U.S. historical counties

Territorial evolution of the United States.

[nbewarwe]

Early us history: We have carefully draw these counties to make them align with geography and population centers to make them as administratively efficient as possible
Later us history: Ah screw this, SQUARES!

[garyrobbins]

This is incredible. This is one of the best YouTube clips I have ever seen.

[oliverpiper]

King county/Seattle county
Founded 1852
Current shape 1855

[cononodapotato]

this is the kind of video you can rewatch 100 times, i love it

[ZBisson]

My county hasn’t been redrawn since 1938

[JMoney]

My county hasn’t changed shape since 1811, that’s crazy

Edit: Williamson County, Tennessee. (It’s dark blue and right in the middle)

[gandhithegreat]

Fun Fact: Texas has more counties than any other state in the union and by a wide margin with 254. Georgia is second with 159 and California only has 58.

This is because local government is very important in Texas and the state legislature made it law that everyone needed to be no more than just one days horse ride from the county court house.

And it’s still the law to this day

[Chance_Rice]

I like how with virginia you can clearly see in just because of the shape of the countys

[DTTheKnight]

My county, Spokane county, hasn't changed since 1884 apparently...

[badpiggies]

My county: King County, WA. Largest in population and bluest in Washington, borders untouched since the mid 19th century, namesake changed a while back to someone cooler and more historically memorable even though he lived all the way in Georgia

[User-bk_Elder_I]

Me watching this video be like:

"Wow, so much chaos"

[mrskippypb]

My county used to be Los Angeles and San Diego

[TheFunStuff]

My County: Dakota County, MN, Founded in 1849 and got its current shape in 1856

[ddesmarais]

North texas looks like when the tiles on the bottom of a pool are sliiiightly wrong

[HistoricDefense]

While the US has over 4000 counties, my country's got only 19. But some of those 19 are 1000 years old.

[camilleyarbough]

Love the pictures of you enjoy the day and the pictures are beautiful ❤️ I love you don't want to get you a picture of

[sareth]

Mine is Hampden County, we are green-yellow in western Massachusetts right above Connecticut. We were formed in 1814 and have borders now from 1911.

[EnderDeveloper]

Meanwhile my county hasn’t changed shape since 1983…we will get you, one day, La Paz…

[roygoodhand]

When you see it, you won't be able to unsee it.

Clark County, Nevada (Las Vegas area) looks exactly like a shrunken-down version of the State of Nevada.

[navilandinator]

Mine hasn't changed since 1621 :D