neighboring counties
Bordering local regions
Neighboring counties are counties that share a border, used when discussing local government, regional planning, or geographic relationships: Property values in neighboring counties vary widely.
The phrase appears frequently in news, legal contexts, and everyday reference to nearby jurisdictions: Residents often commute to jobs in neighboring counties.
- borderingSharing an edge with
- adjacentDirectly next to
- adjoiningSharing a border
- commuter beltSuburban ring around city
- contiguousSharing a common boundary
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