Montgomery.) Montgomery County, Arkansas - Richard Montgomery Montgomery County, Georgia - Richard Montgomery Montgomery County, Illinois - Richard Montgomery Montgomery County, Indiana - Richard Montgomery Montgomery County, Iowa - Richard Montgomery Montgomery County, Kansas - Richard Montgomery Montgomery County, Kentucky - Richard Montgomery Montgomery County, Maryland - Richard Montgomery Montgomery County, Mississippi (Possibly for Richard Montgomery. Possibly for Montgomery County, Tennessee, from which an early settler came.) Montgomery County, Missouri - Richard Montgomery Montgomery County, New York - Richard Montgomery Montgomery County, North Carolina - Richard Montgomery Montgomery County, Ohio - Richard Montgomery Montgomery County, Pennsylvania (there is some question as to whether this one was named for Richard Montgomery. It seems to be the case, but it is uncertain.) Montgomery County, Tennessee (This county was not named for Richard Montgomery, but for John Montgomery, a local settler) Montgomery County, Texas (This county was named after the town of Montgomery, Texas which in turn was named after Montgomery County, Alabama.) Montgomery County, Virginia - Richard Montgomery Union County (18 counties) Union County, Arkansas: Named for the statement in the citizen's petition for a new county that the citizens of the area they were petitioning "in the spirit of Union and Unity." Union County, Florida: Named to honor the concept of unity. Union County, Georgia: Named as a compromise between Whigs, who wanted to name the new county after Henry Clay, and Democrats, who wanted to name it after Andrew Jackson. Union County, Illinois Union County, Indiana Union County, Iowa Union County, Kentucky Union County, Mississippi Union County, New Jersey Union County, New Mexico Union County, North Carolina Union County, Ohio: Named because it is a union of portions of Delaware, Franklin, Logan, and Madison counties. Union County, Oregon Union County, Pennsylvania Union County, South Carolina Union County, South Dakota Union County, Tennessee Union Parish, Louisiana Fayette and Lafayette counties (17 counties) Despite the difference in name, all of these counties (including one Louisiana parish) are named after the same individual—Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette, a French general who played a major role in the American Revolutionary War. Fayette County, Alabama Fayette County, Georgia Fayette County, Illinois Fayette County, Indiana Fayette County, Iowa Fayette County, Kentucky (coterminous with the city of Lexington) Fayette County, Ohio Fayette County, Pennsylvania Fayette County, Tennessee Fayette County, Texas Fayette County, West Virginia Lafayette County, Arkansas Lafayette County, Florida Lafayette County, Mississippi Lafayette County, Missouri