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Georgia - Geography & Counties | 50 States of America

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Visit the most anti-Obama county in the U.S.

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US Historical County/State Boundaries

In the United States, an administrative or political subdivision of a state is a county, which is a region having specific boundaries and usually some level of governmental authority. The term "county" is used in 48 U.S. states, while Louisiana and Alaska have functionally equivalent subdivisions called parishes and boroughs respectively.
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