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@TheCoyote808
6 ай бұрын
Kalawao County is one of the only counties (if not the only) that has no elected official governing it. Instead the Director of Health is the Mayor who is appointed by the Governor.
@treyhazard7318
5 ай бұрын
Besides us Connecticuters who have no county government whatsoever! They were abolished in the 60s and now county lines serve purely geographical purposes lol
@andrew_ray
4 ай бұрын
@@treyhazard7318 Connecticut doesn't even have counties anymore. They have officially been replaced by planning regions for all purposes. Rhode Island and Massachusetts do still have counties with no governments.
@treyhazard7318
4 ай бұрын
@@andrew_ray did you even read my comment? Lol
@andrew_ray
4 ай бұрын
@@treyhazard7318 Sure. Connecticut hasn't had county _governments_ since the 60s, but it still had counties until the end of last year, at least according to the US Census Bureau. As of 2024, the bureau no longer recognizes counties in Connecticut and instead recognizes the state's nine planning regions as county equivalents.
@treyhazard7318
4 ай бұрын
@@andrew_ray you should read my original comment more closely again
@robynkolozsvari
6 ай бұрын
To be clear: Baltimore, St. Louis, and Carson City aren't just examples of independent cities. Those three plus the 38 in Virginia make up the complete list of independent cities in the US.
@MattMcIrvin
6 ай бұрын
I used to assume that incorporated cities were always independent of counties, since I grew up in Virginia, and my city of birth happened to be one of the others on the short list (creating slightly unusual bureaucratic situations since they often ask for your county of birth).
@robynkolozsvari
5 ай бұрын
@@MattMcIrvin I learned about this when I started trying to compare cities and counties across the country and kept getting just hitting a wall where nothing in Virginia made any sense. the "cities" are sometimes things that look like counties (looking at you, Virginia Beach) and the "counties" are sometimes things that look like cities (looking at you, Arlington) and i just have to try not to start pulling my hair out
@CrystalClearWith8BE
5 ай бұрын
St. Louis and Carson City are the only independent cities in the US that are located west of the Mississippi, but Carson City is the only independent city in the US west of the Great Divide.
@Roadtripmik
5 ай бұрын
And Philadelphia
@noahameur7410
5 ай бұрын
What about SF, Denver and Jacksonville?
@LtexprsGaming
6 ай бұрын
Just to clarify the reason Arlington County isnt apart of the District anymore is for a couple reasons. 1 Alexandria and Arlington were in economic decline due to restrictive policies, and only allowing government buildings on the east side of the Potomac. Another reason is because of slavery. Alexandria was a very popular hub for trading slaves, and there was rumors that abolitionists wanted to end slavery in the district, leading to the people in Alexandria and Arlington wanting to be reincorporated back into slave friendly Virginia.
@sblack53
5 ай бұрын
Realistically if the District didn’t give it back, Virginia would have taken it when the Civil War began
@KingLarbear
5 ай бұрын
Also, Arlington County was Alexandria County and I'm sure that they were with Alexandria city and they were separated and the town of the county was changed
@johnskeff9617
5 ай бұрын
Absolutely Geo Beaver buried the lead on this one 😢
@leroyjabari
5 ай бұрын
Slavery was the chief reason for DC giving Arlington County back
@tpatrickl9539
5 ай бұрын
Broomfield county Colorado came into existence because the police department could never figure out which county they would have to take someone to in the case of a criminal issue. Greeley was an hour away and it became difficult to drive as the population grew in traffic increased. It could be a 90 minute drive if there was traffic. It just became easier to separate the geographic area of Broomfield into its own county. Very logical decision.
@dock_yard1149
6 ай бұрын
Kearny NJ is pronounced "CARny" The 8 counties of CT were abolished as governmental entities by a State law passed in the 1970's. The counties remain as only lines on a map. The only county official remaining is a Sheriff, and his/her only role is to serve subpoenas and other legal notices. Why this oddity could not have been eliminated and done by the State itself escapes me ... perhaps the legislation left an un-closed loophole. But overall, this simplifies a small state's government by eliminating the costs and bureaucracies of an entire layer. Why other similarly small states haven't also done this by now is ridiculous.
@cardelf6159
6 ай бұрын
Rhode Island also abolished county governments, with the authority lying with 31 towns instead of 5 counties. Most of Massachusetts has abolished county governments.
@JayYoung-ro3vu
6 ай бұрын
Didn't the Cansdian and Australian governments 'encourage' mergers between counties and cities?
@MrChilili
5 ай бұрын
Same for Kearney Ne, and Fort Kearny
@JayYoung-ro3vu
5 ай бұрын
Under Ohio Constitution, the sheriff does similarly BUT it isn't the highest ranking officer. The county coroner is as he can arrest the sheriff! Oddities in every state's laws. Cleveland, Ohio had a funny but logical one for wagon days. Cliff Note version is waving a red, lite, lantern, at the other three directions of an intersection and yelling something before proceeding.
@treyhazard7318
5 ай бұрын
We don’t have sheriffs either anymore! They were abolished in 2000 and replaced with “state marshals”. There’s also actually a growing movement of those who want to bring county government back. Yes, the state itself is physically small, but without counties, and with such strong towns, it’s proven difficult to get projects done that require the cooperation of multiple municipalities with their own individual governments
@sythos_8653
6 ай бұрын
0:04 Not every state has counties. Louisiana has parishes instead.
@theking10184
6 ай бұрын
Same with alaska. We have boroughs
@andycockrum1212
6 ай бұрын
@@theking10184yall really think you’re NYC
@sexygeek8996
5 ай бұрын
same thing, different name
@bmjv77
5 ай бұрын
@@andycockrum1212 the use of the term "borough" isn't unique to NYC. Matter of fact CT, NJ, and PA use the term also.
@lostinrabbithole12
5 ай бұрын
And Connecticut will now have "Planning Regions". These were already in use but should be fully implemented by the Census this year
@Woodshedphilosophy
6 ай бұрын
I live in Cedar County, Iowa. It is exactly 24 miles x 24 miles. The north-south roads are avenues in alphabetical order. The term country mile comes from our rural toads being perfect squares 1 mile x 1 mile.
@dylanlowers5236
6 ай бұрын
I live in NW PA and you can see the history of colonial settlement in our counties. Eastern Pa counties are smaller, random shaped (influenced by geography too), and seemingly arbitrary. As you go west into land that was settled later the counties get larger and blockier (several counties broke away from larger ones IE Beaver county from Allegheny County). You can see the major difference in NE Ohio, the first area to be settled from new territories other than the 13 Colonies AKA the Northwest Purchase/Connecticut Reserve. Counties were created using a system revolving around the center courthouse, and they look much more uniform
@tspryaviation
6 ай бұрын
Ik. My grandma lives in Lake County, OH, and the county geography of NE OH and NW PA always fascinated me compared to my SoCal-based viewpoint on County shapes
@CrystalClearWith8BE
6 ай бұрын
Suffolk County, MA only have 4 cities in there. Other than Boston, the three suburbs are Winthrop, Chelsea, and Revere. With a county that small, it's very urban as you can see and is one of the most urbanized counties in the US by far.
@tklalmighty
2 ай бұрын
Yeah Beaver missed Chelsea. That said, it also doesn't matter at all as MA pretty much does nothing at the county level, unlike most other states.
@davidgreenhow7811
6 ай бұрын
Norfolk County in Massachusetts includes the towns of Brookline and Cohasset which are geographically separated from the rest of the county. Doesn't matter much since in Mass the county governments basically run the court system and not much else.
@MattMcIrvin
6 ай бұрын
Yes, in most of New England, counties are vestigial divisions of government, since towns and cities cover the entire land area and perform most of the functions that county government would elsewhere. The court, jail and prison systems are usually organized by county.
@nlpnt
5 ай бұрын
@@MattMcIrvin In Mass, usually. In Vermont most of what counties would do in larger states is done at the state level. There are county sheriffs' departments, and they tend to do a lot of contract work - construction zone patrols and the like.
@tomgeraci9886
5 ай бұрын
@@MattMcIrvinMaine, NH and Vermont provide more services at the county level since the towns are much more sparsely populated and thus can’t provide all their own services
@indianapatsfan
6 ай бұрын
I think the smallest counties in terms of population would be interesting.
@jeremiahallyn4603
6 ай бұрын
There would be quite a few from Texas and Nebraska. I think Loving County, Texas, is the smallest, with only like 50 or 60 people, maybe even less.
@adambuesser6264
6 ай бұрын
How about the most populated counties in every US state?
@andycockrum1212
6 ай бұрын
That’s not much different than the biggest city in each state
@Marquipuchi
5 ай бұрын
@@andycockrum1212 most cities arent coterminous with their counties. and Suffolk Co. MA is half the size of its biggest county, which is all suburban
@williamsullivan3967
6 ай бұрын
Good stuff!! Have you ever done a deep dive on Duval County/Jacksonville, Fl?
@Hodaggium
6 ай бұрын
I'd be interested to see more about the independent cities. I've read up on the history of Saint Louis, and my understanding is that the city became separate from the county because they were paying county taxes but receiving minimal services from the county, while at the same time paying city taxes to receive services from the city that were being provided by the county elsewhere. So if you think this is a city sized tax dodge, you're right!
@JESL_Only_1
4 ай бұрын
As noted, Chelsea, MA is in Suffolk County, along with Boston, Winthrop and Revere. Cambridge and the northwest are Middlesex; all to the north is Essex. To the south are Norfolk and Plymouth counties.
@RonD937
12 күн бұрын
Hudson County NJ was part of Bergen County, one of New Jersey's Original Counties. All of present day Hudson County broke away from Bergen County in 1840 Bergen expanded. The most southern part of today's Bergen County originally joined Hudson County (East Rutherford, Rutherford, Lyndhurst & North Arlington) but rejoined Bergen County.
@14Rocket
5 ай бұрын
I'm not a Boston native and I can hear the whole state of Massachusetts scream at you for the pronunciation of Worcester
@BeaverGeography
5 ай бұрын
At least I'm not saying "war chester"
@Marquipuchi
5 ай бұрын
@@BeaverGeography war chester is better than saying warster. not knowing is better than trying and failing miserably
@ThatHighwayGuy-n8f
2 ай бұрын
Great job beave. Im also fansinated by this topic, and daily, I find myself going through county maps of places that are over 1000 miles away from where I am.
@mikemclean5815
6 ай бұрын
“Suffolk” is pronounced “Suff-ick.” “Worcester” is pronounced “wuuh-ster.” “Norfolk” is pronounced “nor-fuck.”
@JayYoung-ro3vu
6 ай бұрын
In southern Ohio (Virginia/southern ancestry), we pronounce the City of W-o-o-s-t-e-r as Wooster, like rooster. Whereas northern Ohio (New England) pronounces is Wuster. I still slip & entertain my friends with my "hillbilly" pronunciation or occassional twang. Funny though, really can't be called "hillbilly" because our land (where I live) is flat(tish).
@blast_processing-music_disc
Ай бұрын
I pronounce Worcester as worchester
@brigand13
5 ай бұрын
One you don't mention, but which is significant is Rockwall County in Texas. At 149 sq. miles, it's not small compared to the ones you list, but for TEXAS it's tiny (everything is bigger in Texas, even small stuff). It's also one of the richest counties in Texas.
@rayfridley6649
5 ай бұрын
The ironic thing about Virginia is that Arlington County is laid like a large city. Chesapeake City, located in the Norfolk, Virginia Beach, and Portsmouth area is legally an independent city but looks like a rural county, including farms. Go figure.
@cullenanderson173
5 ай бұрын
Love a county deep dive, you’re so right at the start about how they’re kind of untapped and fascinating. As a lifelong Virginia resident, the whole city/county thing was one of the head scratchers that got me all into geography to begin with. Love the video
@seprishere
6 ай бұрын
Even the quarantine one in Hawaii is bigger than the City of London, which is about one square mile but also has very weird governance. If you do go to the City of London, remember that there are Premier Inns and Travelodges which cannot be booked except directly.
@street_ruffian
5 ай бұрын
I'm not sure if someone added this earlier but Suffolk County Massachusetts is actually Boston, Revere, Winthrop, and Chelsea. Chelsea is a tiny city of just 2.22 sq mi of land.
@mrcombine4312
6 ай бұрын
hey man, idk if you remember me from emc earth but congrats on 53 k subs!
@skylersadventures
5 ай бұрын
Enjoy videos like these. Just liked it too. I’d do an episode on the largest counties as well.
@bryanCJC2105
6 ай бұрын
Back in Jr High, in the late 70s, we had to take a California History class and one fo the things we learned was how the current counties evolved from the original counties. I always thought that was fascinating and can still recite the counties and their county seats. I can probably still draw a map of California with the counties.
@MellohiYT
5 ай бұрын
Suffolk County, Massachusetts don't only have winthrop boston and revere, it also has chelsea, which is NOT part of boston
@MellohiYT
5 ай бұрын
banger video though
@blast_processing-music_disc
Ай бұрын
Cool pfp
@IncoherentCentrist
5 ай бұрын
Suffolk County is 4 cities - Boston, Revere, Winthrop, and Chelsea.
@sirturtle5917
5 ай бұрын
Fun fact about the independent cities of Virginia: the smallest is Falls Church, which currently is only 2.2 square miles, and resides near Arlington County. I believe this also makes it the smallest independent city in the country. If you would like more info about Falls Church, just ask me.
@zachfenton608
6 ай бұрын
Very good, when are you going to do the biggest countries
@travist.7279
6 ай бұрын
The largest by area would all be in Alaska. In the 48 states, San Bernardino County in California has the largest area. Most of that area is desert.
@User31129
5 ай бұрын
How San Bernardino County and Riverside County function being that huge is beyond me.
@sams3015
6 ай бұрын
As an Irishman, I was always confused growing up how in American shows, a county would be like one major town when in my county (County Kerry) there is several major towns and it can take 2 or 3 hours to transverse end to end and there all different sections. I think US counties more fit our local town districts. Fun fact; a Count was called an Earl in Britain & Ireland so that’s why you hear “Earl and Countess” and they’ve ran the county in the past and the counties were broken into Baronies ran by barons. We still use baronies today for planning permission applications and house deeds
@chiarosuburekeni9325
6 ай бұрын
Yeah, but it’s not all like that here in America. It varies. Some of our counties are exactly how you described like for instance I live in Los Angeles county. Your head would spin with how densely populated it is and how many cities are inside of it, but then there are really tiny counties that only have one seat. There’s a huge variety here when it comes to counties
@andycockrum1212
6 ай бұрын
Our largest county, San Bernardino in California, is over half the size of Ireland
@deirdre108
6 ай бұрын
In the US it can be interesting to consider the city police vs the county sheriff departments and their quasi-independent jurisdictions. Sheriffs are elected in a popular vote by county residents whereas the city police chief is typically appointed by the mayor or some commission established by the city council.
@deirdre108
6 ай бұрын
@@andycockrum1212 Can't Rhode Island, Delaware and Connecticut fit into San Berdoo County?
@colormedubious4747
5 ай бұрын
In Texas you'll find large counties containing dozens of cities, and huge cities that sprawl across several counties. You'll also find a county larger than some European nations in which only 70 or so people live. Go figure.
@Dispatcher-kv2im
5 ай бұрын
Thanks for the update love the channel and content keep up the great work!
@sblack53
5 ай бұрын
10:09 notably, Ellis and Liberty Islands are shared by New York and New Jersey, because the treaty they signed establishing their border at the Hudson River gave the original islands to New York, but when NYC dredged up more land NJ staked a claim to the new parts of the islands on NJ’s side of the Hudson.
@joshymoe6827
5 ай бұрын
Suffolk county MA also includes Chelsea along with Boston, Winthrop, and Revere
@Bizcachita
6 ай бұрын
How does this video not feature any counties in Puerto Rico? XD the County of Cataño is 7.04 sq mi. Beating easily the top 1 in this list (yes Puerto Rico has Municipios, but they are County equivalents, just like New York Burrows)
@GalenlevyPhoto
5 ай бұрын
I was wondering if you were gonna say something about Iowa being perfect grid of counties. There you said it. All 99 counties of glory. 😅
@shoredude2
6 ай бұрын
I'm only 2:17 in, and the butchering of easy pronunciations is killing me. Please tell me it gets better.
@Dhi_Bee
5 ай бұрын
8:59 Nah, the REAL reason Washington DC didn’t maintain its diamond shape is due to slave trade along the Potomac River in present day Arlington & Alexandria. Look it up if you have doubts
@ashtonkimball5243
2 ай бұрын
1:50 Suffolk County includes Chelsea, which is a separate city that is mistakenly put as part of Boston here
@Finch460
5 ай бұрын
Keep up the great work!
@BeaverGeography
5 ай бұрын
Thanks
@JL-sm6cg
6 ай бұрын
Next time you make videos about counties, consider the following: The youngest counties in the country (Broomfield County is the youngest.) Counties that either were proposed or had existed and then were gone. Why Louisiana calls their counties "parishes".
@JayYoung-ro3vu
6 ай бұрын
Parishes go back to the French, do they not?
@JL-sm6cg
6 ай бұрын
@@JayYoung-ro3vu yes, but why not have a video on it still?
@JayYoung-ro3vu
5 ай бұрын
@JL-sm6cg True as most Americans are ignorant or weren't taught (or they haven't visited Louisiana? lol
@gregsells8549
5 ай бұрын
Texas created a couple of counties in the territory it lost in the Compromise of 1850: Santa Fe and Worth. Later it organized Greer County between two forks of the Red River, but the Supreme Court ruled that the south fork was the boundary between Texas and Oklahoma, and Greer County became part of the then-Oklahoma Territory. Then there were Foley and Buchel Counties in the Big Bend region which were absorbed by Brewster County because of sparse population, and likewise Encinal County in South Texas was annexed to Webb County (Laredo and a lot of ranchland).
@StevenEveral
6 ай бұрын
How about the least populated counties for another video?
@JCVACCARO
5 ай бұрын
Kearney NJ pronounce it like Karney. LOL. Thanks for the great videos.
@matthewskolar5220
5 ай бұрын
And spell it like Kearny :)
@JCVACCARO
5 ай бұрын
@@matthewskolar5220Blame Google speak on this. Trust me I know as I've worked here for 10yrs.
@EmeraldCrimsonShadowPeach2K5
5 ай бұрын
I'm a Long Islander who used to live in Queens, and I had no idea Manhattan was the second smallest county in America. I'm just glad it's easily accessible and not isolated from the rest of the state.
@StevenMeyerJr
5 ай бұрын
I suggest you look into the history of Arlington and Alexandria, because that is NOT at all how the history went down. 😅 They retrogressed because of slavery in 1846.
@rastan49
5 ай бұрын
For any Aussies here, from my take on counties in the US, it would be safe to say they the equivalent of LGA’s (Local government area’s) here in AUS? Seems to be my take, tho LGA’s can be anything from Shire’s, City’s, council’s etc Tho US counties seem to have more power at the local level than LGA’s with some exceptions like the Canberra where there is no council’s.So state and local services and funding are done at the same level.
@rachaad
6 ай бұрын
I like, if you haven't , cover cities thay are into multiple counties , i know NYC and Atlanta are examples i just curious if there are more
@brianmiddleton2956
6 ай бұрын
Michigan has Holland in Allegan and Ottawa Counties, Milan in Washtenaw and Monroe, Northville in Wayne and Oakland, South Haven in Van Buren and Allegan. The big one is Lansing, the only state capital that does not also service as the county seat where the state capital lies. Also Lansing goes in parts of 3 counties in Michigan. I am sure Michigan has other examples, but these ones come to mind.
@rachaad
6 ай бұрын
@@brianmiddleton2956 wow thanks!
@aaronholcomb237
5 ай бұрын
Oklahoma City, the second largest city in area in the Lower 48, has its city limits in at least 3 counties that I know for sure.
@JayYoung-ro3vu
6 ай бұрын
Condolidated city-county pops up in Indiana with Indianapolis and Marion County. Teo cities in Kentucky, Louisville (pronounce loovull) and Lecington are recent mergers. We try them in Ohio, but some outlying suburbs and big cities go "oh hell no." City of Dayton bought and annexed property in neighboring county as a hedge of getting landlocked as there was a serious effort to create a consolidated city/county government. I think the plan was patterned after Indianapolis and its Marion County merger?
@abkeener81
5 ай бұрын
I’m a native of Fairfax County, Virginia. My understanding is that Arlington and Alexandria wanted to be part of Virginia. Keep in mind this was during the civil war. The governor of Virginia ordered that they seed those places back to Virginia. That’s why DC looks so lob sided.
@Sushbearious
5 ай бұрын
I'm sure you'll get a few more of these, if you haven't already, but you don't pronounce the "L" in Suffolk county (Boston).
@JayYoung-ro3vu
2 ай бұрын
Broomfield County, Colorado, was created to keep Denver from wholly annexing the previous counties.
@werewolf3945
5 ай бұрын
You should make a video of independent cities, I think it would be interesting.
@TheAtkey
4 ай бұрын
I think largest counties would be a good topic for a set of videos, both for population and area.
@295g295
5 ай бұрын
2:08 - Why is Norfolk County south of Sufolk County?
@kajunsblerdeye9325
6 ай бұрын
I don't think counties get talk about much outside of their states.
@Pandacalifornia
5 ай бұрын
Things only eBirders obsess over
@3dplanet100
5 ай бұрын
And I live in one of the top ten smallest counties: in Hudson County, New Jersey!
@jamesmartello1
5 ай бұрын
Great video! Very interesting, however we don't have counties, per se, in Louisiana. We have parishes. We're the only state in the union that does, as Louisiana follows Civil Law not Common Law like the rest of the country. It's a carryover from Louisiana being governed by Catholic countries like Spain and France.
@christopherjenkins7577
6 ай бұрын
I can tell you're not from Massachusetts by your pronunciations. The L in Norfolk and Suffolk is silent. Also, Nantucket is a town, not a city. Counties matter little in Massachusetts anyway. Half of them no longer exist as governing entities though certain regional officials are still elected on that basis per the state constitution. The entire state is covered by incorporated cities and towns which is where people say they live. Nobody from MA is likely to tell you they live in X County.
@RonD937
12 күн бұрын
The 5 counties of city of New York do not exist because the city is so large. New York, Kings, Queens & Richmond Counties all existed since 1683. The Bronx was originally part of Westchester County which also created in 1683. Upon annexation, Bronx County was created. These counties all existed before being annexed into the city of New York. When only the western portion of Queens County joined NYC, the Nassau County was created for the unannexed towns.
@caseyjminnick
5 ай бұрын
Washington D.C didn’t give up the Virginia side due to a lack of development, it was given up due to the interests of slavery in Virginia and specifically Alexandria (formerly part of DC) which was a major hub for the slave trade.
@keithswindell6212
5 ай бұрын
FYI for future videos - the L in Suffolk and Norfolk counties is silent and the O takes on a UH sound... and Worcester is pronounced more like Wuhstir
@AmberWool
5 ай бұрын
Illinois has a book/article about all 102 of its counties.
@theroman2130
6 ай бұрын
People from Kearny, NJ seething rn.
@kiltedbear805
7 күн бұрын
I’m not from there, and I’m seething! Doubled down, and still wrong
@jack_dagnel
5 ай бұрын
Arlington county actually split from Washington DC because of slavery, DC emancipated, the slaves and the Virginia side wanted to keep their slaves
@PineappleForFun
5 ай бұрын
Not all states are subdivided into counties. Alaska does have county equivalents (Boroughs) but they only get implemented if locations decide to organize one. The bulk of the state is unorganized.
@herzogsbuick
5 ай бұрын
Alaska, where I live, doesn't have counties: we have boroughs as our next subdivision of government under the state...except for the Unorganized Borough, which isn't itself a borough. It's all the land that's not part of one of the 19 organized boroughs, which also makes it non-contiguous. The Unorganized Borough has a population of roughly 77,000 people -- about 10% of the state's population. However, it also encompasses around 50% of the state's land area: if it were its own state, it would still be the largest in the country, larger than Texas (lol Texas) or California. Communities and cities within this area are self-governing, with no county-equivalent government between it and the state. Which is also pretty unique. If anyone's gonna be in Valdez (one of the largest cities in the Unorganized Borough) April 20th, my band Hot Dish is playing Valdez Brewery! It was worth a shot :-)
@Ryfael
6 ай бұрын
Suffolk County also has the city if Chelsea....
@ddrdanganvloger2187
5 ай бұрын
How about how new counties were created in turn of splitting from their former counties from becoming consolidated into a city county like Queens To Nassau.
@295g295
5 ай бұрын
8:11 - I know where the city of Alexandria Virginia is on this map. (including the south-point of old DC)
@295g295
5 ай бұрын
9:00 - 'everything' ... Until about 150 years later, when the Pentagon was built, and DCA Airport too.
@varunuchil107
6 ай бұрын
As always, great video man! Couple points of clarification. To my understanding, Arlington would have continued staying in DC if the federal government had its way, but the rich white slave-owning majority in Arlington at the time wanted to stay in VA due to wanting to preserve slavery within its borders, and the county pressured and successfully voted to join VA instead. Which is, you know, not great. Also, as somebody else noted, Kearny is pronounced “Carney” like a circus. There’s also a town in south Jersey called Carney’s point, so you’d think Kearny would be pronounced how it’s spelled but no. Hudson county rocks though, and as a former resident, Jersey City is phenomenal except for the traffic all the time 😭
@joelangner2261
6 ай бұрын
no views and two comments!
@xp8969
6 ай бұрын
You're allowed to comment before you watch
@TheSkyGuy77
6 ай бұрын
It takes time for the system to count views. People keep bringing this crap up as if it means anything.
@KingLarbear
5 ай бұрын
Keeping anyone from visiting that County at the top of the list is unconstitutional
@Chris-ut6eq
6 ай бұрын
As an adjunct discussion to this, are federal or state monies apportioned to counties in some ways which favor tiny or large ones? If I'm a huge county with a tiny population or any combination does this min/max benefits in any way?
@phoenixdemarino1714
5 ай бұрын
2:32 rip treasure island no longer part of san francisco
@jrdosreis6484
4 ай бұрын
It’s, Boston, CHELSEA, Winthrop, revere 1:57
@KingLarbear
5 ай бұрын
What you said about Arlington is incorrect. The citizens of Virginia wanted it back because they were upset at the federal governance and so congress retroceeded it back
@sexygeek8996
5 ай бұрын
Many counties should be merged because it is too expensive to have so many governments. The smallest states don't need counties at all.
@jacktion1546
6 ай бұрын
Kearny, NJ is pronounced CAR- ney.
@JayYoung-ro3vu
6 ай бұрын
I believe it's pronounced similiairly as Nebraska's?
@jacktion1546
5 ай бұрын
@@JayYoung-ro3vu I don’t know; I’ve never been to Nebraska, but I used to work in Kearny, NJ. I know where every water meter in that town is.
@andrew_ray
4 ай бұрын
Nantucket is not a consolidated city-county, because Nantucket is not a city. It is an incorporated town. This makes it the only consolidated _town-county_ in the country.
@BeaverGeography
4 ай бұрын
Yep
@CrystalClearWith8BE
4 ай бұрын
Small counties like those are very urbanized as part of an urban area, but that's not really the case. Others are rural.
@295g295
5 ай бұрын
5:20 - Can you say > carny / Kearny < ... a city next to Newark, NJ?
@295g295
5 ай бұрын
5:30 - Hudson County was part of Bergen County?
@FlyingSheep777
14 күн бұрын
@@295g295Bergen township- wasn’t Bergen county, it’s where North Bergen split off from. A lot of that area was named after Bergen
@theallduck
5 ай бұрын
Nice
@tjens09
5 ай бұрын
I happen to live in one of the smallest counties in Utah- in terms of square miles- approximately the same size as the smallest state. It's nothing really, it's just always stricken me as curious.
@deaconblues_
5 ай бұрын
You said Kearny wrong, supposed to be “carn-y”. And you kind of misrepresented the history of the county it’s in. Pretty sloppy video overall, and the way you opened made you sound like you think you’re entitled to consistent subscriber growth. I like your stuff but take your time with it.
@smashing_data4292
6 ай бұрын
I knew the Commonwealth of Virginia was going to get some attention in this video.
@JayYoung-ro3vu
6 ай бұрын
Well, of course. The most odd state with respect to their cities and counties.
@smashing_data4292
6 ай бұрын
@@JayYoung-ro3vuThe history of some of these cities are interesting. Especially in the Hampton Roads area where cities went on an annex spree in the mid 20th century.
@JayYoung-ro3vu
6 ай бұрын
@smashing_data4292 As discussed most cities. Growing & shifting population centers that were outside of the cities. We saw, locally, that occurring in mid 1990s on. Our state capital city would routinely annex 200-300 acres per request. The juggernaut has slowed as infill construction downtown and developers filling in areas at city's edge from properties annexed back then. My research shows that many counties recognized that a growing county seat city was vital. Thus, they allowed such annexations or mergers. States allowed easier annexation before cities abused it by creating "hammers" (leapfrogging unannexed properties to get to the in-process property(ies) or creating "islands. You still see such examples in cities of any size.
@smashing_data4292
5 ай бұрын
@@JayYoung-ro3vuThat's interesting. I just know that Richmond acquired a huge chuck of Chesterfield County back in the day and that Manchester used to be a city. I miss living in Richmond during my college days.
@greenwalltree
4 ай бұрын
Jasper county is the smallest and most known only for the 2011 tornado
@seprishere
6 ай бұрын
How is this different to a "unitary authority" in the UK? Or indeed the City of London, or even Inner Temple or Middle Temple?
@AML2000
Ай бұрын
After all the massive reorganizations of British local goverment in the last 60 years, attempting to compare British to US government is an excercise in futility. I lived in Britain for the first 10 years of my life, and I now find that my old town is no longer in the same county as when I lived there! And the new county it ended up in no longer has an actual county government (thanks Margaret Thatcher!)
@RobertGrif
6 ай бұрын
I guess the next obvious video topic is "The 10 Largest Counties in America"
@nathanjw940
5 ай бұрын
In one of the biggest counties bigger than Rhode Island and Delaware. There's a former president living here now
@FireWire917
6 ай бұрын
Can you do largest counties
@RFE812
3 ай бұрын
Well Beaver made that video.
@robertbobbypelletreaujr2173
5 ай бұрын
Hudson county New Jersey is governed by a statue with arms (both kinds)
@Marquipuchi
5 ай бұрын
Worcester county being called warster pains me so much
@elwoodblues9613
5 ай бұрын
Then we have the counties with the smallest populations. An example: Commiefornia has Alpine County, population 1,200. The smallest is Texas' Loving County, population roughly 55.
@nendwr
5 ай бұрын
Yeah, it's crazy that Loving County, despite virtually no-one living there and being relatively small in area compared to neighboring counties, is still large enough in area to keep off this list.
@anthonyrivera4735
6 ай бұрын
All major cities need to be part of a county.
@allenmorgan6847
5 ай бұрын
Do the largest counties
@RFE812
3 ай бұрын
Beaver made a video covering just that.
@Rockett16
5 ай бұрын
Rockwall County in Texas is 149 sq miles
@kylescheer9235
5 ай бұрын
i love u squirrle boy
@chrisk5651
6 ай бұрын
The Bronx had been part of Westchester County.
@chrisk5651
6 ай бұрын
Originally counties in New York State were much bigger and as areas of the counties became more populated, they would break away and form new counties - although in the case of the Bronx, it was taken over by New York City (eventually the burrows were also made into counties).
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