# 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:** 17\ **Page:** 4
**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 20, 2020, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-counties-youve-taken-up-residence-in/925765/61 "2020-11-20T14:56:11Z")
> [@jimmyjoeraybubbabob](#): > > San Diego County, CA - stationed at Naval Base Point Loma My San Diego, CA is for the same location. I was on the sub tender USS Sperry. 78 and 79. ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2020, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-counties-youve-taken-up-residence-in/925765/62 "2020-11-21T00:52:03Z")
Claiborne Parish in Louisiana These are all in Arkansas Hempstead Union Pulaski Lonoke County, living here during the pandemic. Just voted in 2020 election. ---
**Author:** ![thatguyjeff](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/6de8d8/32.png) [@thatguyjeff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thatguyjeff)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2020, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-counties-youve-taken-up-residence-in/925765/63 "2020-11-21T02:51:53Z")
Benton, MN (too young to vote here - just growing up) St. Louis, MN Hennepin, MN Dakota, MN Ramsey, MN ---
**Author:** ![Wheelz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wheelz/32/5718_2.png) [@Wheelz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wheelz)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2020, 6:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-counties-youve-taken-up-residence-in/925765/64 "2020-11-22T06:06:59Z")
Cook County IL - Born in Chicago and grew up in Berkeley Dupage IL - Moved to Bloomingdale as a teen DeKalb IL - College years Cook again - my first place in Arlington Heights Will IL - House in Naperville (which is mostly in Dupage, except for the far southern bit) San Francisco County CA, which includes the City of San Francisco and nothing else. ---
**Author:** ![suranyi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e36b37/32.png) [@suranyi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/suranyi)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2020, 8:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-counties-youve-taken-up-residence-in/925765/65 "2020-12-12T08:21:59Z")
Chester, PA Montgomery, PA Montreal, Quebec Los Angeles, CA Santa Clara, CA Alameda, CA ---
**Author:** ![Ann\_Hedonia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ann_hedonia/32/319_2.png) [@Ann\_Hedonia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ann_Hedonia)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2020, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-counties-youve-taken-up-residence-in/925765/66 "2020-12-13T19:28:33Z")
Jefferson County KY ( for the first 3 months of my life) Forsyth County NC Pitt County NC Wake County NC Kings County NY New York County, NY Queens County NY Forsyth County NC (again) ---
**Author:** ![themapleleaf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/themapleleaf/32/14349_2.png) [@themapleleaf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/themapleleaf)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2020, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-counties-youve-taken-up-residence-in/925765/67 "2020-12-15T20:29:22Z")
Toronto, where I grew up, used to be part of “York County”. However, this county has not existed during my lifetime. On 1 January 1954, all municpalities south of Steeles Avenue were separated from the county and merged into the “Municipality of Metropolitan Toronto”, I.E. Toronto federated with a number of other towns (I grew up in one of these, the City of North York, though I went to high school in Toronto proper); all of these became one big amalgamated City of Toronto on 1 January 1998, shortly after I turned 18. The rest of the County was abolished in 1971 and replaced with the “regional municipality” of York with its towns federated in a similar way to how Metropolitan Toronto was (i.e. a regional council and e.g. a single police force but retaining e.g. separate fire departments). During my last sojourn in Canada, I lived in Richmond Hill, a city that forms part of that region. I now live in the Czech Republic. It is divided in small units called “okresy” - this can be translated as “district” or “county”, but since 2003 these are no longer units of decentralization/administration; they continue to serve purposes such as court, police, or statistical areas, etc. The country is divided into bigger administrative regions (kraje). I live in the capital city, Prague, which is not part of any district/county and legally is like its own separate region. ---
**Author:** ![davey77](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/90ced4/32.png) [@davey77](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davey77)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2020, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-counties-youve-taken-up-residence-in/925765/68 "2020-12-17T17:46:05Z")
Noble, OH Muskingum, OH Licking, OH Athens, OH Portage, OH Washington, OH Trois-Rivières, Quebec (Mauricie region) Grady, Oklahoma And tomorrow (!) Canadian, OK ---
**Author:** ![Hari\_Seldon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hari_seldon/32/5173_2.png) [@Hari\_Seldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hari_Seldon)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2020, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-counties-youve-taken-up-residence-in/925765/69 "2020-12-17T20:16:56Z")
Philadelphia, PA (coterminus with the city) Delaware, PA New York, NY Fairfield, CT Champaign, IL Montreal (I don’t think we have counties here) It occurs to me that PA has three counties, Delaware, Indiana, Wyoming, whose names are the same as states. Does any other state have as many or more? ---
**Author:** ![Kimble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kimble/32/19185_2.png) [@Kimble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimble)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2020, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-counties-youve-taken-up-residence-in/925765/70 "2020-12-19T23:35:23Z")
Pennsylvania has four – you missed Washington County, southwest of Pittsburgh. (31 states have a Washington County/Parish/etc.) From looking at [Wikipedia’s list of counties](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_counties_and_county_equivalents), I think it’s tied with New York (DE, NY, WA, WY) and Arkansas (AR, MS, NV, WA) – but both of those states have counties named for themselves, which Pennsylvania doesn’t. My personal county list: Knox, TN Los Angeles, CA Davidson, TN (3 stints, including currently) Shelby, TN (2 stints) ---
**Author:** ![Saintly\_Loser](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saintly_loser/32/4045_2.png) [@Saintly\_Loser](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saintly_Loser)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2020, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-counties-youve-taken-up-residence-in/925765/71 "2020-12-19T23:43:44Z")
Queens County Kings County New York County All in New York, New York. With plenty of back and forth, mostly between Kings and New York Counties. But overall, I’ve spent the most time in Kings County. ---
**Author:** ![P-man](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/p-man/32/3606_2.png) [@P-man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/P-man)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2020, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-counties-youve-taken-up-residence-in/925765/72 "2020-12-20T01:53:48Z")
Funny that the previous two post combine to contain 4 counties I’ve lived in. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2020, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-counties-youve-taken-up-residence-in/925765/73 "2020-12-20T03:48:31Z")
San Bernardino County, CA (2 locations) Humboldt County, CA Anchorage Borough, AK San Bernardino County, CA (4 locations) I am a child of the 909. ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2020, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-counties-youve-taken-up-residence-in/925765/74 "2020-12-22T04:13:38Z")
Odd that there are 4 in Montreal, compared to just 5 in Cook-Chicago ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2020, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-counties-youve-taken-up-residence-in/925765/75 "2020-12-22T17:16:55Z")
In chronological order: Sheboygan County, WI (1 location) Ozaukee County, WI (1 location) Genesee County, MI (2 locations) Wayne County, MI (1 location) Hamilton County, IN (1 location) Lake County, IL (2 locations) Baltimore City (no, it’s not in a county), MD (4 locations) Milwaukee County, WI (2 locations) Sheboygan County, WI (1 location, back to the same house I lived in as an infant, but the house was 1/8 mile west of where it had been) Milwaukee County, WI (2 locations) Sheboygan County, WI (1 location, back to the same piece of land I lived on as an infant, but in a different house on that piece of land) ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2020, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-counties-youve-taken-up-residence-in/925765/76 "2020-12-22T17:58:40Z")
Not in chron order, that would be too complicated: Los Angeles, CA Hartford, CT (multiple locations) Washington, DC Calvert, MD Montgomery, MD Grafton, NH Nassau, NY Florence, SC Richland, SC (2 locations) Albemarle, VA (2 locations) \*Bristol, VA (2 locations) Fairfax, VA (multiple locations) Montgomery, VA \*Newport News, VA \*Independent cities, not part of any county ---
**Author:** ![carrps](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carrps/32/2957_2.png) [@carrps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carrps)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2020, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-counties-youve-taken-up-residence-in/925765/77 "2020-12-22T19:55:36Z")
I’m almost embarrassed: Los Angeles County And I’m 69. Unlikely to be anymore. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-counties-youve-taken-up-residence-in/925765.md?page=3)