List of U.S. counties named after prominent Confederate historical figures
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This is a list of U.S. counties named after prominent Confederate historical figures. Several counties, all but one of them in states that seceded, are named for Confederate politicians and military officers.
The most common Confederacy-related county names are "Lee County" (for Robert E. Lee) with eight examples, and "Jeff Davis County" or "Jefferson Davis County" (for Jefferson Davis) with four examples. Patrick Cleburne, Alexander Stephens, and Henry A. Wise, have two counties each named after them.
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Place name | State | Named after |
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Allen Parish | Louisiana | Henry Watkins Allen, Confederate brigadier general and Governor of Louisiana |
Arlington County | Virginia | Named in honor of Arlington House, the home of General Robert E. Lee, originally named after Arlington Archeological Site where the family originated. |
Bacon County | Georgia | Confederate soldier Augustus Octavius Bacon, speaker of the Georgia House of Representatives |
Baker County | Florida | Confederate Senator James McNair Baker |
Bartow County | Georgia | Colonel Francis S. Bartow, killed at the First Battle of Manassas, the first brigade commander of the Confederate States Army to die in combat |
Beauregard Parish | Louisiana | General P.G.T. Beauregard, one of the designers of the Confederate Battle Flag |
Benton County | Mississippi | Brigadier General Samuel Benton, 34th Mississippi Infantry Regiment, mustered from the same counties from which Benton County was formed in 1870 |
Bradford County | Florida | Captain Richard Bradford, killed in the Battle of Santa Rosa Island, the first Confederate officer from Florida to die in the American Civil War |
Bullock County | Alabama | Colonel Edward Bullock |
Chilton County | Alabama | William Parish Chilton, Alabama Supreme Court Justice and Confederate congressman |
Cleburne County | Alabama | Major General Patrick Cleburne |
Cleburne County | Arkansas | |
Cook County | Georgia | General Philip Cook, later U.S. Representative |
Ector County | Texas | General Mathew D. Ector |
Faulkner County | Arkansas | Captain Sandford C. Faulkner, composer and fiddler known for the "Arkansas Traveler" |
Foard County | Texas | Major Robert L. Foard |
Forrest County | Mississippi | General Nathan Bedford Forrest |
Gray County | Texas | Peter W. Gray, Houston District, Confederate House of Representatives |
Gregg County | Texas | Brigadier General John B. Gregg |
Hale County | Alabama | Lieutenant Colonel Stephen F. Hale |
Hampton County | South Carolina | Lieutenant General Wade Hampton III, cavalry leader and later governor of South Carolina |
Hemphill County | Texas | Congress of the Confederate States Representative John Hemphill |
Hendry County | Florida | Francis A. Hendry, cattle rancher, politician, and officer in the Confederate States Army |
Hoke County | North Carolina | General Robert Hoke |
Hood County | Texas | Lieutenant General John Bell Hood, commander of Hood's Texas Brigade |
Jackson County | Oklahoma | Lieutenant General Thomas Jonathan "Stonewall" Jackson |
Jeff Davis County | Georgia | Jefferson Davis, President of the Confederacy |
Jeff Davis County | Texas | |
Jefferson Davis County | Mississippi | |
Jefferson Davis Parish | Louisiana | |
Lee County | Alabama | General Robert E. Lee |
Lee County | Arkansas | |
Lee County | Florida | |
Lee County | Kentucky | |
Lee County | Mississippi | |
Lee County | North Carolina | |
Lee County | South Carolina | |
Lee County | Texas | |
Lubbock County | Texas | Colonel Thomas Saltus Lubbock |
McCulloch County | Texas | Brigadier General Benjamin McCulloch |
Ochiltree County | Texas | Colonel William Beck Ochiltree, 18th Texas Infantry, a prominent figure in the Republic of Texas |
Oldham County | Texas | William Simpson Oldham Sr., pioneer Texas lawyer and Confederate Senator |
Pasco County | Florida | Samuel Pasco, Confederate soldier and later U.S. Senator |
Pender County | North Carolina | William Dorsey Pender, Confederate soldier mortally wounded at the Battle of Gettysburg |
Randall County | Texas | Brigadier General Horace Randall |
Reeves County | Texas | Colonel George R. Reeves |
Reagan County | Texas | John Henninger Reagan, postmaster general of the Confederacy |
Roger Mills County | Oklahoma | Named for Roger Q. Mills, member of the Texas House of Representatives and later Confederate colonel with the 10th Texas Infantry Regiment. Continued in politics after the war, becoming a Congressman and Senator for Texas. |
Scurry County | Texas | General William Read Scurry |
Starr County | Texas | James Harper Starr, director of the postal service of the Trans-Mississippi Department |
Stephens County | Georgia | Alexander Stephens, vice president of the Confederacy |
Stephens County | Texas | |
Stonewall County | Texas | Lieutenant General Thomas Jonathan "Stonewall" Jackson |
Sutton County | Texas | Colonel John S. Sutton |
Terrell County | Texas | Brigadier General Alexander Watkins Terrell, Terrell's Texas Cavalry Regiment |
Terry County | Texas | Colonel Benjamin Franklin Terry, Terry's Texas Rangers |
Tom Green County | Texas | Brigadier General Thomas Green |
Toombs County | Georgia | General Robert Toombs, Secretary of State of the Confederacy |
Upton County | Texas | Generals John C. and William F. Upton |
Vance County | North Carolina | Colonel Zebulon Baird Vance, twice governor of North Carolina |
Walthall County | Mississippi | General Edward C. Walthall |
Wheeler County | Georgia | Named for Joseph Wheeler, Confederate cavalry general. In 1898–1900 he joined the U.S. Army, serving in the Spanish–American War and Philippine–American War. |
Winkler County | Texas | Colonel Clinton McKamy Winkler |
Wise County | Texas | General Henry A. Wise |
Wise County | Virginia |
See also[]
- List of Confederate monuments and memorials which covers counties, cities and other inhabited places named for Confederate leaders
Categories:
- U.S. county name etymologies
- American Civil War-related lists
- Lists of things named after people
- Lost Cause of the Confederacy