# Name the counties you've taken up residence in **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [November 17, 2020, 5:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-counties-youve-taken-up-residence-in/925765 "2020-11-17T05:06:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![BippityBoppityBoo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bippityboppityboo/32/5745_2.png) [@BippityBoppityBoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BippityBoppityBoo)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2020, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-counties-youve-taken-up-residence-in/925765/41 "2020-11-17T22:20:12Z")
Dubuque Iowa Jones Iowa Linn Iowa St. Charles MO Douglas NE Suffolk MA Middlesex MA Lancaster NE ---
**Author:** ![Buck\_Godot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/buck_godot/32/6573_2.png) [@Buck\_Godot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buck_Godot)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2020, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-counties-youve-taken-up-residence-in/925765/42 "2020-11-17T22:44:20Z")
Addison country VT (from age 0 -3 probably doesn’t count) Los Alamos County NM Multnomah County OR Prince George’s County MD Montgomery County MD ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2020, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-counties-youve-taken-up-residence-in/925765/43 "2020-11-17T22:51:24Z")
I’m a happy traveller: Will, Il. Cook, Il (Although, if you looked at a few random places in the counties of Cook and Will, it might look like I’ve lived all over the world. Slightly exaggerated.) ---
**Author:** ![Disheavel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e274bd/32.png) [@Disheavel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Disheavel)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2020, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-counties-youve-taken-up-residence-in/925765/44 "2020-11-18T00:17:58Z")
Yankton Cook Kings King ---
**Author:** ![jayrey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/47e85d/32.png) [@jayrey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayrey)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2020, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-counties-youve-taken-up-residence-in/925765/45 "2020-11-18T00:22:04Z")
Orange County, California Gooding and Ada counties, Idaho Salt Lake County, Utah Lincoln, Marion, Yamhill, Multnomah, and Polk counties, Oregon ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2020, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-counties-youve-taken-up-residence-in/925765/46 "2020-11-18T00:32:10Z")
Juneau Borough, Alaska Anchorage Borough, Alaska Fairbanks North Star Borough, Alaska San Diego County, CA Kings County, CA Ventura County, CA Latah County, ID Island County, WA Norfolk County, MA Arlington County, VA Multnomah County, OR ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2020, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-counties-youve-taken-up-residence-in/925765/47 "2020-11-18T00:40:12Z")
Also Hesse, Germany _Région de Bruxelles-Capitale_, Belgium Kampala Central Division Borough, Uganda Bamako Metropolitan Region, Mali ---
**Author:** ![racer72](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/racer72/32/3075_2.png) [@racer72](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/racer72)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2020, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-counties-youve-taken-up-residence-in/925765/48 "2020-11-18T00:44:38Z")
Pierce County, WA Los Angeles County, CA San Diego County, CA Lake County, IL Island County, WA King County, WA ---
**Author:** ![jimmyjoeraybubbabob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/eada6e/32.png) [@jimmyjoeraybubbabob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jimmyjoeraybubbabob)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2020, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-counties-youve-taken-up-residence-in/925765/49 "2020-11-18T01:03:54Z")
Oakland County, MI - born in Rochester Grand Traverse County, MI San Diego County, CA - stationed at Naval Base Point Loma Pasco County, FL - current ---
**Author:** ![JRDelirious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jrdelirious/32/9531_2.png) [@JRDelirious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRDelirious)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2020, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-counties-youve-taken-up-residence-in/925765/50 "2020-11-18T01:48:33Z")
Counties and independent municipalities, in order of cumulative total time registered as official residence: San Juan, PR Morovis, PR Baltimore, MD (City of Baltimore; entirely separate from Baltimore County) Arlington County, VA York County, PA The first three have involved repeated comings and goings over different periods of different lengths through the decades. ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2020, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-counties-youve-taken-up-residence-in/925765/51 "2020-11-18T03:18:52Z")
Fond du Lac WI Dodge WI Marion MO Milwaukee WI East Baton Rouge LA Portage WI Madison AL Davidson TN Fayette KY Orleans LA Mobile AL King WA Marion OR Santa Cruz CA Monterey CA Cumberland ME Hochelaga QC Westmoreland NB Lafayette LA St. John’s NL Brown KS Clay MO Jackson MO Leelanau MI Grand Traverse MI Madison FL Dent MO Victoria TX ---
**Author:** ![Fretful\_Porpentine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fretful_porpentine/32/2873_2.png) [@Fretful\_Porpentine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fretful_Porpentine)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2020, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-counties-youve-taken-up-residence-in/925765/52 "2020-11-18T03:29:58Z")
Fairfax County, VA Williamsburg, VA Orange County, NC St. Clair County, IL Lowndes County, MS ---
**Author:** ![california\_jobcase](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9d8465/32.png) [@california\_jobcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/california_jobcase)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2020, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-counties-youve-taken-up-residence-in/925765/53 "2020-11-18T03:36:51Z")
Irwin, Madison, Coffee, Delaware, Tift. Deciphering the state(s) is left as an exercise to the reader. ---
**Author:** ![Tabco](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tabco/32/7644_2.png) [@Tabco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tabco)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2020, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-counties-youve-taken-up-residence-in/925765/54 "2020-11-18T04:55:25Z")
Los Angeles, CA Shasta, CA Jackson, OR Benton, OR ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2020, 5:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-counties-youve-taken-up-residence-in/925765/55 "2020-11-18T05:45:53Z")
Blair County, PA Centre County, PA Ohio County, WV Sullivan County, PA Ramsey County, MN Hennepin County, MN Lancaster County, PA ---
**Author:** ![Paintcharge](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/paintcharge/32/7946_2.png) [@Paintcharge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paintcharge)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2020, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-counties-youve-taken-up-residence-in/925765/56 "2020-11-18T15:37:50Z")
I’ll need to look up in what counties a few of the places I’ve lived are. Plymouth, MA York, Me Penobscot, ME Forsyth, NC San Diego, CA New Hanover, NC Tompkins, NY ---
**Author:** ![SCAdian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scadian/32/3292_2.png) [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2020, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-counties-youve-taken-up-residence-in/925765/57 "2020-11-18T16:07:34Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > San Diego County, California To be honest, that was only for two months, whilst attending a Navy school. But I was living out in town, not on base. ---
**Author:** ![BwanaBob](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bwanabob/32/2985_2.png) [@BwanaBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BwanaBob)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2020, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-counties-youve-taken-up-residence-in/925765/58 "2020-11-18T17:31:12Z")
In no order: Nassau - NY Suffolk - NY Kings - NY Broome - NY Santa Clara - CA Anne Arundel - MD ---
**Author:** ![Driver8](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b5a626/32.png) [@Driver8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Driver8)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2020, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-counties-youve-taken-up-residence-in/925765/59 "2020-11-18T17:56:10Z")
- Cape Town, South Africa (I don’t think there’s an obvious county equivalent, the city is run as one large municipality as far as I can remember) - Broward, FL - Fulton, GA - Sacramento, CA - Alameda, CA - King, WA ---
**Author:** ![mheine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/50afbb/32.png) [@mheine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mheine)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2020, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-counties-youve-taken-up-residence-in/925765/60 "2020-11-18T20:52:14Z")
Solano, CA Alameda, CA Contra Costa, CA San Francisco, CA [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-counties-youve-taken-up-residence-in/925765.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-counties-youve-taken-up-residence-in/925765.md?page=4)