Posse Comitatus Act and offered essential review and guidance. The Combined Arms Research Library (CARL) at Fort Leavenworth was also a crucial asset in this endeavor.
Including those, there are 3,077 counties in the US, an average of 62 counties per state. The state with the fewest counties is Delaware (three), and the state with the most is Texas (254). In many states, counties are subdivided into townships or towns and may contain other independent, self-governing municipalities.
Including those, there are 3,077 counties in the United States. A county of the United States is a local level of government smaller than a state and not smaller than a city or town, with some exceptions, in a U.S. state or territory. While Louisiana uses the term parish and Alaska uses the word borough.