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A county is a land area of regional government within a larger state. A county may have cities or towns within its particular area.

History

Originally, in continental Europe, a county (comté, Grafschaft) was the land under the jurisdiction of a count (comte, Graf).

Counts are called earls in post-Celtic Britain and Ireland—the term is from Old Norse jarl and was introduced by the Vikings—but there is no correlation between counties and earldoms. Rather, county, from French comté, was simply used by the Normans after 1066 to replace the native English term scir (1)—Modern English shire, as the Anglo-Saxon system of Shires was unique and thus hard for the Norman invaders to comprehend so they resorted to calling them Counties. A shire was an administrative division of an Anglo-Saxon kingdom (Wessex, Mercia, East Anglia, etc.), usually named after its administrative centre: for example, Gloucester, in Gloucestershire; Worcester, in Worcestershire; etc. or originate from these forms of names (e.g. Wiltshire derived from 'Wiltonshire' with Wilton as its old county town).

Thus, whereas the word comté denoted a sovereign jurisdiction in the original French, the English county denotes a subdivision of a sovereign jurisdiction.

* The 32 refers to the counties of the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland combined. For more information, see the sections on Ireland and United Kingdom]] below.

Austria

Each Austrian state (in German Bundesland, plural Bundesländer) is divided in a number of counties (in German Bezirk, plural Bezirke). Sometimes, the word "Bezirk" is translated by "district" instead of county.

Each county is subdivided in towns or villages. Some larger towns do not form part of a county and are governed by a unitary administration instead which counts both for city administration as well as county governance.

The federal capital Vienna is considered as a state as well. The capital government of Vienna is responsible for state, county and town governance. Vienna is subdivided in boroughs which are called "Bezirk" in German as well, but have a different function than the counties in the other federal states.

see also: [[Districts of Austria

Australia

main: Cadastral divisions of Australia The eastern Australian states, and parts of the western states were divided into counties, mostly in the nineteenth century. These were further subdivided into parishes in New South Wales, Victoria, Tasmania and Queensland; and hundreds in South Australia. The counties currently have no political function, and became dead letters for most purposes other than the registration of land ownership, and are unknown by most of the population today. Local Government Areas including shires, municipalities and others are instead used in Australia as the second level subdivision.

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The Kentucky PostGovernor Mitch Daniels is requesting additional federal assistance for 10 counties that suffered severe weather damage after September 12. Those counties include Clark, Crawford, Dearborn, Jackson, Knowx, Lawrence, Martin, Pike, Spencer and Switzerland counties.http://www.kypost.com/content/wcposhared/story.aspx?content_...

Governor seeks flood relief for area counties

The Wichita Eagle Gov. Kathleen Sebelius has declared a state of emergency for Sedgwick, Butler and nine other counties that were damaged by severe storms, heavy rains and flooding last month. Sebelius' order also includes Anderson, Chase, Cowley, Greenwood, Harper, Harvey, Lyon, Russell and Sumner counties. By signing the declaration on Wednesday, the governor clears the way for local governments to begin ...http://www.kansas.com/news/updates/story/548807.html

Governor Requests Federal Aid For 10 Additional Counties

WCPO CincinnatiGovernor Mitch Daniels is requesting more federal funding for 10 counties that experience severe weather damage after September 12.http://www.wcpo.com/news/local/story.aspx?content_id=9d92d40...

Democrats: GOP targeting their counties

KPAX MissoulaThe state Republican Party this week challenged the eligibility of 6,000 registered Montana voters in seven counties that have historically been Democratic strongholds.http://www.montanasnewsstation.com/global/story.asp?s=911590...

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Centre Daily TimesPaying personal property and real estate taxes is easier than ever, thanks to an online service available to residents of 26 Arkansas counties. Working in conjunction with county tax collectors, the official state Web site (http://www.Arkansas.gov) offers citizens the ability to pay personal property and real estate tax payments online.http://www.centredaily.com/business/technology/story/880262....

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White Earth band writing new criminal code

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Will Obama's race matter?

Seattle TimesAfter traveling through 18 counties of Washington state these past 10 days, talking with dozens of voters, I'm sorry to report I ran into surprising amounts of racism and xenophobia. It ranged from the subtle to the rank, from rural to urban. All ... http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/dannywestneat/20082573...

Utah County faces costs of prosecuting murder

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County (China) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

In the context of Political divisions of China, county is the standard English translation of 县 (xiàn). In the People's Republic of China, counties are found in the third level ... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/County_of_China

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Washington Counties ... Web sites - Washington Counties. This page provides links to Web sites for cities and towns in the State of Washington.http://www.mrsc.org/byndmrsc/counties.aspx

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California State Association of Counties What Do Counties Do?

What Do Counties Do? Each one of California's 36 million residents lives within the boundaries of one of the state's 58 counties. California's counties serve a dual role.http://www.csac.counties.org/default.asp?id=2

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C OUNTIES commitment is to communicate the Christian faith in the UK, through evangelists and resources and to assist churches in evangelism.http://www.countiesuk.org/
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trojan7865

How many counties does the united states have ?

trojan7865Forty-eight of the fifty states have operational county governments. Alaska and Louisiana call their county type governments boroughs and parishes, respectively. Connecticut and Rhode Island are divid...
nightwriter

What are the best counties to buy a home in Maryland/DC?

nightwriterSome of the best schools are in Severna park (AA county) and 1 or 2 in Columbia ( Howard county). The problem with Columbia is, it's Columbia. Look in to the Serverna Park school system it allways ran...
Jim C

Where can I find the latitude and longitude coordinates to draw counties?

Jim CAtlas or map or google earth :)
comptrtoy1

I am looking for a list of county tax offices for all US Counties?

comptrtoy1Here's one: www.cookcountyassessor.com. Good luck with the rest ;)
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