The following two url's are about the same site. The site is a very good place to find information about early settlement of the colonies and how each evolved. You'll have to be creative using the search engine to find what you want. Many links within the articles. Very easy to get distracted Don't just try one thing and quit. There is a LOT of information there. The first address is: http://www.answers.com/topic/list-of-u-s-county-name-etymologies-a-d If you want to find information about a county that doesn't start with a-d then change those two letters to e-?. You'll have to experiment to find the correct letter(s) to use. The second address is the home page. It also has a search engine, but I haven't had the time to learn how to get from the home page to the counties information. http://www.answers.com Larry admin