No, I have not. Off the top of my head, I've been to 71 of Mississippi's 82 counties. The next closest is 39 of Alabama's 67 and 41 of Illinois' 102.
I have Pennsylvania clinched, as well as Ohio, West Virginia, Maryland, New Jersey, Connecticut, Rhode Island, and Delaware.
I expect there's a lot of overlap between this forum's users and those with accounts on the mob-rule county counting site. Here's a link to my summary there:
http://www.mob-rule.com/cgi-bin/makeuser.cgi?user=terescoj (http://www.mob-rule.com/cgi-bin/makeuser.cgi?user=terescoj)
To answer the questions here, I have not been to all of the counties in either state where I have lived (57 of 64 in NY, 12 of 14 in MA). But I have completed some easier ones: NH, CT, RI, DE, DC (if you count it), and one difficult one: FL. My overall total stands at 1601 counties out of 3142.
I live in Delaware and this last Sunday I visited all three counties.
Checking mob-rule, it looks like the only other state I've seen all the counties in is Maryland.
the states in which I am missing counties are Alaska, Hawaii (the two tough ones, of course) and also a random slice of the midwest: Indiana, Kentucky, Tennessee, Illinois, Missouri, Arkansas, Oklahoma.
http://www.mob-rule.com/counties/user-gifs/agentsteel53.gif
For simplicity, I'll just link to my mob-rule page (http://www.mob-rule.com/cgi-bin/makeuser.cgi?user=froggie).
I've got Washington and Wyoming done, really close with Idaho and pretty close with Arizona
mob-rule (http://mob-rule.com/counties/user-gifs/corco.gif)
I have Tennessee and Kentucky fully clinched. I lack 6 counties in Alabama, 12 in my new home state of South Carolina, 12 in Mississippi, 15 in Florida, and more in other states. By the end of the year I should have SC finished off, and I'll make good progress with Georgia, though it could be years before I ever get it fully clinched. Where I really need to get to is eastern North Carolina...
http://www.mob-rule.com/cgi-bin/makeuser.cgi?user=wriddle
http://www.mob-rule.com/counties/user-gifs/wriddle.gif
Not yet, but I'm working on it. :D I've been to all of the Metro Atlanta counties.
Be well,
Bryant
I have clinched CT, RI, and DC. Living in IL (76 of the 102). Used to live in WI (46 of 72) and MN (29 of 87). Most counties of a state not clinched is TX at 121 and highest % of a state without clinching is IL at 74.5%.
Only state I have completed is Delaware. :-D
I'm 7 short for covering all the counties in Ohio
About 20 counties/parishes short in Pennsylvania, Louisiana & Mississippi each to complete them.
http://www.mob-rule.com/counties/user-gifs/sjg.gif (http://www.mob-rule.com/counties/user-gifs/sjg.gif)
Quote from: Bryant5493 on March 04, 2011, 01:11:29 PM
Not yet, but I'm working on it. :D I've been to all of the Metro Atlanta counties.
Be well,
Bryant
Even when I lived in the ATL, there's some places in the metro I never been to, like Henry, Fayette and Cherokee counties.
The strange thing with me is that I've been to 44 states but haven't clinched all the counties in any of them(except DC)-not even my home state of Nebraska. It's been awhile since I've tallied up my counties(I'm waiting after I take a trip this spring or summer), but I know the closest I am to clinching any state is Rhode Island(4 of 5). Unfortunately, I don't know that I'll get back to RI any time soon. I know based on previous times I've tallied them up that the state I have the highest percentage in is Missouri(95-100 of 115). I also know I've been to 18 of 23 in Wyoming.
Been to 76 of Oklahoma's 77 counties. Need to get Cherokee to clinch. Maybe this summer?
rte66man
All I have completely finished is Connecticut (home state), Rhode Island, and Delaware (and DC, if you want to count that).
I have also been to every county in Massachusetts except one: Nantucket (pesky...). I've got 10 out of 14 for Vermont, and 17 out of 21 for New Jersey (which Tomorrow shall become 18 out of 21).
If you want to look at larger states with a more substantial number of counties, the state I have most completed is Pennsylvania (43 out of 67).
Check the "Where have I been?" link in my signature to see where I have been. I've clinched counties in NH, CT, NJ, RI and DE.
Well, I've clinched DC, but that doesn't really count.
As for actual states, Connecticut is the closest to being clinched (missing only Litchfield). I'm also missing two each in Rhode Island (Bristol, Newport), Delaware (Kent, Sussex), and New Hampshire (Cheshire, Coos).
In my current state of residence, Maryland, I have 19 out of 24. I still need Calvert, St. Mary's, Kent, Caroline, and Somerset. I should realistically be able to finish Maryland and Delaware in two day trips.
In my state of birth, Georgia, I have 81 out of 159, including all of metro Atlanta except for Dawson, Paulding, and Heard.
I've clinched IL, GA, and FL. And have most of SC and OH. Otherwise, it's pretty spread out.
I'm pretty jealous of anyone who's got all of TX or AK. :crazy:
All of my home-state of NJ for me, as well as NY, DE, DC, CT, NH, and VT. States with 85% or greater include MD (22/24), MA (12/14), ME (15/16), and PA (62/67).
My county map can be seen here: http://www.mob-rule.com/counties/user-gifs/mts83.gif
I've only clinched DC, but I've been to most of the counties west of US-127 in lower Michigan (missing only Cass and St. Joseph).
My map:
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.mob-rule.com%2Fcounties%2Fuser-gifs%2Fftballfan.gif&hash=6833862e6fc52f5c677eb8632042c42819c1fef3)
I've been to 25 of 36 (~70%) in Oregon, mostly missing the southern coast and northeastern parts of the state. Next most is in Washington, where I've been to 16 of 39 (~41%).
Delaware I have been in every county. Let me see how many of them are there? Gee, that is a tough one LOL! Of course if you drove all of US 13 or DE 1 you have been through New Castle, Kent, and Sussex. I have been on all of US 13 south of Wilmington, so I declare I have this one clinched.
As of 96 I have been to all 21 NJ counties.
The most I have is 40 out of Illinois's 102 counties, about 39.2%. All of Chicagoland, most of the rest of northern Illinois, the Peoria area, and I-57.
The next highest percentage is Wisconsin, 24 counties, exactly a third of its 72.
Just hoping to someday get to every county in Texas
every county in WI and RI.
To answer the original question: No (KS is not as easy as it looks). I think I have for NM, MD, and MA, however.
I've been to every county in OK & DE.
First state I ever clinched was Delaware. A straight shot up US 13 from the Maryland line to I-295 did it for me.
Others clinched include KY and WV (in that order), followed by (in no certain order) IN, OH, PA, MD, VA, NJ, RI and CT.
If I ever get to take the trip, I have a route planned that will fill in my gaps and clinch NC for me. Others within easy reach for me are IL and MO, with AR and SC trailing them.
Deleware and Rhode Island can be clinched in an hour tops. Try clinching Alaska in an hour :P
(BTW RI was not the first state I clinched in terms of counties) :)
RI isn't that easy to clinch that quickly if you get caught up in traffic.
True, but I managed to avoid the traffic for the most part. It was all in Boston :P
Quote from: Master son on July 21, 2011, 12:40:52 PM
Try clinching Alaska in an hour :P
even worse: try clinching Georgia.
In my state: no. I am two short in MA due to Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket.
States I have clinched:
Maine
New Hampshire
Vermont
Rhode Island
Connecticut
New York
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Delaware
Maryland
Utah
http://www.mob-rule.com/counties/user-gifs/daniel294.gif
I'm from California originally, but never have been to all the counties there, the ones I am missing are way up near Oregon (Yolo, etc) But my current residence of Maine, been to every one at least once.
If you don't count Kalaweo County on Molokai, which consists only of the old leper colony, I have been to every county in Hawaii
73 of 92 counties in Indiana (79%). Really need to find an excuse to get to Evansville sometime so I can get the state's interstates clinched and tick off a bunch of counties.
I had to take a Louisiana History class in junior high and my family and I started taking day trips then to visit not only each parish, but to find each parish seat and the courthouse there. So over the course of about 5 years we ended up clinching them all. Louisiana looks totally different from end to end. Especially some of the tiny courthouses like below New Orleans in Pointe a la Hache. It's mostly swamp and marsh that Katrina hit so hard. I guess the only exception is that we went to all 64 parishes, but St. Martin parish is divided by St Mary and I think the southern half is completely swamp in the Atchafalaya Basin. I'm not sure if there are any roads at all that cross into it.
Quote from: ftballfan on April 17, 2011, 09:30:37 PM
My map:
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.mob-rule.com%2Fcounties%2Fuser-gifs%2Fftballfan.gif&hash=6833862e6fc52f5c677eb8632042c42819c1fef3)
where did you get this map? I'd like to make one
Quote from: bassoon1986 on August 03, 2011, 12:47:40 PM
where did you get this map? I'd like to make one
http://www.mob-rule.com/
Quote from: agentsteel53 on August 03, 2011, 01:20:35 PM
Quote from: bassoon1986 on August 03, 2011, 12:47:40 PM
where did you get this map? I'd like to make one
http://www.mob-rule.com/
http://www.mob-rule.com/counties/ is a more dependable link. The counties link on the mob-rule.com home page sometimes gets lost in the clutter (right now, it isn't).
Best state, percentage-wise: 15/16 in Maine (94%)
Most counties visited in one state: 53/87 in Minnesota (61%)
I have been in these following counties in South Carolina:
Aiken (I was born there in 1984)
Allendale
Bamberg (I attend DTC)
Barnwell (I live there)
Beaufort
Charleston
Chester
Dorchester
Edgefield
Fairfield
Greenville
Hampton
Laurens
Lexington
Newberry
Orangeburg
Richland
Saluda
Sumter
York
I have also been in this county in Georgia:
Richmond
I have also been in this county in North Carolina:
Mecklenburg
I find it difficult to visit all counties in IA without going further west of Ames...:banghead:
Other than DC (doesn't count), the closest I've come is Illinois, with 42 out of 102 visited.
Quote from: pianocello on October 19, 2011, 04:36:26 PM
I find it difficult to visit all counties in IA without going further west of Ames...:banghead:
yes, that would be literally impossible.
I am well short of passing into every county in Pennsylvania -- not sure how short, but I am definitely missing the northwest portion.
I have been to every county in Delaware, New Jersey and D.C. One short in Maryland (Garrett); two short in Rhode Island.
From college, I can get Cass and St. Joseph counties, clinch US-31 in MI, and be well on my way to clinching US-131 all on one day trip. I need to find a way to get over into the east side of Michigan as many of my college friends are from there.
An interesting tidbit: I have never been in Lenawee County, but I have been in every county that surrounds it (even the ones in OH).
Finally travelled to 67 counties in Florida, as of this afternoon. Yay!
In Connecticut? Yes. We only have 8 of them: Litchfield, HARTFORD, Tolland, Windham, New London, Middlesex, New Haven and Fairfield.
In Rhode Island? No. I'm missing the three town area that is Bristol County (Bristol, Barrington and Warren).
The highest percentage I have of any state is Maine, where I have 15/16; the county I don't have is Franklin County.
I don't consider myself a county "clincher", but I've been through every county in Massachusetts and Rhode Island, and have been through about two-thirds of the counties in New Hampshire.
I can add North Carolina to this list for me.
Quote from: TheHighwayMan394 on January 11, 2013, 07:52:35 PM
The highest percentage I have of any state is Maine, where I have 15/16; the county I don't have is Franklin County.
I've lived in Maine twice, yet I'm not even close to clinching all 16 there! The ones I know of for sure:
York (lived in Wells and Old Orchard Beach)
Cumberland (Portland, of course!)
Sagadahoc (via I-295)
Androscoggin (Maine Turnpike through Auburn and Lewiston)
Kennebec (visited the grounds of the state house in 2011)
Somerset (clipped the edge via I-95)
Penobscot (Bangor in 1996)
My Maine county count may include Knox. I remember going to some Nazarene camp with my older brother in 1976. I'm almost positive that it was in Washington, ME.
Maryland - yes. All 23 counties and 1 independent city.
Delaware - yes. All 3 counties.
Only states I've clinched are Delaware, Connecticut, and New Hampshire, though I'm only 2 away from both Massachusetts (Dukes, Nantucket) and Rhode Island (Bristol, Newport), and also fairly close on Maryland (missing 10), New Jersey (missing 7), and Maine (missing 5).
[Map] (http://www.mob-rule.com/counties/user-gifs/dtp.gif)
I have been to every county in DC (1990?), Delaware (April 2005), Connecticut (February 2010), Rhode Island (August 2010), Vermont (September 2011), New Jersey (December 2011), and New York (November 2012).
If I add another state to that list this year it will probably be New Hampshire.
Best way to see my county collecting progress is to check out my mob-rule page at http://www.mob-rule.com/cgi-bin/makeuser.cgi?user=dougtone (http://www.mob-rule.com/cgi-bin/makeuser.cgi?user=dougtone). I don't always make county collecting a hallmark of my trips, but sometimes it happens.
In summary, I've clinched District of Columbia (1988), New York and Connecticut (2001), Rhode Island (2002), New Hampshire, Vermont, New Jersey and Delaware (2003), Pennsylvania (2004), Maine and Maryland (2005), Ohio (2009), Massachusetts, West Virginia and Virginia (2012). If you want to include Canada, I've clinched all the counties of Prince Edward Island in 2012.
I'm fairly close to clinching North Carolina's counties (I just need to get into the western part of the state) as well as Nova Scotia's counties (I just need two more counties there). Other states I could probably wrap up fairly easily with some time energy and possibly a plane ticket would be Oregon, South Carolina and Utah.
I have lived in Minnesota, Illinois, and Nebraska, but am not close to getting all the counties in any of those states. Naturally enough, the one I am closest on is Iowa (89/99). The only place I clinched is DC, which almost shouldn't count.
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.sykotyk.com%2Fjunk%2FUSA.png&hash=9e7af3e4f6f43f7c2f33ae7cd6ecf2aeefa8b3b6)
I lived in Ohio and Pennsylvania and have since clinched both of them.
In total I have 21 states completed (in order)
01 Delaware
02 Connecticut
03 Vermont
04 Kansas
05 California
06 Oklahoma
07 Nevada
08 Wyoming
09 New Mexico
10 Colorado
11 Ohio
12 Louisiana
13 Texas
14 Mississippi
15 Idaho
16 Washington
17 Oregon
18 Florida
19 Pennsylvania
20 Arkansas
21 Kentucky
I have 505 left by my count (may be off on some of the Virginia cities). I'll deal with VA someday when I plan a trip just to clinch everything I haven't yet.
I have two stragglers out west that are going to bug me. One is near Nogales, AZ and the other is a little completely rural county of Utah. Both of those were missed back in the time before I started to clinch every county.
Southern New Jersey and Bristol, Rhode Island are also a nuisance. I just clinched Arkansas and Kentucky on a trip to Texas last month. I got the rest of Tennessee save for two in the eastern part of the state.
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Amazing how coincidences work. I wound up in Arizona and went out of my way to hit Santa Cruz County and finally mark the Grand Canyon State complete on my map. That happened the day after I posted this. I wasn't going to let that opportunity pass me by again.
I have not been in all of the counties of any state, but to the best of my knowledge, the closest is my home state of Wisconsin - 71:72 (missing: Burnette).
Mike
I have Michigan. I have almost all of the Ohio counties northwest of the Cleveland - Columbus - Cincinnati line, and the northern 1/3 of Indiana. Not even close anywhere else.
Bringing this one from the dead...since this post, I added one more county for MS when I passed through Alcorn County (bringing state total to 72) and added one for Alabama when I drove through Madison County (Huntsville) last year.
Within the next month, I may be adding some Louisiana parishes. I have a step uncle who has been given a month and will most likely be buried in his native south-central Louisiana. I'll definitely add to it if I go through central LA since I've never been there.
I'm also planning a late summer/early fall trip to Sacramento. I'm sure I'll add Bay Area counties to CA and also parts of the Central Valley if I decide to visit a relative in Merced.
I just finished off Illinois on my recent trip to the Dubuque meet.
Next in my sights is New Hampshire, which I plan to clinch when I go to the Portsmouth meet. After that, New York, if I go to the Brick/Wall meet and manage to get out to Long Island to visit Suffolk and Nassau counties while I'm in the area.
Completed all of Maine's counties as of late-March. Visited one in '91, picked up the other 15 on two visits earlier this year. I guess DC counts (though not a state).
Quote from: hbelkins on May 14, 2013, 10:16:01 AM
After that, New York, if I go to the Brick/Wall meet and manage to get out to Long Island to visit Suffolk and Nassau counties while I'm in the area.
Best way to clinch Nassau and Suffolk, in my opinion, is if you are on your way to New England and are interested in ferries. I'm not positive, but I think my first visit to both counties was on a trip to Boston from somewhere southwest of NYC, in which I used the Orient-New London ferry. Great way to relax after a harrowing day on the LIE.
It's surprising, or perhaps not, that as a near-lifelong New Yorker, it took me so long to get to Long Island. But of course, I'm from upstate, and my last county visited in NYS was Richmond (and the last city was Glen Cove, Nassau County).
Well, let's see. With regards to counties, I have lived here in New Jersey for almost four years, and I haven't visited every county. Only a handful.
As far as states are concerned, I have visited the entire east coast. Maine down to Florida.
Quote from: M3019C LPS20 on May 14, 2013, 12:19:38 PM
As far as states are concerned, I have visited the entire east coast. Maine down to Florida.
I have been to every state through which I-95 runs, except Rhode Island.
For me, the only state I have completely clinched is Michigan (83 out of 83 counties). I also have DC, which really doesn't count.
Here's a link to my Mob-Rule page: http://www.mob-rule.com/cgi-bin/makeuser.cgi?user=new_friends_gr
I have 21.77% of all U.S. counties clinched. It's certainly a gradual process. I've done quite a bit so far, but I have a LONG way to go still. I enjoy clinching counties, but my main priority for now is clinching highways.
Since I don't live in the States (And I've never been to), there is no county count for me :biggrin: :)
Quote from: CNGL-Leudimin on May 21, 2013, 05:40:55 PM
Since I don't live in the States (And I've never been to), there is no county count for me :biggrin: :)
If you live in or have visited Canada, you can track its counties/equivalents on the mob-rule.com site oft mentioned here.
BTW, the Extra Miler Club has a member from Australia, who has nevertheless racked up over 900 U.S. counties.
Well, I've never crossed the pond. Anyway, I'll do with Spanish provinces. I have been to 36 out of 50 provinces Spain has. I don't think i'd complete it soon, especially with Las Palmas province out in the Canary islands. OTOH, I've been to Santa Cruz province also in the Canaries, but I was five years old when I went there.
Quote from: CNGL-Leudimin on May 22, 2013, 09:25:43 AM
Well, I've never crossed the pond. Anyway, I'll do with Spanish provinces. I have been to 36 out of 50 provinces Spain has. I don't think i'd complete it soon, especially with Las Palmas province out in the Canary islands. OTOH, I've been to Santa Cruz province also in the Canaries, but I was five years old when I went there.
I've clinched 3-4 of those...(Barcelona, Girona, Taragona, Madrid via an airport), but it seems Spain has a smaller division of the provinces, if I'm not mistaken?
Our rental car had Madrid plates, which meant we were honked at a lot by the Barca fans...
No
I've gotten a decent percentage of Illinois, Michigan, Utah, Wyoming, and Hawai'i (all but one there, guess which one). I do, however, have every county in the great State of Superior. :bigass:
Only Delaware, and if you count DC as Doug did, then you could say I've clinched that too.
But in every other state I've been in, the answer is a resounding no, and that includes my home state of New York and my reluctantly adopted state of Florida.
I have yet to do so (http://www.mob-rule.com/counties/user-gifs/codyg1985.gif), but I am reasonably close with Alabama, Tennessee, and maybe Mississippi.
Been to every county in my state of residence , New Mexico, (only 33). and clinched every county in RI (not hard ) ,DE, and all but one in AZ and NV
I've been to every county in CT, DC (not hard), DE, and NH. Close on MA (only missing the Islands).
Quote from: deathtopumpkins on May 22, 2013, 10:42:42 PM
I've been to every county in CT, DC (not hard), DE, and NH. Close on MA (only missing the Islands).
Have you been to all 8 wards in DC?
Wards 7 and 8 can be clinched by driving DC 295/I-295. Ward 6 is Capitol Hill. Ward 2 is downtown and the monuments. Ward 3 is Upper NW. Ward 5 you'll get if you do NY Avenue out into MD. Ward 1 is the dead center of the District geographically, and Ward 4 is at the northern tip and you clinch those two by driving up 16th Street to Silver Spring.
Interesting fact, I've lived in two of DC's wards, but never actually moved (they shifted the boundaries under my feet after the 2010 Census results were tabulated).
Since you went there, Mike, have you been to all 8 wards of DC via a travel means other than automobile? I've done it both by bicycle and by Metro. You can catch 6 of the 8 wards via the Red Line (except 7/8) or Green Line (except 3/7) alone.
Also, there are some states which don't mark their counties while on the road. Connecticut is a great example of this, as we only use counties (seemingly) during weather warnings and jury duty. When you cross from Newtown to Southbury along I-84/US 6 East (as an example) over the Housatonic River, the sign simply says "SOUTHBURY | TOWN LINE". The Maine signs indicate county along I-95/Maine Turnpike and any state highway. The cross from Old Orchard Beach into Scarborough (on ME Route 9) had the town name horizontally on a wood post, with the county name in a small rectangle vertically. It may have changed, since I lived in O.O.B. in the mid-1980s (you crossed from York into Cumberland County).
New Hampshire counties: Rockingham (Portsmouth, I-95 and parts of the Spaulding Turnpike), Cheshire (Chesterfield and Hinsdale), the county with Hanover (crossing the river from White River Junction on foot) and the counties with Salem, Nashua, Manchester and Concord. I've been as far north as Wolfeboro. Forgive me for not knowing every county there.
Vermont Counties: Bennington (enter VT lifetime in 1990 on US Route 7), Windham (especially Brattleboro) and the one with White River Junction (Windsor?).
Massachusetts Counties: Berkshire, Hampden, Hampshire, Franklin, Worcester, Middlesex, Essex, Norfolk, Suffolk and Bristol for certain. I've never been to Plymouth County, as far as I know. I've been as far as Dartmouth on I-195 (1990). I've never been on Cape Cod or the islands (so definitely no Dukes or Barnstable counties).
Rhode Island Counties: Providence, Kent, Washington and Newport. Likely missing Bristol County.
New York Counties: All 5 boroughs of NYC (Bronx, New York, Kings, Queens and Richmond), Westchester, Putnam, Orange, Dutchess, Albany, Rensselaer, Columbia, Schenectady (Troy?) and the county with Cooperstown. I think I've been in Rockland County as well.
New Jersey Counties: All the counties with Amtrak, the NJ Turnpike, I-80 and I-78. I've been to Atlantic City (1992) and Wildwood for baseball (2011). I've been to baseball in Bridgewater (Somerset County).
Pennsylvania Counties: Philadelphia, Bucks, Delaware, Lackawanna, Luzerne, I-84 in PA, I-81 in PA from I-84 in Dunmore south via I-81 in and including Harrisburg (Dauphin). I was west of the river on that trip in Cumberland County, by Camp Hill, I think? I've also once made a stop at PIT, the airport in western Allegheny County. I've also been in Allentown and Bethlehem, but forget which county those are in. I've been in Berks County for Reading.
Delaware Counties: New Castle
Maryland Counties: Cecil, Harford, Baltimore and Prince Georges. I've been to Silver Spring and much of the run involving the Baltimore-Washington Parkway.
More later. Gotta run! :(
Only 4 states east of the Mississippi where I'm "missing counties": Florida, Massachusetts, Michigan, and Wisconsin.
Conversely, there's 4 states west of the Mississippi that I'm missing entirely (MT, NV, OR, AK) and 4 other states west of the Mississippi that I've "completed" (MN, IA, AR, LA).
Quote from: froggie on May 23, 2013, 09:31:51 AM
Only 4 states east of the Mississippi where I'm "missing counties": Florida, Massachusetts, Michigan, and Wisconsin.
Conversely, there's 4 states west of the Mississippi that I'm missing entirely (MT, NV, OR, AK) and 4 other states west of the Mississippi that I've "completed" (MN, IA, AR, LA).
Wow, I'm just trying to GO to all 50 states
Quote from: mtantillo on May 23, 2013, 01:55:10 AM
Have you been to all 8 wards in DC?
I have! DC is ripe for old-sign hunting. I don't think I've walked as through traffic into each ward, but I am quite certain I have gotten out and walked up to a sign worth photographing in each.
Quote from: KEVIN_224 on May 23, 2013, 09:24:29 AM
Also, there are some states which don't mark their counties while on the road. Connecticut is a great example of this, as we only use counties (seemingly) during weather warnings and jury duty. When you cross from Newtown to Southbury along I-84/US 6 East (as an example) over the Housatonic River, the sign simply says "SOUTHBURY | TOWN LINE". The Maine signs indicate county along I-95/Maine Turnpike and any state highway. The cross from Old Orchard Beach into Scarborough (on ME Route 9) had the town name horizontally on a wood post, with the county name in a small rectangle vertically. It may have changed, since I lived in O.O.B. in the mid-1980s (you crossed from York into Cumberland County).
Some county lines elsewhere are poorly/unevenly marked for whatever reason. For example, I saw no signs for Hooker County in Nebraska on NE 2 (gee, I wonder why?), even though county lines generally are well-marked elsewhere in the state.
The census areas in Alaska, and divisions in Saskatchewan, Manitoba, and Newfoundland are also unmarked, except sometimes in Alaska you can tell when you're entering a census area from a borough by looking in your rear-view mirror for the borough line sign. Since those areas are defined by national-level census officials for statistical purposes rather than by the state/province as a unit of local government, it's unsurprising that highway crews don't bother marking them. You can also argue about whether to count them at all for county-counting purposes.
Quote from: mtantillo on May 23, 2013, 01:55:10 AM
Have you been to all 8 wards in DC?
By car - All 8 wards
By Metro - All but 4 & 5 (though did get 5 on Amtrak)
Quote from: oscar on May 23, 2013, 02:11:32 PM
The census areas in Alaska, and divisions in Saskatchewan, Manitoba, and Newfoundland are also unmarked, except sometimes in Alaska you can tell when you're entering a census area from a borough by looking in your rear-view mirror for the borough line sign. Since those areas are defined by national-level census officials for statistical purposes rather than by the state/province as a unit of local government, it's unsurprising that highway crews don't bother marking them. You can also argue about whether to count them at all for county-counting purposes.
From the state's point of view, aren't all of the census areas considered a single borough, the so-called Unorganized one?
Quote from: empirestate on May 23, 2013, 05:49:31 PM
Quote from: oscar on May 23, 2013, 02:11:32 PM
The census areas in Alaska, and divisions in Saskatchewan, Manitoba, and Newfoundland are also unmarked, except sometimes in Alaska you can tell when you're entering a census area from a borough by looking in your rear-view mirror for the borough line sign. Since those areas are defined by national-level census officials for statistical purposes rather than by the state/province as a unit of local government, it's unsurprising that highway crews don't bother marking them. You can also argue about whether to count them at all for county-counting purposes.
From the state's point of view, aren't all of the census areas considered a single borough, the so-called Unorganized one?
Yes, but Alaska's Unorganized Borough is not signed as such. If it were, those would be some really neat county line signs. :)
Quote from: froggie on May 23, 2013, 03:04:09 AM
Since you went there, Mike, have you been to all 8 wards of DC via a travel means other than automobile? I've done it both by bicycle and by Metro. You can catch 6 of the 8 wards via the Red Line (except 7/8) or Green Line (except 3/7) alone.
Passing through on public transit: I think I have all wards. Ward 1: Taken Metro to Columbia Heights, and my apartment used to be in Ward 1. Ward 2: Metro to downtown and Circulator to Georgetown. Ward 3: I live there and take transit from my apartment. Ward 4: I think the Red Line to Glenmont goes through Ward 4. Ward 5: Red Line towards Glenmont and also Amtrak. Ward 6: Metro to Capitol Hill. Ward 7: Green line to Branch Ave. Ward 8: Orange Line to New Carrollton.
Actually leaving a mass transit vehicle: Wards 1, 2, 3, 4*, and 6...never had a reason to visit Wards 5, 7, or 8 via transit. *Ward 4, I've walked to from Silver Spring, MD.
Via car and actually leaving the vehicle, not just passing through: Wards 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6.
Quote from: mtantillo on May 23, 2013, 01:55:10 AM
Quote from: deathtopumpkins on May 22, 2013, 10:42:42 PM
I've been to every county in CT, DC (not hard), DE, and NH. Close on MA (only missing the Islands).
Have you been to all 8 wards in DC?
Wards 7 and 8 can be clinched by driving DC 295/I-295. Ward 6 is Capitol Hill. Ward 2 is downtown and the monuments. Ward 3 is Upper NW. Ward 5 you'll get if you do NY Avenue out into MD. Ward 1 is the dead center of the District geographically, and Ward 4 is at the northern tip and you clinch those two by driving up 16th Street to Silver Spring.
I've driven 295, so yep 7 and 8. Been all over the mall, to the capitol, etc., so I presume that covers 6 and 2. I have done NY Ave, so 5 as well. I haven't actually explored much of DC outside of interstates and the touristy area though, so I dunno about 1, 3, and 4.
DC Wards (http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/metro/specials/theguide/maps05/dc_anc.gif)
I have never been to Ward 3, but I have the other seven.
Of those seven, I've been through all of them by car, but I've only actually put my feet on the ground in 2, 6, and possibly 7 - RFK stadium is half in 6, half in 7. My seat when I saw the Nats there was definitely on the 6 side but I may have stepped across the line at some point.
I've only been on the Metro in 2 and 6.
Quote from: Duke87 on May 23, 2013, 08:54:08 PM
DC Wards (http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/metro/specials/theguide/maps05/dc_anc.gif)
I have never been to Ward 3, but I have the other seven.
Of those seven, I've been through all of them by car, but I've only actually put my feet on the ground in 2, 6, and possibly 7 - RFK stadium is half in 6, half in 7. My seat when I saw the Nats there was definitely on the 6 side but I may have stepped across the line at some point.
I've only been on the Metro in 2 and 6.
I don't know what you call the lettered divisions (subwards?), but I'm pretty sure I have all of those.
Quote from: Steve on May 23, 2013, 09:12:26 PM
Quote from: Duke87 on May 23, 2013, 08:54:08 PM
DC Wards (http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/metro/specials/theguide/maps05/dc_anc.gif)
I have never been to Ward 3, but I have the other seven.
Of those seven, I've been through all of them by car, but I've only actually put my feet on the ground in 2, 6, and possibly 7 - RFK stadium is half in 6, half in 7. My seat when I saw the Nats there was definitely on the 6 side but I may have stepped across the line at some point.
I've only been on the Metro in 2 and 6.
I don't know what you call the lettered divisions (subwards?), but I'm pretty sure I have all of those.
ANCs, or Advisory Neighborhood Commissions.
http://anc.dc.gov/
I've been in all the counties of California.
All counties of CT,RI, and DE. Otherwise
MA: All except Dukes and Nantucket
ME: York, Oxford, Cumberland, Androscoggin, Kennebec
NH: All except Coos
VT: All except Essex, Franklin, and Addison
NY: 5 boroughs, Long Island, all counties along and east of I-87 to Canada, along the Thruway to Buffalo, Niagara
NJ: All except Cumberland
PA: Bucks, Philadelphia, Delaware, Chester, Lehigh, Northampton, Monroe, Pike, Lancaster, York, Dauphin, Berks, Montgomery, Adams, Franklin
MD: Baltimore City & County, Harford, Cecil, Howard, Montgomery, Prince George, Anne Arundel, Washington, Frederick, Queen Anne's, Kent, Worcester, Somerset, Wicomico, Carroll
VA: Fairfax, Loudon, Counties of US 13 north of Norfolk and US 58 east of I-95
WV: Jefferson, Berkeley
NC, SC: Counties of I-95
GA: Counties of I-95 and Fulton
FL: Counties of FL Turnpike Orlando and South, I-4, I-95 north of I-4, Monroe
MO: St. Louis
HI: Honolulu, Kauai
I lived in New Mexico 6 years and got every county but Harding. I occasionally look at a route toward Texas from here using NM-39 so I can finally clinch that one. I lived in Minnesota 25 years and got every county but Lake of the Woods. Given that the County boundary follows the shoreline of that lake, I could argue standing on the shore in Warroad qualifies. I am heading northeast into Nebraska in a few weeks, and if time allows I can route myself through two rural counties in NE Colorado and clinch this state. I think my award in this category is CBNC.
Quote from: The High Plains Traveler on May 24, 2013, 07:50:30 PM
I lived in New Mexico 6 years and got every county but Harding. I occasionally look at a route toward Texas from here using NM-39 so I can finally clinch that one. I lived in Minnesota 25 years and got every county but Lake of the Woods. Given that the County boundary follows the shoreline of that lake, I could argue standing on the shore in Warroad qualifies. I am heading northeast into Nebraska in a few weeks, and if time allows I can route myself through two rural counties in NE Colorado and clinch this state. I think my award in this category is CBNC.
I just got Lake of the Woods by heading east (:
I've clinched all of the counties in my home state, Maryland. I also have all of the wards in DC and all of the counties in Delaware and New Jersey. I am missing one county in Connecticut (Litchfield).
I lived in Virginia for four years and have 121/134 of the counties and independent cities. I am missing eight counties and one city in the southwest corner of the state (I had to back out of a planned trip down there in '09 and never rescheduled). I am also missing two random counties (Franklin and Lunenburg) and two cities (Franklin and Poquoson).
The link to my county clinch map is in my signature.
Quote from: Duke87 on January 12, 2013, 05:25:59 PM
I have been to every county in DC (1990?), Delaware (April 2005), Connecticut (February 2010), Rhode Island (August 2010), Vermont (September 2011), New Jersey (December 2011), and New York (November 2012).
If I add another state to that list this year it will probably be New Hampshire.
Added New Hampshire and Maryland.
I also just wondered about something and so I looked into it: have I been to every municipality in Connecticut? The answer is no, but I am at 167/169 (missing Wolcott and Sprague). OK, that's not too shabby.
I have been to every county in delaware. Albeit that is three counties so it is kinda easy to do, i think i ahve been to at least 18 out of 21 nj counties, i sometimes forget what places we went on family trips as a kid, but i have been up to the delaware water gap in NJ and over the GWB on the hudson side of the state, so i think a few of the extreme northern counties are due for me to go to, just incase i missed em as a kid. all the counties below 287 i have been through, several times in fact.
I've been to all 77 counties in my home state of Oklahoma. Been to the vast majority of the county seats as well.
rte66man
I'm still missing several RCMs in Québec (mostly the remote ones), and a lot of counties or regions in Ontario.
I may have been to every county in Vermont, but I'll have to check and make sure.
Quote from: SteveG1988 on June 14, 2013, 08:48:42 AM
i think i ahve been to at least 18 out of 21 nj counties, i sometimes forget what places we went on family trips as a kid, but i have been up to the delaware water gap in NJ and over the GWB on the hudson side of the state, so i think a few of the extreme northern counties are due for me to go to
If you went to both places in the same trip and crossed NJ via I-80 and I-95, you got all the "extreme northern" counties; Bergen, Passaic, and Sussex. (I'm considering the extreme northern counties to be those that touch NY state) But by crossing the state via 80 and 95 you also get the northern counties of Essex, Morris, and Warren. The only northern counties you might be missing in that case are Hudson, Hunterdon, and Union.
Only one i have clinched is Delaware. (And DC if you consider it a state). However, I'm close in:
RI: 3/5 (Missing Bristol and Newport)
CT: 5/8 (Missing Litchfield, Hartford, and Tolland)
NJ: 16/21 (Missing Cumberland, Hunterdon, Somerset, Sussex, and Passaic)
VA: 84/95, 36/39 (Missing: Lee, Scott, Wise, Dickenson, Buchanan, Tazewell, Carroll, Patrick, Franklin, Halifax, Charlotte, Craig) (Missing Cities: Norton, Galax, and Danville)
SC: 37/46 (Missing: Pickens, Union, Lancaster, Chesterfield, Williamsburg, Bamberg, Allendale, Barnwell, Abbeville)
WY: 17/26 (Missing: Lincoln, Hot Springs, Washakie, Niobrara, Weston, Big Horn)
Updated to include Alabama and Rhode Island as fully county-clinched.