Counties Named After Rivers

Try to name the U.S. counties that get their name from a river, stream, or creek. Does not include indirect names. Sometimes, a county and river share the same name but are both named after something else.
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State
River
North Carolina
Alamance
New York
Allegany
North Carolina
Alleghany
Pennsylvania
Allegheny
Mississippi
Amite
Maine
Androscoggin
Virginia
Appomattox
Maine
Aroostook
Ohio
Ashtabula
Washington
Asotin
Ohio
Auglaize
Oklahoma
Beaver
Pennsylvania
Beaver
Michigan
Benzie
Texas
Blanco
Idaho
Boise
Texas
Bosque
Texas
Brazoria
Texas
Brazos
Wisconsin
Buffalo
Oklahoma
Canadian
Idaho
Cassia
New York
Cattaraugus
Iowa
Cedar
Missouri
Chariton
Georgia
Chattahoochee
Georgia
Chattooga
Michigan
Cheboygan
Minnesota
Chippewa
Pennsylvania
Clarion
Colorado
Clear Creek
Idaho
Clearwater
MInnesota
Clearwater
Texas
Colorado
Oregon
Columbia
Washington
Columbia
Alabama
Conecuh
Alabama
Coosa
Minnesota
Cottonwood
Colorado
Costilla
Ohio
Cuyahoga
Pennsylvania
Delaware
Iowa
Des Moines
Oregon
Deschutes
Colorado
Dolores
Illinois
DuPage
Colorado
Eagle
Kansas
Elk
Florida
Escambia
Alabama
Escambia
Virginia
Fluvanna
Missouri
Gasconade
Arizona
Gila
Colorado
Grand
Utah
Grand
West Virginia
Greenbrier
Florida
Hillsborough
Ohio
Hocking
Oregon
Hood
Nevada
Humboldt
New Jersey
Hudson
Florida
Indian River
Iowa
Iowa
Montana
Judith Basin
Pennsylvania
Juniata
Michigan
Kalamazoo
Illinois
Kankakee
Minnesota
Kanabec
West Virginia
Kanawha
Maine
Kennebec
California
Kern
Nebraska
Keya Paha
California
Kings
Minnesota
Koochiching
Pennsylvania
Lackawanna
Colorado
Las Animas
Idaho
Latah
Pennsylvania
Lehigh
Alabama
Limestone
Arkansas
Little River
Nebraska
Loup
Pennsylvania
Lycoming
Ohio
Mahoning
Oregon
Malheur
Michigan
Manistee
Missouri
Maries
New Hampshire
Merrimack
Arkansas
Mississippi
Missouri
MIssissippi
Missouri
Moniteau
West Virginia
Monongalia
Michigan
Muskegon
Montana
Musselshell
Kansas
Nemaha
Nebraska
Nemaha
Kansas
Neosho
Wyoming
Niobrara
Missouri
Nodaway
Georgia
Oconee
Indiana
Ohio
Kentucky
Ohio
West Virginia
Ohio
Michigan
Ontonagon
Minnesota
Otter Tail
Kansas
Osage
Missouri
Osage
New York
Oswego
Arkansas
Ouachita
Louisiana
Ouachita
Idaho
Payette
Mississippi
Pearl River
Texas
Pecos
Nebraska
Platte
Missouri
Platte
Wyoming
Platte
California
Plumas
Montana
Powder River
Wisconsin
Racine
Virginia
Rappahannock
Minnesota
Red Lake
Texas
Red River
Louisiana
Red River
Minnesota
Redwood
Kansas
Republic
New Mexico
Rio Arriba
Colorado
Rio Blanco
Colorado
Rio Grande
Wisconsin
Rock
Minnesota
Roseau
Montana
Rosebud
California
Sacramento
Arkansas
Saline
Illinois
Saline
Kansas
Saline
California
San Benito
Colorado
San Juan
New Mexico
San Juan
Colorado
San Miguel
Arizona
Santa Cruz
Illinois
Sangamon
Pennsylvania
Schuylkill
Ohio
Scioto
Utah
Sevier
Virginia
Shenandoah
Michigan
Shiawassee
Arkansas
St. Francis
Florida
St. Johns
Indiana
St. Joseph
Michigan
St. Joseph
New York
St. Lawrence
Minnesota
St. Louis
Montana
Stillwater
Pennsylvania
Susquehanna
Florida
Suwannee
Wyoming
Sweetwater
Alabama
Tallapoosa
Louisiana
Tangipahoa
Louisiana
Tensas
Pennsylvania
Tioga
Indiana
Tippecanoe
Alabama
Tuscaloosa
Ohio
Tuscarawas
Illinois
Vermilion
Indiana
Wabash
Illinois
Wabash
Maryland
Wicomico
Oregon
Yamhill
Minnesota
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