# County names that are present participles **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 12, 2026, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/county-names-that-are-present-participles/1026606 "2026-01-12T18:25:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![mixdenny](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mixdenny/32/2962_2.png) [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2026, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/county-names-that-are-present-participles/1026606/1 "2026-01-12T18:25:20Z")
In Ohio we be Licking and Hocking. ---
**Author:** ![bibliophage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bibliophage/32/7615_2.png) [@bibliophage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bibliophage)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2026, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/county-names-that-are-present-participles/1026606/2 "2026-01-12T19:16:35Z")
Loving County, Texas, is the least populous county in the country (population: 64). Cuming County, Nebraska. No, not Cumming. Cuming is the present participle of cume which is a rare verb meaning “to accumulate,” especially in the context of box-office receipts for a movie. ---
**Author:** ![Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/q.q.switcheroo/32/5713_2.png) [@Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.Q.Switcheroo)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2026, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/county-names-that-are-present-participles/1026606/3 "2026-01-12T19:47:38Z")
There’s a [Boxing County](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boxing_County) in China. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2026, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/county-names-that-are-present-participles/1026606/4 "2026-01-12T19:59:55Z")
> [@bibliophage](#): > > Cuming County, Nebraska. Located adjacent to Just Breathing Hard County. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![PatrickLondon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/patricklondon/32/4422_2.png) [@PatrickLondon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PatrickLondon)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2026, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/county-names-that-are-present-participles/1026606/5 "2026-01-12T20:21:14Z")
> [@mixdenny](#): > > In Ohio we be Licking and Hocking Your private life is your business. ---
**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2026, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/county-names-that-are-present-participles/1026606/6 "2026-01-12T20:57:26Z")
Not a county, but may I add Flushing? ---
**Author:** ![furryman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/furryman/32/99_2.png) [@furryman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/furryman)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2026, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/county-names-that-are-present-participles/1026606/7 "2026-01-12T21:00:02Z")
Boring Oregon (Actually a town) ---
**Author:** ![penultima\_thule](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/penultima_thule/32/3833_2.png) [@penultima\_thule](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/penultima_thule)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2026, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/county-names-that-are-present-participles/1026606/8 "2026-01-12T21:16:24Z")
In Australia, where rural counties are termed Shires there is: Bland Shire Canning Shire Chittering Shire Cuballing Shire You might also add Darling Shire & Stirling Shire ---
**Author:** ![Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/q.q.switcheroo/32/5713_2.png) [@Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.Q.Switcheroo)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2026, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/county-names-that-are-present-participles/1026606/9 "2026-01-12T21:17:23Z")
If towns and/or neighborhoods count, England has a few: Barking, Chipping, Tooting. ETA: and Reading, though that’s a slight stretch pronunciationwise. ---
**Author:** ![Treppenwitz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treppenwitz/32/3445_2.png) [@Treppenwitz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Treppenwitz)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2026, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/county-names-that-are-present-participles/1026606/10 "2026-01-12T21:43:01Z")
The old county of Yorkshire has three Ridings (East, North and West). j ETA: rather pleasingly, there are a couple of Witterings not for from where we live (East and West) ---
**Author:** ![Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/q.q.switcheroo/32/5713_2.png) [@Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.Q.Switcheroo)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2026, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/county-names-that-are-present-participles/1026606/11 "2026-01-12T21:50:11Z")
There was [that one town in Austria](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fugging,_Upper_Austria) that finally changed its name after the “Welcome To” sign kept getting stolen… ---
**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2026, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/county-names-that-are-present-participles/1026606/12 "2026-01-12T22:50:17Z")
NY has Wyoming County, for people who like to Wyom. Pennsylvania also has a Wyoming County, and has Lycoming County for people who don’t like to Wyom. Indiana has Jennings County, close but no cigar. Harding County New Mexico, for those who go hard. ---
**Author:** ![PatrickLondon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/patricklondon/32/4422_2.png) [@PatrickLondon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PatrickLondon)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2026, 11:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/county-names-that-are-present-participles/1026606/13 "2026-01-13T11:43:11Z")
> [@furryman](#): > > Boring Oregon (Actually a town) Which has a twinning agreement with Dull in Scotland. I believe Bland in Australia asked if they could join too. ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2026, 12:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/county-names-that-are-present-participles/1026606/14 "2026-01-13T12:34:50Z")
Summit County Colorado. You Summit a mountain when you climp it. And we had a lot of very tall mountains. Worked for the county for 33 years. ---
**Author:** ![mixdenny](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mixdenny/32/2962_2.png) [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2026, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/county-names-that-are-present-participles/1026606/15 "2026-01-13T17:27:18Z")
Then Ohio has three since we have a Summit as well. ---
**Author:** ![Lsura](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7993a0/32.png) [@Lsura](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lsura)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2026, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/county-names-that-are-present-participles/1026606/16 "2026-01-13T17:42:50Z")
Also not a county but in GA we have Cumming. ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2026, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/county-names-that-are-present-participles/1026606/17 "2026-01-13T17:56:34Z")
Utah has a Summit County as well. The GIS department got some strange calls from Ohio and Utah. But it was pretty easy to sort out. It’s kinda funny though, the highest ‘peak’ in Ohio is I think 600 feet. ---
**Author:** ![whitetho](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/whitetho/32/1059_2.png) [@whitetho](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/whitetho)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2026, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/county-names-that-are-present-participles/1026606/18 "2026-01-13T18:04:12Z")
Does Wake County, North Carolina count? ---
**Author:** ![furryman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/furryman/32/99_2.png) [@furryman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/furryman)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2026, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/county-names-that-are-present-participles/1026606/19 "2026-01-13T18:19:21Z")
How do I go Cuballing? Inquiring minds want to know ---
**Author:** ![vbob](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/vbob/32/4439_2.png) [@vbob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vbob)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2026, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/county-names-that-are-present-participles/1026606/20 "2026-01-13T18:29:44Z")
> [@mixdenny](#): > > Then Ohio has three since we have a Summit as well. Rhode Island also has a Summit - a whopping 500’ above sea level. “_Summit_, so named as the highest point of the Providence, Hartford and Fishkill Railroad, was established in 1856.” [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/county-names-that-are-present-participles/1026606.md?page=2)