State | Format | County or equivalent codes |
Alabama |
1AAnnnn[7] |
AA: The code for a county is the first two letters in the county's name, with the following exceptions: Barbour=Br, Bibb=Bb, Blount=Bt, Bullock=Bk, Cherokee=Ce, Clinton=Cn, Choctaw=Cw, Clarke=Ck, Clay=Cy, Cleburne=Cb, Colbert=Ct, Conecuh=Cc, Coosa=Cs, Dallas=Ds, DeKalb=Dk, Elmore=Ee, Lamar=Lr, Lauderdale=Lu, Macon=Mc, Maringo=Mo, Marion=My, Marshall=Ms, Mobile=Mb, Monroe=Mn, Montgomery=Mt, Morgan=Mg, St. Clair=Sc, Tallapoosa=Tp, Washington=Wn, and Wilcox=Wx.[8] |
Alaska |
49‑AAA‑nnnn[9] |
AAA: Three letter codes are abbreviations of the names for quadrangles on USGS maps for Alaska.[10] |
Arizona |
AZ AA:NN:nn(XXX)[11] |
AA: One or two letter code, A through FF, identifying USGS map quadrangles (one degree of latitude by one degree of longitude) in Arizona.
NN: One or two digit number, 1 though 16, identifying rectangles (15' USGS maps) in a quadrangle map.[12] |
Arkansas |
3AAnnnn |
List of counties in Arkansas |
California |
CA‑AAA‑nnnn[13] |
AAA: County Abbreviation Codes (Appendix 1) |
Colorado |
5AAnnnn[14] |
AA: County Abbreviation Codes |
Connecticut |
CT‑nnnnn |
No county code; state abbreviation and a sequential number only |
Delaware |
7ABnnnn[15] |
A: K = Kent County, N = New Castle County, and S = Sussex County. B: Figure 25: Map of blocks |
Florida |
8AAnnnn[16] |
AA: The code for a county is the first two letters in the county's name, with the following exceptions: Bay=BY, Bradford=BF, Broward=BD, Collier=CR, Gadsden=GD, Hardee=HR, Hendry=HN, Highlands=HG, Lafayette=LF, Lee=LL, Levy=LV, Madison=MD, Marion=MR, Martin=MT, Miami-Dade=DA, Okeechobee=OB, Palm Beach=PB, St. Johns=SJ, St. Lucie=SL, Santa Rosa=SR, Sarasota=SO, Sumter=SM, Walton=WL, and Washington=WS.[17] |
Georgia |
9AAnnnn[18] |
AA: County Abbreviation Codes |
Hawaii |
50‑AA‑BB‑nnnn[19] |
AA: 10 = Hawaii, 20 = Kaho'olawi, 30 = Kaua'i, 40 = Lana'i, 50 = Maui, 60 = Moloka'i, 80 = O'ahu, 91 = Necker, 92 = Nihoa[20] BB: USGS Quad number |
Idaho |
10AAnnnn |
AA: Idaho County Abbreviations for Site Designation |
Illinois |
11AAnnnn[21] |
List of counties in Illinois |
Indiana |
12AAnnnn[21] |
List of counties in Indiana |
Iowa |
13AAnnnn[22] |
AA: Iowa County Abbreviations for Site Designation |
Kansas |
14AAnnnn[23] |
AA: Kansas County Abbreviations for Archeological Trinomials |
Kentucky |
15AAnnnn[21] |
List of counties in Kentucky ADAIR (AD); ALLEN (AL); ANDERSON (AN); BALLARD (BA); BARREN (BN); BATH (BH); BELL (BL); BOONE (BE); BOURBON (BB); BOYD (BD); BOYLE (BO); BRACKEN (BK); BREATHITT (BR); BRECKINRIDGE (BC); BULLITT (BU); BUTLER (BT); CALDWELL (CA); CALLOWAY (CW); CAMPBELL (CP); CARLISLE (CE); CARROLL (CL); CARTER (CR); CASEY (CS); CHRISTIAN (CH); CLARK (CK); CLAY (CY); CLINTON (CT); CRITTENDEN (CN); CUMBERLAND (CU); DAVIESS (DA); EDMONSON (ED); ELLIOTT (EL); ESTILL (ES); FAYETTE (FA); FLEMING (FL); FLOYD (FD); FRANKLIN (FR); FULTON (FU); GALLATIN (GA); GARRARD (GD); GRANT (GR); GRAVES (GV); GRAYSON (GY); GREEN (GN); GREENUP (GP); HANCOCK (HA); HARDIN (HD); HARLAN (HL); HARRISON (HR); HART (HT); HENDERSON (HE); HENRY (HY); HICKMAN (HI); HOPKINS (HK); JACKSON (JA); JEFFERSON (JF); JESSAMINE (JS); JOHNSON (JO); KENTON (KE); KNOTT (KT); KNOX (KX); LARUE (LU); LAUREL (LL); LAWRENCE (LA); LEE (LE); LESLIE (LS); LETCHER (LR); LEWIS (LW); LINCOLN (LI); LIVINGSTON (LV); LOGAN (LO); LYON (LY); MCCRACKEN (MCN); MCCREARY (MCY); MCLEAN (MCL); MADISON (MA); MAGOFFIN (MG); MARION (MN); MARSHALL (ML); MARTIN (MT); MASON (MS); MEADE (MD); MENIFEE (MF); MERCER (ME); METCALFE (MC); MONROE (MR); MONTGOMERY (MM); MORGAN (MO); MUHLENBERG (MU); NELSON (NE); NICHOLAS (NI); OHIO (OH); OLDHAM (OL); OWEN (ON); OWSLEY (OW); PENDLETON (PD); PERRY (PE); PIKE (PI); POWELL (PO); PULASKI (PU); ROBERTSON (RB); ROCKCASTLE (RK); ROWAN (RO); RUSSELL (RU); SCOTT (SC); SHELBY (SH); SIMPSON (SI); SPENCER (SP); TAYLOR (TA); TODD (TO); TRIGG (TR); TRIMBLE (TM); UNION (UN); WARREN (WA); WASHINGTON (WS); WAYNE (WN); WEBSTER (WE); WHITLEY (WH); WOLFE (WO); WOODFORD (WD) |
Louisiana |
16AAnnnn[24] |
List of parishes in Louisiana |
Maine |
ME-nn-nn |
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Maryland |
18AAnnnn[25] |
List of counties in Maryland |
Massachusetts |
19-AA-nnnn |
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Michigan |
20AAnnnn[26] |
List of counties in Michigan |
Minnesota |
21AAnnnn[27] |
AA: Trinomial Site Designations for MN Counties |
Mississippi |
22‑AA‑nnnn[28] |
List of counties in Mississippi |
Missouri |
23AAnnnn |
List of counties in Missouri |
Montana |
24AAnnnn[29] |
AA: Trinomial Site Designations for MT Counties |
Nebraska |
25AAnnnn[30] |
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Nevada |
26AAnnnn[31] |
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New Hampshire |
27‑AA‑nnnn[32] |
AA: Belknap (BK) · Carroll (CA) · Cheshire (CH) · Coos (CO) · Grafton (GR) · Hillsborough (HB) · Merrimack (MR) · Rockingham (RK) · Strafford (ST) · Sullivan (SU) |
New Jersey |
28AAnnnn |
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New Mexico |
29AAnnnn |
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North Carolina[33] |
31AAnnnn |
List of counties in North Carolina
AA: Alamance (AM) · Alexander (AX) · Alleghany (AL) · Anson (AN) · Ashe (AH) · Avery (Av) · Beaufort (BF) · Bertie (BR) · Bladen (BL) · Brunswick (BW) · Buncombe (BN) · Burke (BK) · Cabarrus (CA) · Caldwell (CW) · Camden (CM) · Carteret (CR) · Caswell (CS) · Catawba (CT) · Chatham (CH) · Cherokee (CE) · Chowan (CO) · Clay (CY) · Cleveland (CL) · Columbus (CB) · Craven (CV) · Cumberland (CD) · Currituck (CK) · Dare (DR) · Davidson (DV) · Davie (DE) · Duplin (DP) · Durham (DH) · Edgecombe (ED) · Forsyth (FY) · Franklin (FK) · Gaston (GS) · Gates (GA) · Graham (GH) · Granville (GV) · Greene (GR) · Guilford (GF) · Halifax (HX) · Harnett (HT) · Haywood (HW) · Henderson (HN) · Hertford (HF) · Hoke (HK) · Hyde (HY) · Iredell (ID) · Jackson (JK) · Johnston (JT) · Jones (JN) · Lee (LE) · Lenoir (LR) · Lincoln (LN) · Macon (MA) · Madison (MD) · Martin (MT) · McDowell (MC) · Mecklenburg (MK) · Mitchell (ML) · Montgomery (MG) · Moore (MR) · Nash (NS) · New Hanover (NH) · Northampton (NP) · Onslow (ON) · Orange (OR) · Pamlico (PM) · Pasquotank (PK) · Pender (PD) · Perquimans (PQ) · Person (PR) · Pitt (PT) · Polk (PL) · Randolph (RD) · Richmond (RH) · Robeson (RB) · Rockingham (RK) · Rowan (RW) · Rutherford (RF) · Sampson (SP) · Scotland (SC) · Stanly (ST) · Stokes (SK) · Surry (SR) · Swain (SW) · Transylvania (TV) · Tyrrell (TY) · Union (UN) · Vance (VN) · Wake (WA) · Warren (WR) · Washington (WH) · Watauga (WT) · Wayne (WY) · Wilkes (WK) · Wilson (WL) · Yadkin (YD) · Yancey (YC) |
North Dakota |
32AAnnnn[34] |
AA: NDCRS Site Form Training Manual - Section I: Site Identification - County Codes (Page 10) |
Ohio |
33‑AA‑nnnn[35] |
AA: Appendix B: County Codes (OAI Codes) (Page 61) |
Oklahoma |
34AAnnnn[36] |
AA: Table 1 |
Oregon[37] |
35‑AA‑nnnn |
List of counties in Oregon |
Pennsylvania[38] |
36‑AA‑nnnn |
List of counties in Pennsylvania |
Rhode Island |
RI‑nnnn |
No county code; state abbreviation and a sequential number only |
South Carolina |
38‑AA‑nnnn[39] |
List of counties in South Carolina
AA: Abbeville (AB) · Aiken (AK) · Allendale (AL) · Anderson (AN) · Bamberg (BA) · Barnwell (BR) · Beaufort (BU) · Berkeley (BK) · Calhoun (CL) · Charleston (CH) · Cherokee (CK) · Chester (CS) · Chesterfield (CT) · Clarendon (CR) · Colleton (CN) · Darlington (DA) · Dillon (DN) · Dorchester (DR) · Edgefield (ED) · Fairfield (FA) · Florence (FL) · Georgetown (GE) · Greenville (GV) · Greenwood (GN) · Hampton (HA) · Horry (HR) · Jasper (JA) · Kershaw (KE) · Lancaster (LA) · Laurens (LU) · Lee (LE) · Lexington (LX) · Marion (MA) · Marlboro (ML) · McCormick (MC) · Newberry (NB) · Oconee (OC) · Orangeburg (OR) · Pickens (PK) · Richland (RD) · Saluda (SA) · Spartanburg (SP) · Sumter (SU) · Union (UN) · Williamsburg (WG) · York (YK) |
South Dakota |
39AAnnnn[40] |
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Tennessee[41] |
40AAnnnn |
AA: County Abbreviations for Archaeological Site Numbers |
Texas[42] |
41‑AA‑nnnn |
AA: Texas County Abbreviations |
Utah[43] |
42‑AA‑nnnn |
AA: List of counties in Utah (p. 3) |
Vermont[44] |
VT‑AA‑nnnn |
AA: Addison (AD) · Bennington (BE) · Caledonia (CA) · Chittenden (CH) · Essex (ES) · Franklin (FR) · Grand Isle (GI) · Lamoille (LA) · Orange (OR) · Orleans (OL) · Rutland (RU) · Washington (WA) · Windham (WD) · Windsor (WN) |
Virginia[45] |
44-AA-nnnn |
List of county and city abbreviations in Virginia |
Washington[46] |
45‑AA‑nnnn |
List of counties in Washington |
West Virginia[47] |
46‑AA‑nnnn |
List of counties in West Virginia |
Wisconsin[48] |
47‑AA‑nnnn |
List of counties in Wisconsin |
Wyoming[49] |
48AAnnnn |
List of counties in Wyoming and also YE for sites within Yellowstone National Park |