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Roads that transit each County Seat in One Specific State
« on: May 14, 2022, 11:11:46 AM »

US 101 in CA comes close, but misses one county seat out of all the counties it’s aligned through. San Benito is the one exception as Hollister, not on the route is it’s seat.

US 90 in Florida enters Nassau County where it’s seat is no where near it, but enters all other seats of every other Florida County.

US 13 in Delaware does two of the three counties of the state, although at least Sussex County Seat of Government is served by a child of it, US 113.

US 199 at one time in two states hit both of its two counties served in OR and CA.

I have yet found the perfect US Route that serves all state counties it transits. Are there any for real.
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Re: Roads that transit each County Seat in One Specific State
« Reply #1 on: May 14, 2022, 12:02:53 PM »

US 136 in Missouri hits every county seat on its route. Missouri has about 100 counties. No way does any highway hit them all.
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Re: Roads that transit each County Seat in One Specific State
« Reply #2 on: May 14, 2022, 12:07:05 PM »

For US highways in Indiana, US 50 comes very close. Of the 8 counties is passes through, it enters the city limits of 7 county seats. The 8th is Jennings County, where it misses Vernon by a few miles.

US 24 also comes close as it hits 7 of 8, missing Rensselaer in Jasper County by several miles.

There are a few state highways which do this.

IN 15 enters the county seat in all four counties.
IN 44 goes 6 for 6.

Probably a couple others I haven't thought of.
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Re: Roads that transit each County Seat in One Specific State
« Reply #3 on: May 14, 2022, 12:53:15 PM »

US 2 in Michigan (UP) is an all-but-one: It goes through Menominee County, but not the city of Menominee.
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Re: Roads that transit each County Seat in One Specific State
« Reply #4 on: May 14, 2022, 01:23:44 PM »

In Ohio, US 35 gets 7/7

For a near miss, US 127 gets 8/9, missing Defiance


I thought US 42 would get it too, but my guess was way off (gets 10 of 14). Due to its diagonal nature, it nixes a corner of the counties it misses (Butler, Clark, Union, Wayne)

US 23 has a streak of hitting every county seat from its southern end in the state all the way north to Wyandot (Upper Sandusky), then misses the rest north of there.
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Re: Roads that transit each County Seat in One Specific State
« Reply #5 on: May 14, 2022, 01:36:18 PM »

So close; thought that I had one ...

US 6 in Pennsylvania crosses 11 counties and goes through 10 county seats.  Only Erie County stands in its way.

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Re: Roads that transit each County Seat in One Specific State
« Reply #6 on: May 14, 2022, 04:03:53 PM »

I-5 has 9/9 in Washington.

I-82 has 3/3 in Washington.

US 195 has 2/2 in Washington.
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Re: Roads that transit each County Seat in One Specific State
« Reply #7 on: May 14, 2022, 06:09:06 PM »

In MN:

US 53: 2/2
MN 61: 3/3

MN 371 is 3/3 if you include its business route in Brainerd (was 4/4 when it was former US 371 and ended in Bemidji)
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Re: Roads that transit each County Seat in One Specific State
« Reply #8 on: May 14, 2022, 06:51:59 PM »

In VT:

US 4 2/2
US 7 5/5 (transits both of Bennington County's shire towns)
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Re: Roads that transit each County Seat in One Specific State
« Reply #9 on: May 15, 2022, 09:21:56 PM »

For US highways in Indiana, US 50 comes very close. Of the 8 counties is passes through, it enters the city limits of 7 county seats. The 8th is Jennings County, where it misses Vernon by a few miles.

US 24 also comes close as it hits 7 of 8, missing Rensselaer in Jasper County by several miles.

There are a few state highways which do this.

IN 15 enters the county seat in all four counties.
IN 44 goes 6 for 6.

Probably a couple others I haven't thought of.

US 27 hits all six of its county seats.
The eastern section of IN 8 hits both of its county seats.
IN 9 almost hits all of its county seats with Bartholomew County's county seat being east of the southern terminus



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Re: Roads that transit each County Seat in One Specific State
« Reply #10 on: May 15, 2022, 09:35:12 PM »

US-219 almost hits every county seat along its way in West Virginia (Union/Monroe County, Lewisburg/Greenbrier County, Marlinton/Pocahontas County, Elkins/Randolph County and Parsons/Tucker County), but it just barely slips into Preston County before exiting into Maryland.  That's almost 200 miles through five counties and a sliver of another, which is fairly unusual for this part of the country.

For that matter, US-219 used to connect another county seat in West Virginia (Princeton/Mercer).  That doesn't seem quite fair, since US-219 had to pass through a plug of Giles County, Virginia that extends up into the profile of the West Virginia ridgeline border.

Better say it before someone beats me to it:  US-219 hits every county seat along the way in Maryland (Oakland/Garrett County).   :pan:
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Re: Roads that transit each County Seat in One Specific State
« Reply #11 on: May 16, 2022, 12:32:34 AM »

US 19 hits 9/9 county seats along its route in West Virginia: Princeton (Mercer County), Beckley (Raleigh County), Fayetteville (Fayette County), Summersville (Nicholas County), Sutton (Braxton County), Weston (Lewis County), Clarksburg (Harrison County), Fairmont (Marion County), and Morgantown (Monongalia County).

WV 16 hits 9/10: Welch (McDowell County), Pineville (Wyoming County), Beckley (Raleigh County), Fayetteville (Fayette County), Clay (Clay County), Grantsville (Calhoun County), Harrisville (Ritchie County), and St. Marys (Pleasants County). It misses Summersville in Nicholas County.
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Re: Roads that transit each County Seat in One Specific State
« Reply #12 on: May 16, 2022, 12:44:20 AM »

Utah has three US routes that hit the seat of every county they pass through: US 91 (2/2), US 189 (3/3), and US 491 (1/1). US 89 comes very close (11/12).

US 91 used to be a lot more impressive as it passed through the seat of all 11 Utah counties it entered at its full pre-interstate extent. However, it does still have a claim to fame: it also enters the seat of each county along it in Idaho, meaning it serves the seat of every county along its present route.

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Re: Roads that transit each County Seat in One Specific State
« Reply #13 on: May 16, 2022, 10:58:18 AM »

Colorado has six US highways:
US84 ends in Pagosa Springs, county seat of Archuleta County. This is the only county in Colorado US84 travels through. (1)
US85 travels through the county seats of Las Animas, Huerfano, Pueblo, El Paso, Douglas, Arapahoe, Denver, Adams, and Weld Counties. (9)
US138 travels through the county seats of Logan and Sedgwick Counties.  (2)
US350 travels ends at the county seats of Las Animas and Otero Counties.  (2)
US491 travels through the county seats of Montezuma and Dolores Counties. (2)
US550 travels through the county seats of Montrose, Ouray, San Juan, and La Plata Counties. (4)

I have yet found the perfect US Route that serves all state counties it transits. Are there any for real.

Somewhat cheating since it's intrastate, but US350 meets this criteria.
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Re: Roads that transit each County Seat in One Specific State
« Reply #14 on: May 16, 2022, 01:10:52 PM »

Looks like US 36 goes 13/13 in Kansas.

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Re: Roads that transit each County Seat in One Specific State
« Reply #15 on: May 16, 2022, 01:50:25 PM »

US 19 hits 9/9 county seats along its route in West Virginia: Princeton (Mercer County), Beckley (Raleigh County), Fayetteville (Fayette County), Summersville (Nicholas County), Sutton (Braxton County), Weston (Lewis County), Clarksburg (Harrison County), Fairmont (Marion County), and Morgantown (Monongalia County).

In my lifetime, US-19 has gone through a bunch a changes affecting the county seats in West Virginia.

Before Corridor L was completed, US-19 used to go through Sutton but not Fayetteville (Fayette County).  Then in 1971, I-79 was completed from Frametown (Exit 51) to Cern (Exit 62) along with the northern portion of Corridor L.  After I-79 opened up from Cern northward to a temporary exit at Gem Road (now WV-5) in 1973, Sutton got completely bypassed with the I-79/US-19 multiplex splitting the difference between Gassaway and Sutton.  Once Corridor L was completed across the New River Gorge Bridge, US-19 finally passed through Fayetteville. 

The little unincorporated town of Cern was located along (then) US-19/WV-4 at what's now Exit 62 on I-79/US-19.  Most of the houses were demolished to make way for the exit.  For maybe a decade after Exit 62 was completed, there was still a placename sign for Cern near the northbound exit trumpet.  This will always be the Cern exit in my book, so Sutton will forevermore be completely bypassed by US-19.  Except...

It now looks like Sutton has annexed some exclave areas that cross both sides of Exit 62.  So maybe US-19 really does hit all nine county seats along the way.

Fun fact:  The USGS Map used by Topoquest for the Sutton area is not dated, but it shows US-19 multiplexed with I-79 from Exit 57 to Exit 62 and then dropping off onto WV-4 eastward to the edge of downtown Sutton.  That was just for a short, almost forgotten timeframe.  Thanks for a blast from the past!
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Re: Roads that transit each County Seat in One Specific State
« Reply #16 on: May 16, 2022, 04:22:44 PM »

I-5 has 9/9 in Washington.

I-82 has 3/3 in Washington.

US 195 has 2/2 in Washington.


SR 20 has 6/7, unless, you like me consider Burlington and Mt. Vernon to really be the same city.


US 2 is 5/6 in Washington.  Completely misses Ephrata.
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Re: Roads that transit each County Seat in One Specific State
« Reply #17 on: May 16, 2022, 05:28:47 PM »

US 30 in Iowa passes several miles to the south of Benton County's county seat, Vinton, but heading west from there US 30 passes through all 8 county seats in the remaining counties along its route in Iowa. In addition, US 30 goes through the county seats of all 13 counties along its route in Nebraska and all 5 counties along its route in Wyoming before missing the first county seat in Idaho, meaning that US 30 has a streak of 26 consecutive county seats.

Not as impressive but still noteworthy is that US 34 goes through the county seats of all 11 counties along its route in Iowa. Until it was rerouted into Sarpy County, Nebraska on a new Missouri River bridge in 2014, US 34 had a streak of 20 consecutive county seats with all 11 county seats in Iowa and 9 county seats in Nebraska.
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Re: Roads that transit each County Seat in One Specific State
« Reply #18 on: May 16, 2022, 06:51:55 PM »

US 2 is 5/6 in Washington.  Completely misses Ephrata.

US 2 passes through King County as well, so it's 5/7.
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Re: Roads that transit each County Seat in One Specific State
« Reply #19 on: May 16, 2022, 07:11:03 PM »

US 2 is 5/6 in Washington.  Completely misses Ephrata.

US 2 passes through King County as well, so it's 5/7.

But US 2 misses Seattle, King County's seat.
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« Reply #20 on: May 16, 2022, 08:41:10 PM »

US 30 in Iowa passes several miles to the south of Benton County's county seat, Vinton, but heading west from there US 30 passes through all 8 county seats in the remaining counties along its route in Iowa. In addition, US 30 goes through the county seats of all 13 counties along its route in Nebraska and all 5 counties along its route in Wyoming before missing the first county seat in Idaho, meaning that US 30 has a streak of 26 consecutive county seats.

Not as impressive but still noteworthy is that US 34 goes through the county seats of all 11 counties along its route in Iowa. Until it was rerouted into Sarpy County, Nebraska on a new Missouri River bridge in 2014, US 34 had a streak of 20 consecutive county seats with all 11 county seats in Iowa and 9 county seats in Nebraska.

IA 14 serves the seats of all 8 counties it passes through: Charles City (Floyd), Allison (Butler), Grundy Center (Grundy), Marshalltown (Marshall), Newton (Jasper), Knoxville (Marion), Chariton (Lucas), and Corydon (Wayne).

Honorable mentions among north-south roads: US 218 serves county seats in 9 of its 11 counties, missing only New Hampton (Chickasaw) and Washington (Washington). US 61 serves 6 of 7 seats (missing Clinton) but serves both of Lee County's seats, Fort Madison and Keokuk.

And two highways start and end at county seats in consecutive counties. IA 56 connects West Union (Fayette) and Elkader (Clayton), and IA 130 connects Tipton (Cedar) and Davenport (Scott).
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Re: Roads that transit each County Seat in One Specific State
« Reply #21 on: May 16, 2022, 08:46:47 PM »

There needs to be some more stringent minimum qualifying criteria added to the OP, because SH 56 in Texas transits 2/2 county seats, Grayson (Sherman) and Fannin (Bonham). SH 56 is the old US 82 before it was four-laned on new terrain.
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Re: Roads that transit each County Seat in One Specific State
« Reply #22 on: May 16, 2022, 09:33:08 PM »

US 2 is 5/6 in Washington.  Completely misses Ephrata.

US 2 passes through King County as well, so it's 5/7.

But US 2 misses Seattle, King County's seat.

Right, that's what he's saying (note that he revised TEG24601's count from 5/6 to 5/7).
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Re: Roads that transit each County Seat in One Specific State
« Reply #23 on: May 16, 2022, 09:41:34 PM »

US-35 in West Virginia once hit Pt. Pleasant (Mason County) and Charleston (Kanawha County), but skirted past the county seat for Putnam County on the north side of the Kanawha River.  After the Silver Bridge Disaster, it hit Winfield (Putnam County) and still went through Mason and Kanawha counties but on the south side of the river.  After US-35 was rerouted over to Scott Depot at the new Exit 40 on I-64, it bypassed Winfield a mile to the west and no longer enters Kanawha County.  After recent completion of the four lane US-35 from Ohio, Winfield is completely bypassed and US-35 serves none of its county seats.
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« Reply #24 on: May 16, 2022, 09:54:30 PM »

Now that US-33 in West Virginia has been rerouted though Ravenswood, it hits Ripley (Jackson County), Spencer (Roane County), Glenville (Gilmer County), Weston (Lewis County), Buckhannon (Upshur County), Elkins (Randolph County) and Franklin (Pendleton County).  That makes it 7/8 since it also zips across tiny Calhoun County.
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