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.
There are 3,142 counties and county equivalent administrative units in total, including the District of Columbia. There are 41 independent cities in the United States. In Virginia, any municipality that is incorporated as a city legally becomes independent of any county.