A county is a geographic region of a country used for administrative or other purposes in some nations. The term is derived from the Old French comté denoting...

A county seat is an administrative center, seat of government, or capital city of a county or civil parish. The term is in use in five countries: Canada...

There are 3,244 counties and county equivalents in the United States. The 50 states of the United States are divided into 3,007 political subdivisions...

In the United States, a county or county equivalent is an administrative or political subdivision of a U.S. state or other territories of the United States...

county. Despite no longer being used for administration, Yorkshire retains a strong regional identity. The county was named after its original county...

There are 62 counties in the U.S. state of New York. The first 12 were created immediately after the British took over the Dutch colony of New Amsterdam;...

Ceremonial counties, formally known as counties for the purposes of the lieutenancies, are areas of England to which lord-lieutenants are appointed. They...

There are 67 counties in the U.S. state of Florida, which became a territory of the U.S. in 1821 with two counties complementing the provincial divisions...

(/ˈlæŋkəʃər/ LAN-kə-shər, /-ʃɪər/ -⁠sheer; abbreviated Lancs) is a ceremonial county in North West England. It is bordered by Cumbria to the north, North Yorkshire...

Kent is a county in the South East England region, the closest county to continental Europe. It borders Essex across the entire estuary of the River Thames...