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What two states in the USA that border one another, have a county in their state with the same name and what's the name of the county?

Question #112896. Asked by 29CoveRoad.

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Juggernaut314
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Juggernaut314
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I have a feeling that there could be more than two states that meet this criteria, but Kansas and Missouri border each other and have multiple counties in their states that are the same name.

Quickly reading, I see that Clark, Jackson, Jefferson, and Johnson exist in both of these states.

List of Kansas counties:
link https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_counties_in_Kansas

List of Missouri counties:
link https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_counties_in_Missouri

Feb 16 2010, 3:36 PM
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Juggernaut314
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Juggernaut314
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Indeed, there are more than 2 states that appear to meet the criteria specified. Illinois has Clark, Jefferson, and Johnson counties as well.

List of counties in Illinois:
link https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_counties_in_Illinois

Feb 16 2010, 3:38 PM
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Feb 16 2010, 4:06 PM
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Since 31 states have a Washington County (Parish in LA) and 26 a Jefferson and 23 a Lincoln, and doubtless many other repeated names, I'd say lots of 'em.

link https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washington_County
link https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jefferson_County
link https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jefferson_County

Feb 16 2010, 6:38 PM
29CoveRoad
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thanks stargazer thats the one I had in mind

Feb 18 2010, 9:52 PM
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