The Picard Maneuver@lemmy.worldM to Cartography Anarchy@lemm.eeEnglish · 7 days agoName for hamburger by US countylemmy.worldimagemessage-square35fedilinkarrow-up1355
arrow-up1355imageName for hamburger by US countylemmy.worldThe Picard Maneuver@lemmy.worldM to Cartography Anarchy@lemm.eeEnglish · 7 days agomessage-square35fedilink
minus-squareexasperation@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·7 days agoAt 9.1 million square km, and 3143 counties, that’s an average of 2910 square km per county. England has 84 counties covering a land area of 130,300 square kilometers, at 1550 square km per county. So our counties are, on average, twice as big as the country we derived our legal/administrative systems from.
minus-squarelemming741@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·7 days agoI think everything west of Nebraska skews it. Georgia is almost exactly 1000 sq km average. Ohio is 1200, Kentucky 872, Arkansas is 1836.
At 9.1 million square km, and 3143 counties, that’s an average of 2910 square km per county.
England has 84 counties covering a land area of 130,300 square kilometers, at 1550 square km per county.
So our counties are, on average, twice as big as the country we derived our legal/administrative systems from.
I think everything west of Nebraska skews it. Georgia is almost exactly 1000 sq km average. Ohio is 1200, Kentucky 872, Arkansas is 1836.