Cities not in their namesake counties

[national highway 1]

There is a place somewhere on US 395 called Inyokern, but that's the name of two counties, Inyo & Kern.

[agentsteel53]

There is a place somewhere on US 395 called Inyokern, but that's the name of two counties, Inyo & Kern.

that is an actual town, near the county line.  It's a few miles into Kern County and has a population around a thousand.

[golden eagle]

Jackson, MS is in Hinds County, not in Jackson County (Gulf Coast)
Marion, MS is in Lauderdale County, not in Marion County
Alcorn State University is in Jefferson, not in Alcorn County

[huskeroadgeek]

I grew up and currently live in 1-Lincoln, NE and went to college in another-Searcy, AR. Although Searcy isn't in Searcy County, I used to go through Searcy County to get to Searcy. Lincoln not being in Lincoln County in Nebraska can be confusing during severe weather season since one of Lincoln's local TV station's coverage area also includes Lincoln County(whose county seat, North Platte, is 225 miles from Lincoln). When they give a severe thunderstorm or tornado warning for Lincoln County, they have to stress that it does not include the city of Lincoln-presumably for people unfamiliar with the area.

[J N Winkler]

To name several that come to mind:

*  Wichita is not in Wichita County, Kansas.

*  Austin is not in Austin County, Texas.

*  Shawnee is not in Shawnee County, Kansas.

*  Sedgwick is not in Sedgwick County, Kansas (though it is very near the county line).

*  (Homophone corner)  Douglass is not in Douglas County, Kansas.

*  (Near-homophone)  Lyons is not in Lyon County, Kansas.

[codyg1985]

Marion, AL is not in Marion County, AL but in Perry County, AL.
Jackson, AL is not in Jackson County, AL but in Clarke County, AL.
Plaquemines, LA is not in Plaquemines Parish, LA but in Iberville Parish, LA.

[tdindy88]

Since no one's done Indiana, here's a few:

Marion, IN is in Grant County, not Marion
Washington, IN is in Daviess County, not Washington
Madison, IN is in Jefferson County, not Madison
Shelby, IN is in Lake County, not Shelby
Franklin, IN is in Johnson County, not Franklin
Hamilton, IN is in Steuben County, not Hamilton

[OracleUsr]

Another one:  Richmond Hill, GA, is not in Richmond County (that's Augusta), but (I believe) in Chatham County.

[hm insulators]

Maricopa AZ in in Pima County not Maricoa County

Actually, it's in Pinal County.

[BigMattFromTexas]

Tyler, TX is in Smith County, Tx, not Tyler County.
And like someone said Houston ain't in Houston County.
Anderson, Tx is in Grimes County not Anderson County.
Gainesville is in Cooke County, not Gaines County.
I'm sure the list goes on, but I don't want to research it....
BigMatt

[TheHighwayMan3561]

Cook, MN is in St. Louis County. (Cook County is two counties to the east/northeast depending on where in St. Louis Co. you are, cause STL Co. is huuuuuuge  )

Becker, MN is in Sherburne County. (Becker County is off in the northwest part of the state.)

Lake City, MN is in Goodhue/Wabasha Counties, far away from Lake County, which is sandwiched between the aforementioned St. Louis and Cook Counties.

Clearwater, MN is in Stearns/Wright Counties. (Clearwater County is in the NW part of the state where the Mississippi headwaters are.)

Faribault, MN is in Rice County. (Faribault County is further south on the Iowa line.)

And it's not a town, but Lake Itasca is not in Itasca County. Lake Itasca is in Clearwater County.

[nyratk1]

Richmond, NY is not in Richmond County, NY (it's in Ontario Co.)
Bronxville, NY is not in Bronx County, NY (close by in Westchester Co.)

[sandwalk]

Topic resurrection!

In Ohio:

Sandusky is in Erie Co., not Sandusky Co.
Upper Sandusky is in Wyandot Co., not Sandusky Co.
Huron is in Erie Co., not Huron Co.
Senecaville is in Guernsey Co., not Seneca Co.
Ottawa is in Putnam Co., not Ottawa Co.
Wayne is in Wood Co., not Wayne Co.

[NWI_Irish96]

Since no one's done Indiana, here's a few:

Marion, IN is in Grant County, not Marion
Washington, IN is in Daviess County, not Washington
Madison, IN is in Jefferson County, not Madison
Shelby, IN is in Lake County, not Shelby
Franklin, IN is in Johnson County, not Franklin
Hamilton, IN is in Steuben County, not Hamilton

Decatur, IN, is in Adams County, not Decatur
Jasper, IN, is in DuBois County, not Jasper
Knox, IN, is in Starke County, not Knox
Lawrence, IN, is in Marion County, not Lawrence
Marshall, IN, is in Parke County, not Marshall

If you want to stray a bit from exact matches, Greenwood, Greensburg, Greenfield, and Greencastle are all located outside of Greene County; Jeffersonville is not in Jefferson County; Whiteland and Whitestown are not in White County; Brownstown is not in Brown County; Fountain City is not in Fountain County; Lawrenceburg is not in Lawrence County; Martinsville is not in Martin County; Noblesville is not in Noble County; and Switz City is not in Switzerland County

[1995hoo]

Virginia's independent cities have been mentioned as a general principle. Fairfax City is surrounded by, but independent of, Fairfax County, yet Fairfax County has an enclave within Fairfax City consisting of the courthouse, the jail, and some office buildings. Interesting thing is that there aren't that many situations in Virginia where an independent city has the same name as a county. Fairfax is one, obviously; Roanoke is another previously mentioned. A third is Bedford. Those three are adjacent to the counties with the same name. The City of Franklin is unique among Virginia independent cities in that it is not located anywhere near Franklin County. (For those not familiar, Virginia law distinguishes between independent cities, which are not part of a county, and towns, which are part of the surrounding county.)

Honorable mention can go to New York City, I suppose. While New York County does fall within New York City, it only covers a part of the city (the island of Manhattan and Marble Hill); the rest of the city falls within four other counties (Kings, Queens, Bronx, and Richmond). Technically this doesn't exactly match the query posed in the original post in this thread, but it seems like a unique enough situation to warrant mention. Does any other city within the USA contain FIVE counties within its borders?

[jwolfer]

Ocean Township, NJ is in Monmouth County, not Ocean County.

Warren, NJ is in Somerset County, not Warren County

But there is also an Ocean Township in Ocean County... Most people know it as Waretown... Sort of like Dover Township before it was renamed was better  known as Toms River

[jwolfer]

Off the top of my head...

Hernando FL is in Citrus County, not Hernando County.
Dade City FL is in Pasco County, not Dade County.
Port Orange, Orange City, Orange Park, and Orange Lake are all NOT in Orange County FL.

Jacksonville FL is not in Jackson County FL

[jwolfer]

Is that the same as a "Consolidated city-county"?

Yeah, like the City of Jacksonville and Duval County

Except for the three Beaches.

Baldwin in western Duval County is not part of the city of Jacksonville either.

However the City of Jacksonville acts as the County Government for the 3 Beach cities and Baldwin.  They have representatives on City Council and in fact the former Mayor of Jacksonville , John Delaney, was a resident of Neptune Beach.

[Dr Frankenstein]

A few kilometres from my house...

Franklin, Haut-Saint-Laurent County, Québec
next to
Franklin County, New York.

Yes, an international border!

[3467]

Des Moines Iowa is in Polk County
Des Moines County is southeast and the home of Burlington.
Both are on the Des Moines river.
I first researched this when I saw a bunch of cars with DesMoines on their plates(Iowa has county on plates)that seemed out of place

[golden eagle]

Does any other city within the USA contain FIVE counties within its borders?

I don't know of any, but Dallas, Houston, Oklahoma City and even Jackson, MS are within three counties. In Jackson's case, the airport (which is run by the city) is in Rankin County, but is detached from the rest of the city.

[DTComposer]

Yuba City, CA is in Sutter County, just across the Feather River from Yuba County.

[Scott5114]

Does any other city within the USA contain FIVE counties within its borders?

I don't know of any, but Dallas, Houston, Oklahoma City and even Jackson, MS are within three counties. In Jackson's case, the airport (which is run by the city) is in Rankin County, but is detached from the rest of the city.

Oklahoma City is actually in four–Oklahoma, Cleveland, Canadian, and Pottawatomie. It's the largest city by land area in the US if you discount consolidated city-counties; there are seven larger cities but they're all consolidated with counties.

[hbelkins]

Kentucky has a buttload of these, too numerous to mention.

[D-Dey65]

Off the top of my head...

Hernando FL is in Citrus County, not Hernando County.

Ahh, but it would be if Citrus County hadn't separated from Hernando County in 1887. Pasco County also separated from Hernando in the same year.

Dade City FL is in Pasco County, not Dade County.

Not only that, but the Dade Battlefield Historic State Park is in Sumter County, Florida.