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1. Which Great Plains state has the Presidentially-named counties of Adams, Fillmore, Garfield, Grant, Hayes, Jefferson, Johnson, Lincoln, Madison, Pierce, Polk, and Washington?
2. One of two states not to have counties, which state is instead organized into boroughs and census areas, including Bristol Bay, Haines, Wrangell, and Petersburg
3. Quite a number of U.S. states have counties named after people who were not actually from that state. Which one, nicknamed the Yellowhammer State, has counties with names like Barbour, Blount, Clarke, Pike, and Shelby?
4. Which state (which I might mention is from where I hail) has a number of its counties named after people from the Calvert family: Anne Arundel, Baltimore, Calvert, Caroline, Cecil, Charles, Frederick, Somerset, and Worcester?
5. Which state has only three counties: New Castle, Kent, and Sussex?
6. Which western state has many of its counties named after Native Americans or tribes, like Apache, Cochise, Coconino, Maricopa, Mohave, Pima, Yavapai, and Yuma?
7. Which of these states has counties named after English counties and towns, like Berkshire, Essex, Hampshire, Middlesex, and Norfolk?
8. Which state has a number of counties that are also Spanish words, like Alameda, Madera, Mariposa, Nevada, and Sierra?
9. What state is the home to counties named after the Allegheny, Beaver, Clarion, Delaware, Juniata, Lackawanna, Lehigh, Schuylkill, Susquehanna, and Tioga Rivers?
10. Which state boasts 254 counties, the most of any in the United States, including Franklin, Hidalgo, and Montgomery?
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