Crawford County |
Wisconsin
|
Crawford County |
Indiana |
Either
U.S. Treasury Secretary
William H. Crawford or
Revolutionary War soldier
William Crawford
|
Crawford County |
Kansas |
Samuel J. Crawford, third
Governor of Kansas
|
Crawford County |
Michigan |
William Crawford,
Revolutionary War soldier
|
Crawford County |
Ohio
|
Crawford County |
Pennsylvania
|
Creek County |
Oklahoma |
The
Muscogee (Creek) people
|
Crenshaw County |
Alabama |
Anderson Crenshaw (1783–1847), settler of
Butler County, Alabama
|
Crisp County |
Georgia |
Charles Frederick Crisp, a jurist and Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives
|
Crittenden County |
Arkansas |
Robert Crittenden (1797–1834), Governor of the
Arkansas Territory
|
Crittenden County |
Kentucky |
John J. Crittenden,
Governor of Kentucky (1848–1850)
|
Crockett County |
Tennessee |
Davy Crockett (1786–1836), frontier humorist, congressman, and defender of the
Alamo
|
Crockett County |
Texas
|
Crook County |
Oregon |
General
George Crook (1828–1980), a
U.S. Army officer who served in the
American Civil War and various
Indian Wars
|
Crook County |
Wyoming
|
Crosby County |
Texas |
Stephen Crosby, a land commissioner
|
Cross County |
Arkansas |
David C. Cross, a
Confederate soldier in the
Civil War and local politician
|
Crow Wing County |
Minnesota |
The
Crow Wing River, itself named for an island at the river's mouth in the shape of a crow's wing
|
Crowley County |
Colorado |
John H. Crowley, state senator
|
Culberson County |
Texas |
David Browning Culberson, a lawyer and soldier in the
Civil War
|
Cullman County |
Alabama |
Colonel
John G. Cullmann (1823–1895), founder of the county seat
|
Culpeper County |
Virginia |
Thomas Colepeper, 2nd Baron Colepeper, colonial governor of Virginia, 1677–1683
|
Cumberland County |
Illinois |
The
Cumberland Road, or
Cumberland, Maryland, or the
Cumberland River in Kentucky
|
Cumberland County |
Kentucky |
The
Cumberland River
|
Cumberland County |
Maine |
Prince William, Duke of Cumberland, youngest son of
King George II
|
Cumberland County |
New Jersey
|
Cumberland County |
North Carolina
|
Cumberland County |
Virginia
|
Cumberland County |
Pennsylvania |
The historical county of
Cumberland, England
|
Cumberland County |
Tennessee |
The
Cumberland Mountains
|
Cuming County |
Nebraska |
Thomas B. Cuming, an early governor of the territory
|
Currituck County |
North Carolina |
Algonquin term meaning "Land of the Wild Goose", also spelled coratank
|
Curry County |
New Mexico |
George Curry, a governor of
New Mexico Territory from 1907 to 1910
|
Curry County |
Oregon |
George Law Curry (1820–1878), a governor of the
Oregon Territory
|
Custer County |
Colorado |
General
George Armstrong Custer, who died at the
Battle of the Little Bighorn
|
Custer County |
Montana
|
Custer County |
Nebraska
|
Custer County |
Oklahoma
|
Custer County |
South Dakota
|
Custer County |
Idaho |
The General Custer Mine, in turn named for General
George Armstrong Custer
|
Cuyahoga County |
Ohio |
The
Cuyahoga River, which means "crooked river" in an
Iroquoian language
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