Book Description
The premiere guide to information on the histories of the names, sizes, and populations of the counties of the United States.
Author : Joseph Nathan Kane
Publisher : Scarecrow Press
Page : 568 pages
File Size : 16,36 MB
Release : 2005
Category : History
ISBN : 9780810850361
The premiere guide to information on the histories of the names, sizes, and populations of the counties of the United States.
Author : Charles Curry Aiken
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 521 pages
File Size : 14,99 MB
Release : 2013
Category : History
ISBN : 0810887614
Most Americans give little thought to their county's 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 county's: -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 "date of creation" details for many colonial counties. If a county is named for a geographical feature--river, mountain, lake, etc.--the 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 person's 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.
Author : Joseph Nathan Kane
Publisher :
Page : 540 pages
File Size : 45,10 MB
Release : 1962
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Author : Joseph Nathan Kane
Publisher : Metuchen, N.J. : Scarecrow Press
Page : 578 pages
File Size : 12,3 MB
Release : 1983
Category : History
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Provides information on the histories of the names, sizes, and populations of the counties of the United States.
Author : Joseph Nathan Kane
Publisher :
Page : 618 pages
File Size : 38,63 MB
Release : 1972
Category : History
ISBN :
An alphabetical listing of all counties of the United States, its size, population as of 1970, and brief facts about its history and its name.
Author : Joseph Nathan Kane
Publisher :
Page : 502 pages
File Size : 37,22 MB
Release : 2012-05-01
Category :
ISBN : 9781258320089
A Record Of The Origin Of The Names Of The 3,067 Counties, Dates Of Creation And Organization, Area, Population, Historical Data, Etc.
Author : Joseph Nathan Kane
Publisher :
Page : 514 pages
File Size : 36,22 MB
Release : 1960
Category : County government
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Author : Joseph Nathan Kane
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 25,54 MB
Release : 1960
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Author : Joseph Nathan Kane
Publisher :
Page : 590 pages
File Size : 19,62 MB
Release : 1962
Category : United States
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Author : Joseph Nathan Kane
Publisher :
Page : 540 pages
File Size : 41,88 MB
Release : 1960
Category : Names, Geographical
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