Did you know that some states have over 100 counties.

[Charmonium]

And they're not small tracts of land either. Basically, a lot of US states are their own freaking countries.

Not that that Tex-ass is surprised by that. Or CA I suppose.

 

[BurnItDwn]

The unorganized borough of Alaska (part of the state that has no local "county" type government) is bigger than Texas.

 

[JM Aggie08]

Yes.

 

[Stiff Clamp]

They do be having counties.

Others be having townships.

 

[Torn Mind]

Louisiana has parishes and the Napoleonic Code.

 

[Charmonium]

Louisiana has parishes and the Napoleonic Code.

Right? Louisiana really is like another country.

 

[IronWing]

Kentucky has 120 counties as each county seat was supposed to be within a day's horse ride from any point in the county. The legislature offered incentives to convince counties to merge as some county governments are fiscally unsustainable due to very small property tax bases. None bit.

 

[[DHT]Osiris]

The unorganized borough of Alaska (part of the state that has no local "county" type government) is bigger than Texas.

If trees could vote, Alaska would add another 10% to the US voting population.

 

[lxskllr]

It would also increase the average IQ by 5%

 

[sdifox]

If trees could vote, Alaska would add another 10% to the US voting population.

Russian trees rode king crabs across the Bering Sea to vote for Palin when she won the governor race.

 

[Brainonska511]

Kentucky has 120 counties as each county seat was supposed to be within a day's horse ride from any point in the county. The legislature offered incentives to convince counties to merge as some county governments are fiscally unsustainable due to very small property tax bases. None bit.

I don't know why the state needed to offer an incentive - they could have simply forced the issue: counties are creatures of the state, they have no individual sovereignty.

 

[pmv]

Does every one of them have a coward?

 

[IronWing]

Does every one of them have a coward?

Gatlin County’s been having some issues.

 

[SKORPI0]

• Texas - 254
• Georgia - 159
• Virginia - 134
• Kentucky - 120
• Missouri - 115
• Kansas - 105
• Illinois - 102
• North Carolina - 100
• Iowa - 99
• Tennessee - 95

Redirecting to: /state-rankings/county-count-by-state

worldpopulationreview.com

 

[sactoking]

I'm abused that a state like Iowa has 100 counties and only 3.1-3.2 million people. That's an average of 31,000 people per county. 31,000 people hardly counts as a town in some states...

 

[Mr.IncrediblyBored]

And all of them fiefdoms fighting with each other over the next Amazon warehouse being built with the biggest tax breaks.

 

[lxskllr]

I'm abused that a state like Iowa has 100 counties and only 3.1-3.2 million people. That's an average of 31,000 people per county. 31,000 people hardly counts as a town in some states...

That's the consolation prize for having to live in Iowa.

 

[SKORPI0]

I'm abused that a state like Iowa has 100 counties and only 3.1-3.2 million people. That's an average of 31,000 people per county. 31,000 people hardly counts as a town in some states...

County Population Map - Vintage 2021 :: Iowa State Data Center

 

[Captante]

Russian trees rode king crabs across the Bering Sea to vote for Palin when she won the governor race.

Might explain why she got beat!

 

[BurnItDwn]

Might explain why she got beat!

Russian crabs don't stand a chance against a megacrab!

https://kenshi.fandom.com/wiki/Megacrab