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 * work on a list of Former names of United States counties

Here are the mere name changes for counties (and county-equivalents) in the decennial US Census reports of 1870 and 1880, reported in footnotes to the tables of aggregate population by county. Those tables are historical, covering all censuses 1790 to date, one in each column. Former counties including most former names of current counties are represented by rows with null population counts in the current column.

The mere name changes occurred within one state or state-equivalent. Other county name changes may have occurred with transfers of territory from one state to another, or creation of a new state. They are not listed here.

County renames
'o' marks the name changes that are not represented in the list of former United States counties.

Alabama
 * 1858 Benton County to Calhoun County, Alabama [9][10]
 * 1870 Baker County to Chilton County, Alabama [10]
 * 1870 o Sanford County to Lamar County, Alabama [10]
 * 1821 Cataco County to Morgan County, Alabama [9][10]
 * 1850 o Hancock County to Winston County, Alabama [9][10]

Dakota Territory
 * 1875 o French County (1873–1875) to De Smet County, Dakota Territory (1875–1887) [10] &mdash; date source is the Atlas

and 1887 o De Smet County (1875–1887) to Pierce County, North Dakota (then Dakota Territory) [Atlas]

District of Columbia
 * Washington County. Consolidation of three county-equivalents 1871 as Washington County and abolition of county government 1874 both occurred during this decade. It may or may not be reasonable to call Washington County a former county name.

Florida
 * >1850 Benton County to Hernando County, Florida [9][10]
 * 1845 Mosquito County to Orange County, Florida [9][10] &mdash; date source is the wikipedia list

Georgia
 * 1861 Cass County to Bartow County, Georgia [9] &mdash; date source is the wikipedia list

Iowa
 * 1862 o Buncombe County to Lyon County, Iowa [9]

Kansas
 * 1873 o Norton County (1872–1873) to Billings County and

and 1874 o Billings County (1873–1874) to Norton County, Kansas [10] &mdash; so the name Billings was in use for about one year

Kentucky
 * >1870 Josh Bell County (1867– ?) to Bell County, Kentucky [10]

Michigan
 * 1863 o Bleeker County to Menominee County, Michigan [9]
 * >1860 o Michilimackinac County to Mackinac County, Michigan [9][10]

Minnesota
 * 1878 Pembina County to Kittson County, Minnesota [10] &mdash; wikipedia calls it a transfer to ND
 * 1868 o Toombs County (1856–1868) to Andy Johnson County and

and 1868 o Andy Johnson County (part of 1868) to Wilkin County, Minnesota [9]

Rock County, Minnesota (1857– ) was erroneously reported as Pipestone County in 1860. [9]

Mississippi
 * 1802 o Pickering County to Jefferson County, Mississippi [9]

Missouri
 * >1840 Rives County to Henry County, Missouri [9][10]

New York
 * 1784 Tryon County to Montgomery County, New York [9]
 * 1784 Charlotte County to Washington County, New York [9]

Texas
 * 1862 o Buchanan County to Stephens County, Texas [9]
 * 1862 o Cass County, Texas to Davis County [9] and

and 1871 o Davis County to Cass County, Texas [10]

Washington Territory
 * 1873 o "The Disputed Islands" (county-equivalent) to San Juan County, Washington [10]
 * 1864 o Sawamish County to Mason County, Washington [9][10]

Wisconsin
 * 1862 o Bad Ax Countyto Vernon County, Wisconsin [9]
 * 1869 o Dallas County to Barron County, Wisconsin [9]
 * 1866 o La Pointe County to Bayfield County, Wisconsin [9]
 * 1864 o Shawanaw County to Shawano County, Wisconsin [9]
 * 1880 o New County (1879–1880) to Langlade County, Wisconsin [10]

Wyoming
 * 1879 o Pease County to Johnson County, Wyoming [10]