List of U.S. counties named after women This is a list of U.S. counties which are named for women . Items may be listed in more than one category . This list is incomplete ; you can help by expanding it . Ordinary people Ada County , Idaho : Ada is named for Ada Riggs , the first pioneer child born in the area and the daughter of Boise , Idaho cofounder H.C. Riggs . Barton County , Kansas : Barton is named for Clara Barton , the famous American nurse . Bremer County , Iowa : Bremer is named for Fredrika Bremer , a Swedish novelist . Dare County , North Carolina : Dare is named for Virginia Dare , the first English child born in the New World who disappeared with the Lost Colony . East Feliciana Parish , Louisiana : East Feliciana is allegedly named for Felicite de Gálvez , the wife of Bernardo de Gálvez , a Spanish governor of the Louisiana Territory . Florence County , South Carolina : Florence is named for Florence Harllee , a daughter of W. W. Harllee , a president of the Wilmington and Manchester Railroad . Florence County , Wisconsin : Florence is named for Florence Julst , the first woman pioneer in the region . Grainger County , Tennessee : Grainger is named for Mary Grainger Blount , the wife of William Blount , the only governor of the Southwest Territory ( modern Tennessee ) . Hart County , Georgia : Hart is named for Nancy Morgan Hart , a woman sharpshooter and patriot in the American Revolutionary War . Josephine County , Oregon : Josephine is named for Virginia `` Josephine '' Rollins , the first European-American woman to settle in southern Oregon . Marshall County , Oklahoma : Marshall is named for the mother of George A. Henshaw , a delegate to the state constitutional convention , Marshall having been her maiden name . Merrick County , Nebraska : Merrick is named after Elvira Merrick , wife of Henry W. DePuy , a territorial legislator . Montour County , Pennsylvania : Montour is named for Madame Montour , a French-Indian woman who was involved in Native American affairs . Wake County , North Carolina : Wake is named for Margaret Wake , a London heiress and the wife of William Tryon , a colonial governor of North Carolina . West Feliciana Parish , Louisiana : West Feliciana is allegedly named for Felicite de Gálvez , the wife of Bernardo de Gálvez , a Spanish governor of the Louisiana Territory . Fictional Attala County , Mississippi : Attala is named for Attala or Atala , a fictional Native American heroine from a story by François-René de Chateaubriand . Evangeline Parish , Louisiana : Evangeline is named after the heroine of the poem `` Evangeline `` by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow . Titled noblewomen and queens Amelia County , Virginia : Amelia is named for Princess Amelia Sophia of Great Britain , daughter of George II . Anne Arundel County , Maryland : Anne Arundel is named for Anne Arundell , the wife of Cæcilius Calvert , 2nd Baron Baltimore and daughter of Thomas Arundell , 1st Baron Arundell of Wardour . Augusta County , Virginia : Augusta is named for Augusta of Saxe-Gotha , wife of Frederick , Prince of Wales and mother of George III of Great Britain . Caroline County , Maryland : Caroline is named for Lady Caroline Eden , the daughter of Charles Calvert , 5th Baron Baltimore , sister of Frederick Calvert , 6th Baron Baltimore , and wife of Robert Eden , the last colonial governor of Maryland . Caroline County , Virginia : Caroline is named for Caroline of Ansbach , wife of George II of Great Britain . Charlotte County , Virginia : Charlotte is named for Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz , wife of George III of Great Britain . Dutchess County , New York : Dutchess is named for Lady Anne Hyde , the Duchess of York and wife of the future King James II of England . Isabella County , Michigan : Isabella is named for Queen Isabella of Castile , who patronized Christopher Columbus . King and Queen County , Virginia : King and Queen is named for King William III of England and Queen Mary II of England . Louisa County , Virginia : Louisa is named for Princess Louise , daughter of George II of Great Britain . Mecklenburg County , North Carolina : Mecklenburg is named for Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz , wife of George III of Great Britain . Mecklenburg County , Virginia : Mecklenburg is named for Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz , wife of George III of Great Britain . Queen Anne 's County , Maryland : Queen Anne 's is named for Queen Anne of Great Britain . Queens County , New York : Queens is named for Catherine of Braganza , Queen of England and the wife of Charles II of England . Native Americans Angelina County , Texas : Angelina is named for Angelina , a Hainai Native American woman who assisted early Spanish missionaries and was named Angelina by them . Marinette County , Wisconsin : Marinette is named for Marinette , a 19th century trader who was the daughter of a French-Canadian trapper and a Menominee woman . Montour County , Pennsylvania : Montour is named for Madame Montour , a French-Indian woman who was involved in Native American affairs . Pocahontas County , West Virginia : Pocahontas is named for Pocahontas , the famous Native American who played a leading role in the history of the first permanent English settlements in North America . Pocahontas County , Iowa : Pocahontas is named for Pocahontas , the famous Native American who played a leading role in the history of the first permanent English settlements in North America . Tama County , Iowa : Tama is named for any of several Native American chiefs or chief 's wives , over which there is dispute . Tippah County , Mississippi : Tippah is named for Tippah , wife of Pontotoc , an important Chickasaw leader . Winona County , Minnesota : Winona is named after Winona , a Dakota woman of distinction who was a cousin of the last of three chiefs named Wabasha . Saints St . Helena Parish , Louisiana : St . Helena is named for Saint Helena of Constantinople , the mother of Constantine the Great . St . Lucie County , Florida : St . Lucie is named for Saint Lucie of Syracuse , a Roman Catholic Saint and martyr for her faith in 304 . Ste . Genevieve County , Missouri : Ste . Genevieve is named after Saint Genevieve , the patron saint of Paris . Santa Barbara County , California : Santa Barbara is named for Saint Barbara , patroness of fire . Santa Clara County , California : Santa Clara is named for Mission Santa Clara , which was in turn named for Saint Clara de Asís . Santa Rosa County , Florida : Santa Rosa is named for Saint Rosa de Viterbo , a Roman Catholic saint . Aspects of the Virgin Mary Dolores County , Colorado : Dolores is named for the Dolores River , originally Rio de Nuestra Senora de los Dolores , or , in English , River of our Lady of Sorrows . Guadalupe County , New Mexico : Guadalupe is named for Our Lady of Guadalupe , the patron saint of the Americas . Los Angeles County , California : Los Angeles is named for the fact that Gaspar de Portolà 's explorers reached what was then the Native American village of Yangna on August 2 , 1769 , the feast day of Nuestra Señora la Reina de los Angeles de Porciúncula ( English : Our Lady , Queen of the Angels of Porciúncula ) . St . Mary Parish , Louisiana : St . Mary is named for the Blessed Virgin Mary , the mother of Jesus . St . Mary 's County , Maryland : St . Mary 's is named for the Blessed Virgin Mary , the mother of Jesus . Counties indirectly named for women Doña Ana County , New Mexico : Doña Ana is named for its first county seat of Doña Ana , New Mexico , which in turn was named for Doña Ana Robledo , a 17th-century woman known for her charitable giving . Fluvanna County , Virginia : Fluvanna is named for an archaic term for the James River , fluv anna or River of Anne . Haines Borough , Alaska : Haines Borough is named after Haines , Alaska , which is named in turn for Mrs. F. E. Haines , the community leader who raised funds for a religious mission to the local Chilkat Native American tribe . Judith Basin County , Montana : Judith Basin is named for the Judith River , which in turn is named for Julia Hancock , the sweetheart and future wife of William Clark of the Lewis and Clark expedition , who discovered the river ; the misspelling is due to the fact that Clark mistook her name to be Judith . Counties possibly named for women Culpeper County , Virginia : Culpeper is named for one of three members of the Colepeper family , of which two were women : Thomas Colepeper , 2nd Baron Colepeper of Thoresway , a colonial governor of Virginia ; his first wife Margaretta van Hesse , called Margaret , Lady Colepeper ; or their daughter , Thomas 's heir and only surviving issue , Catherine Colepeper . Elmore County , Idaho : Elmore is named for the Ida Elmore mines , which may have been named for a woman named Ida Elmore . Ida County , Iowa : Ida is named for possibly Ida Smith , the first European-American child born in the county . Louisa County , Iowa : Louisa is named for either Louisa Massey of Dubuque , Iowa , who , according to legend , killed the murderer of her brother ; or Louisa County , Virginia . Maries County , Missouri : Maries is named for the Maries River , which may be named after one or more Maries . St . Clair County , Michigan : St . Clair is named for either Arthur St . Clair , the first governor of the Northwest Territory ; or Saint Clare of Assisi , on whose feast day Lake St . Clair was discovered . Tama County , Iowa : Tama is named for any of several Native American chiefs or chief 's wives , over which there is dispute . See also County ( United States ) Lists of U.S. county name etymologies Categories : Incomplete lists | U.S. county name etymologies | Women 