Clinton is tied with Bristol at 29 places in the country, three of these are located in New York state. His biggest legacy was the construction of the Erie Canal. The next most popular city name is Fairview.
The Fairview located in Utah was one of the first towns in the state to be established by Mormon settlers. Salem is another common name in the US and has been assigned to 26 cities and towns all over the country.
The most famous of these is Salem, Massachusetts, which held the witch trials. These trials were responsible for the court-ordered death penalty of 14 innocent women and six men who had been accused of witchcraft. The use of the Salem name spread when people settled into new areas and used the name of their former home. The next place on the list is Madison with 24 different cities carrying the name.
This name is popular due to the 4th president of the nation, James Madison. He also worked closely with George Washington to organize the new federal government.
Last, on the list is Georgetown. This name has been repeated in cities and towns 23 times. The first courthouse was not built until and as such the first murder trial had to be held in a barn at Quality Hill see Smithfield article.
Relocation In an effort to relocate the county seat and government buildings to a more centralized location, the legislature voted to establish Morrisville, located along the Cherry Valley Turnpike, as the county seat on March 17, By a simple wooden structure had been erected for a courthouse. This building was replaced in with a larger Greek revival building. In the courthouse was burned, presumably by members of the Loomis Gang mistakenly believing that indictments against them were stored there.
The courthouse was rebuilt in and enlarged in Traveling As there were no trains to Morrisville from anywhere in the county citizens had to travel by horse, stagecoach, sleigh, or walk. Traveling could take anywhere from two to three days depending on the person's starting point in the county.
This issue became the main driving point for the removal of the county seat to another more conveniently accessible location. The Village of Oneida proposed removal to their community in offering what is Higinbotham Park today as a site for the courthouse. The offer was rejected. Counties in two other midwestern states, Missouri and Ohio , have also had population decreases, although both are more modest.
Ohio's Cuyahoga County has decreased from 1,, to just around 1,,, representing a reduction of 2. Louis County , Missouri's population has decreased from , in to , in Just one county, Hartford County in Connecticut , shows nearly zero population change, with census figures reporting a population of approximately , in both and US County Populations According to the most recent United States Census , Los Angeles County in California is the largest county in the nation, with a total population of 10,, — an increase of 3.
Counties with Positive Population Growth Statistics from show that a number of counties have had substantial population growths since Counties with Negative Population Growth Conversely, while Wayne County is the most populous county in state of Michigan , it has seen its population decrease by 3.
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