county line

Between two counties

A county line is the boundary separating one county from another.

The term appears in directions and descriptions of location: The accident happened just over the county line.

In British slang, county lines refers to drug trafficking networks that transport drugs from urban areas to smaller towns, using dedicated phone lines to take orders.

boundary

border

Outer edge or limit

sign · threshold · edge · limit · divide · perimeter · frontier · separation · interface · borderland

jurisdiction

sheriff

County's chief officer

  • taxesMandatory government payments
  • zoningSectioning areas by use
  • ordinanceOfficial government regulation

court · enforcement · authority · regulation · governance · district attorney · police · administration · council · supervisor

rural

farmland

Agricultural terrain

fence · acreage · homestead · barn · orchard · back roads · roadside · field · meadow · windmill

Categories
Opposites
administrative boundary scale

county linestate line

Political territory's edge

national border · state border · city limits · international border · international boundary

boundary vs. interior

county linecounty seat

Administrative center of a region

town center · downtown · city center · interior · central district

urban-rural connotation

county linecity

Large populated area

metropolis · downtown · urban core · city center · metropolitan area

Family

county, line, count, counties, lines, lined, lining, liner, lineage

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