Just How Different Are British and American Counties?
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- Having lived and worked in both Britain and the US, I bear the legendary distinction of having lived in seven different counties: three in Britain; four in the US. Here are five differences I've noticed.
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One more fact about US counties, the 5 boroughs of NYC are actually also counties. Manhattan is New York County, Queens is Queens County, Brooklyn is Kings County, the Bronx is Bronx County, and Staten Island is Richmond County.
Try explaining Parishes.
@@samanthab1923 Are you talking about Louisiana parishes?
Are they different from counties in other states in any way besides name?
@@BradyPostma No.
@@waynemarvin5661 Except the La. parishes set their own tax rates on everything including all sales tax. They also have their own set of insurance coverages on everything.
@@samanthab1923 In England counties are divided into civil parishes, 10,449 in all.
In Anglo-Saxon England, a Reeve was an official appointed by the Crown to oversee an administrative district. One level of these districts was a shire. They were known as the Reeve of the Shire or shire reeve. The pronunciation of this title evolved into the word Sheriff.
Exactly. Laurence should have mentioned that fact.
I learned something new today.
An Englishman, a Frenchman, a Texan and a Virginian were at a meeting where they were asked to tell their name and where they were from. The Frenchman said, "I'm from The European Union". The Englishman said "I'm from the United Kingdom" The Texan said, "I'm From the Great State of Texas," and the Virginian said, "I'm from Fauquier County." -Jane from Patrick County
I grew up in Kent County, Michigan. On a visit to England, I found myself somewhere in Kent (shire?), England, too far from a rail station to walk to catch a train back to London. This was well before Uber and cell phones and I couldn't find a taxi. So I walked into a pub, spoke briefly to the "pubkeep" to let him know my situation and then I called out to the customers: "I'm from Kent County, USA and is there anyone here willing to take me to the nearest rail station for 5 pounds?" I immediately got a quick "yes" from one of the young men in the pub and off we went. He delivered me safely to the station. For some reason, I felt the local Kent residents and I had some kind of bond. I'm not sure if I would've done the same in another county/shire.
In Ireland you could have. On my first trip over, two colleagues said I should have just held up a sign at Shannon airport, someone would have given me a lift to Galway. And as I rode in the hired car to Galway, a guy overtook us and we stopped. He'd forgotten to get gas, could we take him in to Ennis, where he could get some? With my permission for the delay, off we went!
I love this
An interesting fact is that Ontario and Michigan have a Kent and a Huron county.
You were right, just Kent not shire 😊
There is a Kent County in Delaware, and it backs up to Kent County Maryland. Both are about 60 miles from Philly. If you headed north toward Philly and got on I-95 northbound, you'd cross from the State of Delaware over the state line into Delaware County PA. The Philly news media has be careful of this, in traffic reports and in regular news. Having grown up in Northeast Philly, I'd always thought Delaware County was named for the state of Delaware. Not quite, both are probably named for the Delaware River. I just did read that the county was formed from splitting Upland county when Delaware broke away from PA early during the Revolution.
Comparing anything to Indiana makes you the most legit TH-camr out there. Rural Indiana gives you a real taste of America the majority of TH-camrs don’t understand. This is why I stay subscribed to your channel. Your the only international TH-camr who truly understands us.
*"Your* the only international TH-camr who truly understands us."
* *You're.*
The majority of Americans don't live a life like rural Indiana. The most common American experience is suburban living.
@@laurent1144 yeah seriously. "Real america" is basically never what the person using it claims it is
As someone who grew up in rural Indiana and then moved to what I would consider urban (~30,000 people, with two Wal-Marts, three nursing homes and more factories than I could count), the whole suburbia thing seems almost as foreign as another country's way of living
So... I haven’t lived a “real American” life? I live in urban Michigan, definitely not rural Indiana, but I’m pretty sure I am a “real American”. America is a reeeeally big place. Most of it isn’t rural Indiana, only rural Indiana can be rural Indiana. I’m sure there are quite a few places similar, but the only way for the whole US to be rural Indiana is for the whole US to be Indiana and rural, which it definitely isn’t.
England seems like they enjoy making things as complicated as possible.
That's what you get when you have 2000 years of people constantly changing their mind.
They have had a lot of time to make it complicated.
The Americans are trying to keep up with their neighbors. Look at our tax forms and voting regulations, and ... more.
It's because their legal systems evolved over lots of centuries whereas the US is more of a drag-and-drop style country.
We’re not old enough to be as complicated as Britain. Give us time.
Not like US trying to do everything differently from the world like the metruc system or spelling colour normally
Many counties you see are square due to being made up of townships which were typically 6 miles square. And townships are also administrative divisions to a county, though there is typically no policing. However it can lend itself to schooling, road maintenance, mosquito abatement, taxing authority, etc. Chicago and Evanston have no townships within but outside those two cities, Cook County has 29.
Michigan townships generally do provide law enforcement in addition to the county. Especially rural townships.
@@trottheblackdog PA and NJ subdivided all their counties into townships, giving them municipal powers including law enforcement, while the counties still have the courts.
Michigan townships outside of Southeastern Michigan rarely provide township police. The county sheriff is the typical policing agency in most counties.
Michigan townships are general purpose units of government. Most townships in Nebraska have no government, and if they do, its sole purpose is roads.
Plus everything just followed the Land Survey system of Range and Township squares
"shire" comes from Old English "scir" (pronounced "sheer"), which means "division".
Not surprising, since we still use the word shear for cutting a piece of something, also known as dividing.
@@ub3rfr3nzy94 Same root.
@@ub3rfr3nzy94 and when describing where theres a lot of things
Something about Kansas while there isn't a Lawrence county there is a Lawrence, Kansas, home of the University of Kansas. Rock Chalk!
Rock chalk!
"Far above the golden valley/ Glorious to view . . . "
There is a Lawrence Country in Alabama
Rock chalk jayhawk!
Rock chalk
Can you imagine if j.r. Tolkien had to call the main characters home The County, instead of The Shire?
Or, the "Unorganized Census Area of Halflings with Hairy Toes".
@@cernowaingreenman oh, the UCAHHT!
The County (Aroostook), known for Potatoes, Wood products, and Big
Bombers and Tankers. Just doesn't seem as homie as a hobbit hole.
It would've made Leonard Nimoy's song a little difficult. . . . .
At one time as a child he lived in the English village of Sarehole now called Hall Green. In the county of WorcesterSHIRE.
Any other musicians surprised to hear the name “J.W. Pepper” outside of the context of buying sheet music?
Yes! I was like " Are we getting sheet music?"
He was a character in two Roger Moore-era Bond films.
@@MrHypnofan Of Lou-eee-sia-nnnnnna State Po-lice no less
I know right? I was like, the place where we get marching band music?
He's making fun of this caricature of an American sheriff:
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While it isn't a large number, I am always amused that both Disneyland and Walt Disney World are in Orange County.
Anyone else wonders if Walt planned it that way?
@@marisolaquino719 Probably someone in Orange County, New York!
The states of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, and Wisconsin were all part of the "Northwest Ordinance of 1789." The counties were all generally squared off, the territory there was mapped out as simple squares. In Chicago, you will notice the streets are basically squared off for the same grid reason (except for the old Native American trails).
It does appear to be around that time that survey equipped started to be common.
@@robertsitch1415 When George Washington was a teenager, he worked as an apprentice surveyor. In fact, Winchester, Virginia has George Washington's Office Museum outside of which is a statue of a young George Washington showing what he looked like when he was an apprentice surveyor. He later owned two lots, one inside Frederick Town (the original name for Winchester) that was the location of the blacksmith/foundry that made the cannon used to defend nearby Fort Loudoun whose commander was George Washington during the French and Indians War. The second lot was outside Frederick Town (now within Winchester). I usually walk past the historical markers at both lots at least twice per month.
The survey of the whole Northwest Territory that was done was laid out in squares, made easier by the plains/flat nature of the land. Rivers, lakes, and politics changed some of the squared off nature of these areas though.
In general it appears that it was only some Atlantic coast states that got settled before the land was surveyed.
If you look into each county, in Illinois for instance, there are townships (all formed on the same date April 3, 1850). Most of the counties are squared, and the townships are likewise squared. Perhaps because Lawrence lives in Chicago where the old townships there have lost their identity, the idea of the Northwest Ordinance grid might seemingly not make sense.
As an Englishman who lives in The West Midlands, Warwickshire, Worcestershire, Redditch and Hollywood (Yes there's a place called Hollywood in the UK) I can confirm that I only live in one place
I live in the West Midlands Staffordshire, Lichfield and there are a few places in the US called Litchfield but with a T ( there is also a place in England called Litchfield but our Staffordshire one removed the T for some reason over history )
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Wouldn't it be something, if Mr. Brown became a U.S. Geography Teacher⁉🐒💦I think he would be very good at it‼🐭💕
I remember Brown County Indiana as a particularly pretty place to visit in the Fall for Fall Foliage.
Thank you. I've actually wondered about how counties in the UK operate and this was very informative. And a big hello from El Paso County, but the one in Colorado, not the one in Texas. Yeah, I don't know why it's called that either.
I'm gonna take a shot in the dark. Is there a pass there?
Waves from the Springs right back atcha....are you one of those Coloradan folks who commented the last time we were doing a roll call of Coloradans who watch this weird (sorry, Lawrence) English guy?
NJ has many UK-inspired counties! Sussex, Essex, Middlesex, Cumberland, Somerset, Gloucester, Monmouth, etc.
In general it was more common in the Northeast to use British places for names of the settlements.
@@robertsitch1415 That's also true as far south as Virginia if not further south.
@@pablohammerly448 Isle of Wight County
Lol I live in Suffolk County on long Island 🏝 😅
And yet Americans can't seem to pronounce most of them properly 🤣
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I've learned so much from watching your videos, I've told my friends about your channel as well! These are very interesting and I thank you for sharing your knowledge with us 👍
My mother’s family has been in Lincoln County, Georgia since the 1700’s. They came there from Northumberland, England (after a brief stop in Virginia). Fun fact: Georgia has 159 counties (only Texas has more). Back in the day, the rule was the whole county had to be within a day’s horse ride of the county seat.
Koyukuk is pronounced KOY-yuh-kuck. Yes I'm being that person. Wait until you visit Alaska and you're greeted with the Knik Arm, Eklutna Falls, Matanuska River, Gulkana River, Kuskokwim River, Tanaina, and Tanana Rivers.
*waves from Washington state*
I haven't lived there in a few decades; do they still generally just call it "The Bush?"
@@nariu7times328 "The Bush" is a general term for Alaskan communities or areas that are not connected to the road system. We call individual towns, rivers, and other geologic features by their actual names.
@@loismiller2830 I understand that, just when I lived there (80s) I learned in school that we had certain named boroughs, and then "the bush" - I can see that the formal names have changed, just wondering about colloquial. Do you really say "Koyukuk Census Area?" Genuine question, whatever you say is just fine by me, I just like to learn. (PS my current friends are still flabbergasted that I drawing the outline of Alaska was on my test in 7th grade social studies. I live in square state now, and that was never an issue. :D)
Hi, fellow former Alaska resident! I lived there in the 90s and I remember Anchorage being called a municipality, not a borough, like he says in the video. Randomly, I always remember having the hardest time ordering things by mail because companies like UPS demanded to know what county you were in. I started out trying to explain there are no counties in Alaska, which they would never believe and would refused to deliver. I ended up just always saying Anchorage County, just to get it over with.
as always , great video!
Fun fact. The office of "Sheriff" is the only office mentioned in the US Constitution. The Constitution specifies that the sheriff is the ultimate 'supreme' law enforcement officer, period.
So, a sheriff has the authority to evict (and/or jail) any and all State and Federal officials in the county. This includes the FBI agents and Federal marshals.
Haven't ever heard of that happening, though. Imagine the screaming in various halls of gov't admin if Sheriff Buford ever jailed an FBI Agent.....
Ah, Lawrence! You always make laugh and chuckle. I love your delivery, emphasis and dry humor
feigning disgust and anger...or are you feigning? Love you two!
I had no idea there was two of him! That explains a lot.
@@waynemarvin5661 Kathi Morrical might be referring to Lawrence and his American wife (sorry I can't remember her name).
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You make geography an interesting topic! Enjoyed this one a lot.
Jefferson County, Kentucky is shaped like the state of Kentucky. It's also home of the state's largest city, Louisville. Fun fact: Kentucky is actually a commonwealth and used to be part of Virginia.
If they had decided to name the state West Virginia when it split off, I guess West Virginia would have been Central Virginia instead.
Another fun fact, Indiana and Illinois were also part of Virginia.
@@thecatsofva And also part of Quebec.
@@thecatsofva wait, its all Virginia?
@@thatoneguyfromthatoneplace9515 Yes all of the land east of the Mississippi and west of the Appalachians. Were party of the original 13 colonies after the revolution. When the Constitution was ratified this land was ceded to the feds. Who then split into territory's that could apply for statehood. Once their population was high enough and they adopted a state Constitution.
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Your videos are always a bright and interesting spot in the day! Thank you for another fun one (from a remote Alaskan borough which, while itself is organized, is adjacent to unorganized census areas through which dog sleds are currently racing) ~ And after seeing you say 'Yukon-Koyukuk' so well, I've just joined your Patreon group :)
Enjoyed it as always! However, it would have been enlightening to mention how states, counties, cities, and towns relate and interact.
Now to add to the confusion. I was born in Washington, Indiana, the county seat of Daviess County. My grandparents lived in Washington County, Indiana, near Salem, which one of my ancestors (her husband was the surveyor who laid out the original town) named after a town in North Carolina where they had moved from, and which in turn was named after Salem, Cornwall. Yes, we also have a Washington County here in Illinois where I currently live.
Your so entertaining and the info is great. Thanks
Well researched, my friend!
I live in Franklin County Ohio and when I was little I thought it was named after my father who was named Franklin we also had a road called Frank road and I am sure there were some towns called Franklin I knew when I got older they were not named after him but it was a sad day because he was my hero and I just thought it should be named after him lol
Aw....I found out as an adult that we were related to the Bronson that they'd named a park and hospital after, in my city
@@LindaC616 That is so cool
@@dottieburton5501 yep, my grandmother always spoke German to us, what she remembered from her family (patty cake and I don't remember what else). But she passed away when I was 7 or 8
@Dottie Burton & Linda C: Y'all reminded me of a funny story from my family history. My mother was Uruguayan from the second-largest city in Uruguay, Salto that is across the Uruguay River from Argentina. Her (possibly great) grandfather was one of the city founders. After she moved to the US, her conservative older brother got involved in politics and became a city councilman. I don't know what he did, but somehow he really annoyed a left-wing rival who got all the boulevards, avenues, roads and streets named after our ancestor renamed to patriotic names except for one little alley just to rub salt into the wound. He even got a nearby village renamed. I guess you could say that the U.S. isn't the only country with dirty politics.
@@pablohammerly448 so sorry you would think with your family being one of the founders that turd couldn't get that done so sorry again and yea I guess really every country has their dirty politics for sure
Fun fact: Jacksonville, Florida is the largest city by land area in the contiguous US, and takes up almost all of Duval County. :)
It's the result of another city-county merger.
It's rare in the US for a single city or county government to cover an entire metro area. Brisbane in Australia is like that.
Shout out from Matanuska-Susitna Borough. I really enjoy your videos!
You are hysterical I just love your videos.
Indiana can’t get enough of rectangles 😂
I agree. I am also from IN.
@@carolshumaker8348 Greetings from a fellow Hoosier here in Bloomington!
Hello from Vigo County
Madison County here!
Hendricks County here :)
In Texas and I'm sure other states the grandest historical buildings are the 19th century county courthouses. No doubt the first really nice buildings to be erected in a lot of places.
Same in rural Illinois for the most part
I love these videos! Thank you
I will always remember the sheer majesty of Kansas. And the tic tac toe of Texas. Your humor helps me to remember things much more easily. Have you ever thought about expanding into making World Geography videos? How about "Lawrence in Space" (astronomy series)? Glad you included Louisiana, my home state with all the parishes.
My job as an appraiser requires me to drive all over San Bernardino County (California) and I can tell you it is like driving the length and breadth of an entire state.
I imagine that the traffic in the bigger cities and generally mountainous terrain make it a little longer drive than some of the other very large counties out west.
North Slope Borough says, "Roads? Must be nice."
As a Minnesotan I chuckled because we have all of the county names listed 😂
Growing up in Minnesota, I used to love it when the county names were called off in alphabetical order during the quadrennial Democratic and Republican conventions. My favorites were Kandiyohi, Koochiching, and Otter Tail.
Another fun one Lawrence, thanks.
Belated Happy Saint Patrick's Day.
Excellent video!
You actually taught me something about our counties!
Sheriff comes from "shire's reeve". Used to live in Transylvania County. How's that for a name?
Transylvania County , North Carolina , perchance ?
@Tim Dienes: Back when I kept in touch with a Romanian friend, Dracula and Transylvania would sometimes come up in our conversations, as Vlad the Impaler (real life inspiration for Bram Stoker's Dracula) was from Transylvania that is in northwestern Romania.
Had history taken a slightly different turn, Kentucky would now be the Commonwealth of Transylvania. Nashville, TN would now be within its border (Cumberland River would've been Transylvania's southern boundary).
Do you have Van Helsing as your county sheriff?
English has adopted loads of foreign words over the years. For example toilet is a French word, don’t ask me why😂
I have learned today. Thanks for this info.
Always interesting. Thanks
Yeah, we have the Highland Council for our Highland region which has in it several Historic counties, such a Caithness and Sutherland, I live in Sutherland. Having such a large council area has its problems including the continued centralisation of resources and services however on a plus because of the covid rules being generalised when the travel restrictions were in place we could still travel for hours without leaving our area lol
You think our big counties are bad imagine the American states some that are bigger than the whole of the U.K. Texas alone you can fit the entire U.K in it something like 2/3 times😱
in Scotland a Sheriff is a county Judge presiding over the local county court. The Sheriff can send you to jail or issue fines, warrants and settle Civil and bankruptcy actions.
In different states the same titles mean radically different things.
The "county judge" in Texas is actually the chief legislative and executive officer of the county (more like a premier, really) though in theory in the county judge also has some judicial duties as well (most of these are now handled by full-time judicial courts, conveniently, known as "county courts at law").
The system actually derives from Tennessee, which used to have the same system, but in the 1970s the state of Tennessee decided to rename the office as "County Mayor" and assign all of the judicial duties to full-time judges.
And in most states, a county judge is exclusively a judicial officer.
I'm favorably impressed with your vast knowledge, Laurence! This was like a fun history lesson on counties, and your delightful British accent mde it all the more interesting.
English accent, there's no such thing as a British accent.
I moved from South Bend, IN, to Las Vegas in 2008. This video was my intro to your channel. Thank you for the belly laughs! Pididdle!
In the US, the use of borough seems to be used for areas that are too wild to be considered ordinary countryside. Besides Alaska, the name borough was also used to denote frontier areas, such as the one established in Kentucky by Daniel Boone, known as "Boonesborough."
Yes, Brooklyn comes to mind, and Queens. Way too wild.
@@eshaanagarwal6081 Don't forget the Bronx, Staten Island and Manhattan where Studio 54 got pretty wild in the '70s!
I don’t know about other states but in New Jersey, boroughs are usually small. I believe technically a borough is defined by a type of government, like run by a council vs a board (I’m not up to trying to figure it out). Either you live in a township or borough here. The boroughs tend to be just containing an old time, downtown area - I live in one. Or a township is a larger, former country-ish area. Both are within counties, to get technical. :)
Boroughs in PA and NJ are towns not big enough to be classified as cities. In PA, for a borough to qualify as a city, it needs to have a paid fire dept. That's an upgrade as boroughs and townships usually rely on volunteer fire depts.
Very interesting! And, only you could make counties hilarious.
Favorite foods/ restaurants/ drinks would be an interesting topic. Glad you are back!
Hi. Love all of your videos. Miss Tara - how is she? Thanks for all of the information. Your videos are both fun and informative.
Not to mention the counties named after states.
I live in Ouachita parish... Right next to Lincoln parish (Louisiana).
Great research!
Less than a minute in and subscribed. You are my brother who radically went to live in different counties (including overseas ones).
In Illinois, the smallest county is Putnam with 6,000 people and one traffic light
But in 1840 it was the largest
See Wikipedia for the maps
Another triumph of analysis by TH-cam sensation, Laurence Brown!
I love the hat Lawrence! I'm pretty sure I live fairly close to you here in Edgewater!
Hoosier here, love the video
San Bernadino county (CA) is the nation's largest county. From the wiki: "With an area of 20,105 square miles (52,070 km2), San Bernardino County is the largest county in the contiguous United States by area, although some of Alaska's boroughs and census areas are larger. The county is close to the size of West Virginia. "
Each island in Hawai`i is its own county with Hawai`i county "The Big Island" being the largest.
Also, Disneyland is in Orange County, CA and Disney World is in Orange County, FL.
Orange you glad you made that comment? 😜 Lol that was interesting.
Was it San Bernardino county or the city of San Bernardino that filed for bankruptcy..
Maybe Disney should built theme parks in every Orange County. Only 6 more states to go!
but Orange County in Virginia is named after the Royal house
@@jetsons101 It was Orange County, in 1994. The county's elected Treasurer-Tax Collector conducted some highly risky financial dealings for the county, and in the process broke a number of finance laws. In the end he plead guilty to some charges, and received 1 year of prison with work release, 5 years probation, and 1000 hrs community service. If he had gone to trial he could potentially have served 14 years in prison. As far as I know none of his crimes involved enriching himself, but I might be wrong. Anyway, he is dead now.
Essex County, Massachusetts right here! Counties around here are basically irrelevant. They only seem to matter when discussing what courthouse someone is being tried at.
Counties have little governance in New England.
Essex county right here
Not surprisingly, any English folk should feel somewhat at home in Massachusetts, at least considering the names. I've lived in Norfolk, Bristol, and Plymouth Counties...
Originally from Hampshire county (Northampton) but now living in hampden county :)
I'm from Essex County, MA too, and my boyfriend and I once had a very confusing conversation where I slowly realized that in less populated areas (like Kansas, where he's from) there are some people who just live on county land. It's not like New England where you drive from one town over the line into the next town and all the towns touch each other. In Kansas, you drive out of a town into unincorporated (county) land until you hit the next town. So in those areas, when you call the cops, the sheriff comes. The county actually provides services instead of a town because there is no town. I'll tell you, it blew my mind. The conversation might have started when I wondered aloud wth a sheriff does.
Do you know that I like your videos before I watch them bcz I alway know imma love them !!!
Lol, AK ❤ well done on the names and excellent use of "lower 48"
Suggestion: US birds vs UK birds
Females or the aviary kind lol
Great suggestion! I have a burning question: does the UK have hummingbirds? I don't remember why I have this impression that hummers are only in the Americas, but I do. I want to know if that's right.
@@adoxartist1258 That is correct, you won't find wild hummers outside of the Americas.
That could be interesting. I heard U.K. blackbirds are related to the American Robin.
@@letitiajeavons6333 I do know that the English Robin is not like our Robin Red Breast.
The US has a long list of law enforcement levels depending on where they are employed!
Cities(municipals): Chief/Officer
Counties: Sheriff/Deputy
States: Chief/Trooper/Ranger(Texas)
Federal: Inspector/Agent/Marshal
*I’ve probably missed some😏
In Canada we copied the British with sergeant and constable.
Township in addition to city in some states
At least in Mississippi our counties have constables who are separate from the Sheriff's Department. The main difference I know of is that sheriffs and deputies can't carry radar guns while constables can.
In Canada we have sheriffs but they are in charge of picking jury pools.
I loved this episode, Lawrence, and grew up in Brown County, SD, many moons ago!
Welp... I'm hooked, you got a new subscriber bro...
I live in Clark County Washington state. There are a total of twelve Clark counties in the states. I figure since my county sits on the Columbia River where Lewis and Clark passed through to the Pacific Ocean mine is the correct one. ;)
I support your thesis. Since I live in Washington County, Oregon, there's no hope for any originality here.
We really missed a trick by not having a Washington County.
Ah, Clark County WA. My daughter spent 2 months in the Clark County finest hotel, I mean jail
You forgot about New York City - The counties are called "boroughs". it was even mentioned in an episode of "Kojak" ("A Long Way from Times Square" S3E11 - 1975)
I lived in Essex county in New Jersey (Caldwell), and live near both Lincoln and Washington County in Oregon.
You're awesome Laurence.
The dryly delivered quick wit was on good display in this vid! Well done, Lawrence! Iowa has 99 counties - This arose from the territorial days when it determined the county courthouse should be able to be reached by a citizen in a one day round-trip horse drawn carriage ride.
Ohio has 88 counties and I heard the same reason for their size. I live in Allen County named after Ethan Allen, a general
The first time in the over 10 years I’ve been the very first to view and like a video!!! I’ve never been the first for either, so I just had two firsts! Woohoo! I really enjoy your content!!!
Not all states have counties, a couple of states have parishes. RIP Alan Rickman, the best Sheriff of Nottingham ever!
I grew up in Lawrence County Indiana, thanks for the shout out!
In some states, especially in New England, the county government is either entirely gone or has been limited to a judicial district function. However in Virginia there are very few distinct towns/cities, and of those that exist, most of them are separate and not part of an actual county. All the rest of the people in VA live in counties, with no local town government or defined local borders (which makes having the 'town' address for the Post Office somewhat fungible when the farms are being plowed under to create subdivisions.)
Watching from San Luis Obispo County, California!
I live in New York City, in the borough of Queens for NY City Government , which is also called for state GOVERNMENT Queens County . By the way, Queens was named after Queen Catherine of Braganza, wife of King Charles II of England
Queens, Brooklyn, Nassau, and Suffolk are all a part of one island. The Dutch saw it was broken off from the main land so they called it Breukenland which is where Brooklyn comes from.
Hello neighbor, I'm from Nassau
@@nastybastardatlive Brooklyn, NY is named after Breukelen, in the Netherlands
@@colleengolden8194 you do know that what is now Nassau county was part of Queens. When Brooklyn and Manhattan asked Queens to join them as NYC, there was a vote. The eastern community, towns,villages etc voted not to join so the State divided Queens and the eastern part became Nassau.
@@nastybastardatlive are you sure. I lived in Amsterdam for a while and right outside the city is Brooklin
I'm in Berks County, PA which is named for Berkshire County, England. Both have a city named Reading which are "sister" cities.
"Boroughs" in PA are generally small towns. Our counties are also divided up into things called "townships" which sort of fill the governmental void if you're not in a city or borough.
Really enjoy your videos. Checking in from Brown County Ohio.
I identify as a Hobbit. Hope I get a tax deduction because I'm a halfling!
Do halflings get the full stimulus check? Well that's a stupid question, we all got shorted. We must be in the land of Hobbits with our Hobbit bank accounts.
Actually, we I get to divide all of your money and possessions as You Sir, are fictional!
You're now big time, other TH-camrs are reacting to you?
Great video. I can understand why we named so many counties after you.
Once you mentioned San Bernadino county, and its massive size, I was waiting for you to put the map up again, so that I could actually see the relative size of it compared to California, and compared to the big county in Scotland (that you mentioned). Kudos for mentioning Massachusetts! =)
In western Maryland there's a Washington County. 😉
Maryland is one of the original Thirteen Colonies of England. It was founded by George Calvert, 1st Baron Baltimore, a Catholic convert, who wished to provide a religious haven for Catholics persecuted in England. In 1632, Charles I of England granted Lord Baltimore a colonial charter, naming the colony after his wife, Queen Mary (Henrietta Maria of France).
Here in Louisiana, we don't have counties. Always thought the word was weird and super backwoods.
Edit: ayyy he brought up Louisiana
Parishes
Perhaps Napoleonic? I forget my Louisiana history right now.
I always thought "parish" sounded oddly religious, as though the state were a former Catholic province.
We're still under French law.
I had my comment about parishes all ready to go too--and then he mentioned it.
I love your outro music. It reminds me of the BBC Chronicles of Narnia.
I enjoy your sense of humor.
This is GREAT... very interesting 😁. Btw, I live in a 'Washington County' lol
If you've not been to Madison IN you're missing a piece of Americana. Go July 4 weekend for the Regatta or when The Delta Queen paddles its way up The Ohio with its calliope playing.
The Delta Queen used to run California water ways..they got kind clogged up from all the gold hydronic mining. The Delta King is in Sac. as a permanently moored hotel.
@@wendygerrish4964 I was not aware of that. I've seen The Delta King on a lake near Sacramento. My interest in politics was stoked for the first time when congress passed the treaty of the seas act which pretty much put The Delta Queen out of the business of passenger vessel as though steamboat disasters remain a problem like they were in the 19th century. It was the first time I fully understood the nincompoopery of our government.
Kansas has both a Washington County (where my sister lives) and a Lincoln County. There is also a Jefferson County. Oh, and a Brown County and a city named Lawrence, which is not in Brown County, unfortunately.
Tennessee has Washington, Lincoln, Jefferson and Lawrence counties no Brown County though
For our friends not in the know, Lawrence is in Douglas County.
Counties in the US all have Sheriffs. It comes from the late Saxon term "Shire Reeve", who administered the king's various laws on a local level. The Normans did not have an equivalent and carried on the tradition. Authority of US Sheriffs does vary a lot. In some they just run the jails, while in others they are the predominant law enforcement agency and more. In the Northeast the Sheriffs mostly don't have armed patrolling deputies.