counties

     

A county is generally a sub-unit of regional self-government within a larger jurisiction.

Trivia about counties

  • In the U.S. these political divisions employ sheriffs & their deputies
  • The Frankish kings divided their lands into these units, each headed by a count
  • Delaware has only 3 of these: New Castle, Kent & Sussex
  • The U.S. has about 3,000 of these areas, from Abbeville in South Carolina to Ziebach in South Dakota
  • Great Britain is officially divided into these, like Hampshire & other "shire"s

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