counties
State administrative sections
Counties is the plural of county, a territorial division for local government.
In the United States, counties are the primary subdivision of states: Several counties reported flooding.
In the United Kingdom and Ireland, counties are historic regions with strong local identity: the counties of Yorkshire and Kent.
County boundaries often determine school districts, tax jurisdictions, and court systems.
Appointed agency leader
- supervisorOne who directs workers
- councilAdvisory deliberative group
- sheriffCounty's chief officer
- treasurerFinancial steward of organization
clerk · auditor · assessor · prosecutor · recorder · comptroller · coroner · surveyor
Local church community
- townshipCounty's smaller division
- boroughAdministrative town or district
- districtBounded administrative area
- provinceRegional administrative district
territory · boundary · seat · line · map · subdivision · region · zone
commissioner
Appointed agency leader
- supervisorOne who directs workers
- councilAdvisory deliberative group
- sheriffCounty's chief officer
treasurer · clerk · auditor · assessor · prosecutor · recorder · comptroller · coroner · surveyor · registrar
parish
Local church community
- townshipCounty's smaller division
- boroughAdministrative town or district
- districtBounded administrative area
province · territory · boundary · seat · line · map · subdivision · region · zone · tract
countryside
Rural area beyond towns
- farmlandAgricultural terrain
- agricultureCultivation of land, livestock
- pastoralOf countryside or clergy care
acreage · homesteads · orchards · meadows · livestock · dairies · farming · harvest · tillage · fairs
courthouse
Legal proceedings venue
district · chancery · court · clerk · records · docket · jail · detention · arraignment · filing
- place namesplace names, Peking, Beijing, place name, city names
- regional featurestopography, coastlines, valleys, plateaus, wetlands
- human geographycultural landscape, demographics, migration, demography, urbanization
- English historyNorman Conquest, Domesday Book, Magna Carta, King Alfred, Henry VIII
- geographic datapopulation density, land area, square miles, area, highest point
- local governancevillage council, mayors, local government, local councils, town meeting
countiesstates
Modes of being
nations · countries · federal government · cities · municipalities
- dry countiesAreas banning alcohol sales
- English countiesBritish administrative divisions
- neighboring countiesCounties sharing a border
- wet countiesAreas permitting liquor sales
- historic countiesOriginal regional administrative areas