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Tuscaloosa County (Ala.)
Located in west-central Alabama, the town was named for a sixteenth-century indigenous chief of the Mississippian culture.
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Mobile County (Ala.)
Located in the southwestern tip of the state, along the Gulf of Mexico, the city was anmed for the Mobile Bay, along which it sits. The bay was in turn named for the Maubila indigenous people. The county seat is also named Mobile.
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Marengo County (Ala.)
Located in west-central Alabama, the county was named for the Battle of Marengo, Napoleon's victory in 1800, as some of the area's early white settlers were Bonaparte supporters exiled from France. The county seat is Linden.
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Greene County (Ala.)
Located in west-central Alabama, the county was named for Revolutionary War general Nathaniel Greene. The county seat is Eutaw.
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Shelby County (Ala.)
Located in west-central Alabama, along the Mississippi border, the county was named for Revolutionary War veteran and Kentucky governor Isaac Shelby. The county seat is Columbiana.
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Morgan County (Ala.)
Located in north-central Alabama, the county was named for U.S. congressman Daniel Morgan. The county seat is Decatur.
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Madison County (Ala.)
Located in north-central Alabama, along the Tennessee border, the county was named for U.S. president James Madison. The county seat is Huntsville.
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Limestone County (Ala.)
Located in north-central Alabama, along the Tennessee border, the county was named for Limestone Creek, which in turn was named for the local limestone deposits. The county seat is Athens.
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Jefferson County (Ala.)
Located in central Alabama, the county was named for U.S. president Thomas Jefferson. The county seat is Birmingham.
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Dallas County (Ala.)
Located in south-central Alabama, the county was named for U.S. Treasury Secretary Alexander James Dallas. The county seat is Selma.
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Choctaw County (Ala.)
Located in southwestern Alabama, along the Mississippi border, the county was named for the Choctaw indigenous people. The county seast is Butler.
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Wyandotte County (Kan.)
Located in northeast Kansas, along the Missouri border, the county was named for the Wyandotte people who lived in the area. The county seat is Kansas City.
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Sumner County (Kan.)
Located in central-south Kansas, along the Oklahoma border, the county was named for U.S. Senator Charles Sumner. The county seat is Wellington.
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Shawnee County (Kan.)
Located in north-central Kansas, the county was named for the Shawnee people who lived in the area. The county seat is Topeka.
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Sedgwick County (Kan.)
Located in south-central Kansas, the county was named for General John Sedgwick, the highest ranking Union general killed during the Civil War. The county seat is Wichita.
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Republic County (Kan.)
Located in central-north Kansas, along the Nebraska border, the county was named for the Republic River that flows through the county. The county seat is Belleville.
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Osage County (Kan.)
Located in central-east Kansas the county was named for the Osage River that flows through the county. The county seat is Lyndon.
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Morris County (Kan.)
Located in east-central Kansas, the county was named for U.S. Senator Thomas Morris. The county seat is Council Grove.
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Lyon County (Kan.)
Located in east-central Kansas, the county was named for General Nathaniel Lyon, the first Union general to die in the Civil War. The county seat is Emporia.
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Linn County (Kan.)
Located in central-east Kansas, along the border with Missouri, the county was named for U.S. Senator Lewis Fields Linn. The county seat is Mound City.
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Leavenworth County (Kan.)
Located in the northeast corner of Kansas, along the Missouri border, the county was named for General Henry Leavenworth. The county seat is also called Leavenworth.
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Franklin County (Kan.)
Located in central-east Kansas, the county was named for founding father Benjamin Franklin. The county seat is Ottawa.
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Douglas County (Kan.)
Located in the northeast of Kansas, the county was named for U.S. Senator Stephen A. Douglas, one of Abraham Lincoln's opponents in the 1860 presidential election. The county seat is Lawrence.
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Cowley County (Kan.)
Located along the southern border with Oklahoma, the county was named for First Lieutenant Matthew Cowley, who died at Little Rock, Arkansas in 1864. The county seat is Winfield.
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Cherokee County (Kan.)
Located in the southeast corner of Kansas, along both the Missouri and Oklahoma borders, the county is located on what was once known as the Cherokee Neutral Lands. The county was named for the Cherokee people. The county seat is Columbus.