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The American Counties: Origins of County Names, Dates of Creation, Area, and Population Data, 1950-2010
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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
Scarecrow Pr
Publication date
December 21, 2012
Pages
491
Binding
Hardcover
Edition
6
Book category
Adult Non-Fiction
ISBN-13
9780810887619
ISBN-10
0810887614
Dimensions
1.50 by 9 by 11.25 in.
Weight
3.65 lbs.
Original list price
$149.00
Summaries and Reviews
Amazon.com description: Product Description: Most Americans give little thought to their countyâs size, population, when it was created, or how its name came about. But such information can be very helpful to anyone, particularly researchers and genealogists, investigating local or state history. Drawing on information obtained from the 2010 Census, the 6th edition of The American Counties provides up-to-date data on each countyâs:
This edition includes information on counties created since the previous edition was published as well as more precise âdate of creationâ details for many colonial counties. If a county is named for a geographical featureâriver, mountain, lake, etc.âthe origin of the name and the meaning of any Indian or foreign words is provided. For those counties that were named after a specific individual, a brief sketch of the personâs life is provided, including updated biographical information from previous editions.
The Introduction has been expanded to address such topics as counties with similar names, persons who have more than one namesake county, the paucity of counties named for women, the practice of creating counties in uninhabited regions, and legislators naming counties for each other. At the request of many readers, the 6th edition contains new appendices ranking all counties nationally by population and area, as well as an appendix listing counties that have been eliminated.
Containing information on all 3,143 counties and county equivalents (independent cities, parishes, boroughs, etc.) in the United States, the 6th edition of The American Counties
is an essential resource for researchers looking for basic information on counties in the United States.
- land area
- population
- county seat
- date of creation
- name origin
- dates of governmental organization, elimination, and re-creation
This edition includes information on counties created since the previous edition was published as well as more precise âdate of creationâ details for many colonial counties. If a county is named for a geographical featureâriver, mountain, lake, etc.âthe origin of the name and the meaning of any Indian or foreign words is provided. For those counties that were named after a specific individual, a brief sketch of the personâs life is provided, including updated biographical information from previous editions.
The Introduction has been expanded to address such topics as counties with similar names, persons who have more than one namesake county, the paucity of counties named for women, the practice of creating counties in uninhabited regions, and legislators naming counties for each other. At the request of many readers, the 6th edition contains new appendices ranking all counties nationally by population and area, as well as an appendix listing counties that have been eliminated.
Containing information on all 3,143 counties and county equivalents (independent cities, parishes, boroughs, etc.) in the United States, the 6th edition of The American Counties
is an essential resource for researchers looking for basic information on counties in the United States.
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With Charles Curry Aiken |
6 edition from Scarecrow Pr (December 21, 2012)
9780810887619 | details & prices | 491 pages | 9.00 × 11.25 × 1.50 in. | 3.65 lbs | List price $149.00
About: Most Americans give little thought to their countyâs size, population, when it was created, or how its name came about.
About: Most Americans give little thought to their countyâs size, population, when it was created, or how its name came about.
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