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| | County Names: Tompkins Co NY » Genealogy Blog |
 | | There are over 3,140 counties in the U.S. and how they got their names is something I am always trying to find out. |
 | | The best source in one place is Joseph Nathan Kane, The American Counties: Origins of county names, dates of creation and organization, area, population including 1980 census figures, historical data, and published sources, 4th edition, published by The Scarecrow Press, Inc., Metuchen, NJ, and London, 1983. |
 | | According to Kane’s American Counties book, Tompkins County, New York was named after Daniel D. Tompkins (1774-1825), 5th governor of New York, Supreme Court 1804-07; Gov. of NY 1807-1817; Vice President of the United States (under James Monroe), 1817-1825. |
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