https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LzNqIfMlyxo
My dad posted this on facebook earlier. Kinda interesting.
How did we get to 254 counties
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How did we get to 254 counties
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Re: How did we get to 254 counties
Everything about Texas kicks butt. (Caveat that I'm sure some stuff doesn't, but I love this state!)
Interesting, thanks for posting!
Interesting, thanks for posting!
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Re: How did we get to 254 counties
Texas is the biggest state. You melt down Alaska, you get somethin' the size of Rhode Island.
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Re: How did we get to 254 counties
I use to chat online with a girl up in North East, she would remark about driving an hour and crossing two state lines, I'd laugh and tell her I can drive an hour and not even leave my county! 
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Re: How did we get to 254 counties
Excellent video Flightmare! Thanks for posting! 
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Re: How did we get to 254 counties
Odds 'n ends about US counties:
Delaware has only 3 counties.
Rhode Island, while smaller than Delaware, has 4 counties.
Pennsylvania & Florida each have 67 counties.
Iowa has 99 counties.
The smallest Texas county geographically is Rockwall (near Garland),
at 127 square miles.
The largest is Brewster (Big Bend area) at 6,184 square miles, which makes
Brewster County larger than 3 of our states (Connecticut, Delaware, and Rhode Island).
Denton County, Texas is named after John B. Denton, who was killed by Indians
somewhere in the vicinity of Texas Loop 820 in/near Fort Worth.
Only 2 states in the US do not call their counties "counties".
Of course the easy one is our Louisiana neighbors....parishes.
The other is Alaska....boroughs.
3007 = the total number of US counties.
Fulton County, Georgia is the county which contains the City of Atlanta,
as well as many suburban cities and towns. In 1932, Milton County and
Campbell were dissolved and became part of Fulton County. The northern
county (Milton I think) had poor finances at the time. Nowadays it could
have been financially solvent due to the explosive growth in the North Atlanta
region, including the towns of Roswell and Alpharetta.
Fulton County on the map looks like a bow tie sitting on a diagonal.
It's narrow near the middle (city of Atlanta) and larger on each end.
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Delaware has only 3 counties.
Rhode Island, while smaller than Delaware, has 4 counties.
Pennsylvania & Florida each have 67 counties.
Iowa has 99 counties.
The smallest Texas county geographically is Rockwall (near Garland),
at 127 square miles.
The largest is Brewster (Big Bend area) at 6,184 square miles, which makes
Brewster County larger than 3 of our states (Connecticut, Delaware, and Rhode Island).
Denton County, Texas is named after John B. Denton, who was killed by Indians
somewhere in the vicinity of Texas Loop 820 in/near Fort Worth.
Only 2 states in the US do not call their counties "counties".
Of course the easy one is our Louisiana neighbors....parishes.
The other is Alaska....boroughs.
3007 = the total number of US counties.
Fulton County, Georgia is the county which contains the City of Atlanta,
as well as many suburban cities and towns. In 1932, Milton County and
Campbell were dissolved and became part of Fulton County. The northern
county (Milton I think) had poor finances at the time. Nowadays it could
have been financially solvent due to the explosive growth in the North Atlanta
region, including the towns of Roswell and Alpharetta.
Fulton County on the map looks like a bow tie sitting on a diagonal.
It's narrow near the middle (city of Atlanta) and larger on each end.
SIA
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2nd Saturdays: Rudy's BBQ, N. Dallas Pkwy, N.bound, N. of Main St., Frisco.
3rd Saturdays: Golden Corral, 465 E. I-20, Collins St exit, Arlington.
4th Saturdays: Sunny St. Cafe, off I-20, Exit 415, Mikus Rd, Willow Park.
2nd Saturdays: Rudy's BBQ, N. Dallas Pkwy, N.bound, N. of Main St., Frisco.
3rd Saturdays: Golden Corral, 465 E. I-20, Collins St exit, Arlington.
4th Saturdays: Sunny St. Cafe, off I-20, Exit 415, Mikus Rd, Willow Park.