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Article: Sure it's big, but is San Bernardino County really the biggest county in the United States?
- Article from:
- The Sun, San Bernardino, Calif.
- Article date:
- October 6, 2005
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The answer is a definite "yes, but"
So what exactly is a county?
The definition of a county is: "A division of local government in
the United States, Great Britain and many Commonwealth countries." In
the United States, a county is generally described as a local level
of government that is smaller than a state but (usually) larger than
a city or town.
The term "county' is used in 48 states. Louisiana uses the term
"parish" and Alaska uses the term "borough." Texas has the most
counties, with 254, and Delaware has the fewest with three.
San Bernardino County is definitely the largest county in the
contiguous United States at 20,160 square miles. Coconino County,
Ariz., home of the ...
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