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Have you been to every county in your state (or any other state)?

Started by golden eagle, March 04, 2011, 12:47:14 AM

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SSOWorld

Scott O.

Not all who wander are lost...
Ah, the open skies, wind at my back, warm sun on my... wait, where the hell am I?!
As a matter of fact, I do own the road.
Raise your what?

Wisconsin - out-multiplexing your state since 1918.


J N Winkler

To answer the original question:  No (KS is not as easy as it looks).  I think I have for NM, MD, and MA, however.
"It is necessary to spend a hundred lire now to save a thousand lire later."--Piero Puricelli, explaining the need for a first-class road system to Benito Mussolini

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hbelkins

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.
Government would be tolerable if not for politicians and bureaucrats.

SSOWorld

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)  :)
Scott O.

Not all who wander are lost...
Ah, the open skies, wind at my back, warm sun on my... wait, where the hell am I?!
As a matter of fact, I do own the road.
Raise your what?

Wisconsin - out-multiplexing your state since 1918.

hbelkins

RI isn't that easy to clinch that quickly if you get caught up in traffic.
Government would be tolerable if not for politicians and bureaucrats.

SSOWorld

True, but I managed to avoid the traffic for the most part.  It was all in Boston :P
Scott O.

Not all who wander are lost...
Ah, the open skies, wind at my back, warm sun on my... wait, where the hell am I?!
As a matter of fact, I do own the road.
Raise your what?

Wisconsin - out-multiplexing your state since 1918.

agentsteel53

live from sunny San Diego.

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jake@aaroads.com

DBrim

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


mhallack

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

NWI_Irish96

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.
Indiana: counties 100%, highways 100%
Illinois: counties 100%, highways 61%
Michigan: counties 100%, highways 56%
Wisconsin: counties 86%, highways 23%

bassoon1986

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.

bassoon1986


agentsteel53

live from sunny San Diego.

http://shields.aaroads.com

jake@aaroads.com

oscar

my Hot Springs and Highways pages, with links to my roads sites:
http://www.alaskaroads.com/home.html

TheHighwayMan3561

Best state, percentage-wise: 15/16 in Maine (94%)

Most counties visited in one state: 53/87 in Minnesota (61%)

mjb2002

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

pianocello

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.
Davenport, IA -> Valparaiso, IN -> Ames, IA -> Orlando, FL -> Gainesville, FL -> Evansville, IN

agentsteel53

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.
live from sunny San Diego.

http://shields.aaroads.com

jake@aaroads.com

akotchi

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.
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ftballfan

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).

formulanone

Finally travelled to 67 counties in Florida, as of this afternoon. Yay!

KEVIN_224

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).

TheHighwayMan3561

The highest percentage I have of any state is Maine, where I have 15/16; the county I don't have is Franklin County.

roadman

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.
"And ninety-five is the route you were on.  It was not the speed limit sign."  - Jim Croce (from Speedball Tucker)

"My life has been a tapestry
Of years of roads and highway signs" (with apologies to Carole King and Tom Rush)



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