South Dakota county changes name

[Grzrd]

This forum is not a representative sample of the US population at large

I get the impression that a significant number of members of this forum are also rail fans.  I live in Fulton County, Georgia, which is named after Hamilton Fulton, a surveyor for the Western & Atlantic Railroad.  Atlanta literally originated as a chosen terminus for a railroad from Atlanta to the Midwest.  Hence, the common knock on Atlanta that, "there is no there, there."

I grew up in Hall County, Georgia, which is named after Lyman Hall, one of Georgia's three signatories to the Declaration of Independence.

[english si]

New York in general has county names that recall key events contemporaneous with the Glorious Revolution, such as Ulster, Orange, etc.

But nothing honoring bad king Jimmy or family would be, dating Dutchess to a decade earlier.