Okay, lets say this..Your in New York City, as you go through counties, it seems quick since they are small, 2 days later your in New Mexico, you noticed since the counties are big it takes kind of long to get out of one. So here's my question, why do counties get small as you go Eastward and counties get larger as you go Westward? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Pctmexican.png Map of Counties. (Ignore the topic with Mexican-America Population Per county)
Anonymous
A county of the United States is a local level of government smaller than a state but almost always larger than a city or town, in a U.S. state or territory. The word "county" is used in 48 of the 50 states, while Louisiana uses the term "parish" and Alaska uses the word "borough." 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. The site of a county's administration and courts is called the county seat. The U.S. Census Bureau lists 3,141 counties or county-equivalent administrative units. The power of the county government varies widely from state to state, as does the relationship between counties and incorporated municipal governments.
Anonymous
the us was originally east of the oh valley. once we got the la purchase and the other documents, we were able to space everything out more. also because most of the eastern states were colonies and are somewhat the same as when they were founded so theoretically, they would be smaller.
brad p
you can say the same thing with the size of the actually states, they are scaled together mostly