ok.. I will comment here, the county was rename 4 years ago by the current
mayor of the city... it went from Dade county to Miami-Dade

73

Steve
W4DTA
----- Original Message -----
From: "Marty N5NW" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Dxbase" <[email protected]>
Sent: Thursday, April 10, 2003 8:05 PM
Subject: RE: [DXBase] What's the real county name???


> According to the State of Florida, it's only Dade County.  Miami is one of
> several cities in Dade County.  They do have a metro government (Dade
County
> went bust, and merged government with the city of Miami), however, the
> county still exists as a geographical entity.
> http://dlis.dos.state.fl.us/stlib/cocity.html
>
> Similar governmental situations exist in Metro Nashville-Davidson County,
> Tennessee, and Metro Lynchburg-Moore County, Tennessee.
>
> I do thing the CQ list should be definitive for our purposes.
>
> de N5NW (Marty)
> Bellbrook (Greene County), Ohio
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Art Searle
> Sent: Thursday, April 10, 2003 11:10 AM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: [DXBase] What's the real county name???
>
>
> > Hi Folks,
> >
> > We need some guidance about three county names that seem to be in
constant
> > dispute.  One week, someone whats it to be one name and another week,
> > someone wants it changed.
> >
> > Do any of the county hunters know what they are supposed to be?
> >
> > 1.  Staten Island, NY    or   Richmond, NY   ?????
> > 2.  Hillsboro, NH    or    Hillsborough, NH    ?????
> > 3.  Dade, FL    or     Miami-Dade, FL     ????
> >
> > Thanks in advance,
> > Jack
>
> Hi Jack,
>
> 1.  The county's real name is Richmond
> 2   The county's real name is Hillsborough
> http://www.hillsboroughcountynh.org/
> 3.  The county's real name is Miami-Dade http://miamidade.gov/
>
> However do you really want the county's real name or the name given on the
> County Hunters Award list?  I think the later and that would give you one
> source for all county names at http://www.countyhunter.com/counties.htm .
>
> So according to the keepers of the award the names are:
> 1. Richmond (formerly Staten Island)
> 2. Hillsboro
> 3. Miami-Dade
>
> The benefit of using the County Hunters name is if anyone complains you
can
> just send them to their web site for a fix.
>
> 73,
>
> Art
>
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