Show COUNTIES OF THE U S There are counties in the 48 states of wInch which Texas has the greatest number and Delaware the smaIl smallest est number 3 San Bernardino county In California is the largest with an anarea anarea area of square mlles miles New York county is the smallest ith an area of only 22 square miles BrIstol county in Rhode Island is the next smallest wIth 24 square miles Citing another case of extremes Armstrong county in South Dakota WIth an area of of square miles has no postoffice whIle county in Pennsylvania with square miles has 1 0 And speaking of Leadville Colo IS the highest being feet above sea level while Calipatria Calif feet below sea level is the lowest North Carolina and Virginia have exactly counties each States having more than counties are Illinois Kansas Missouri Kentucky Georgia Texas In Louisana these subdivisions are called parishes of WhICh I the state has 64 I |