This is a list of U.S. counties that are named for rivers and streams. Counties named for rivers (alphabetical by county name) A Alamance County, North Carolina: Alamance is named for Great Alamance Creek. Allegany County, New York: Allegany is a variant spelling of the Allegheny River. Alleghany County, North Carolina: Alleghany is a corruption of the Native American Delaware tribe's word for the Allegheny River, which is said to have meant a fine stream. Allegheny County, Pennsylvania: Allegheny is a corruption of the Native American Delaware tribe's word for the Allegheny River, which is said to have meant a fine stream. Appomattox County, Virginia: Appomattox is named for the Appomattox River, which is in turn named for the Appamatucks Native American people. Ashtabula County, Ohio: Ashtabula was named for the Ashtabula River. Asotin County, Washington: Asotin is named for the Nez Percé name for Eel Creek. Auglaize County, Ohio: Auglaize is named for the Auglaize River. B Beaver County, Oklahoma: Beaver is named for its county seat of Beaver, Oklahoma and the Beaver River, which flows through the county. Benzie County, Michigan is an Americanization of the French name, Riviere Aux-Bec-Scies, for the local river. Blanco County, Texas: Blanco is named for the Blanco River. Blanco means white in the Spanish language. Boise County, Idaho: Boise is named after the Boise River. Boise is French for "timber". Bosque County, Texas: Bosque is named for the Bosque River. Brazoria County, Texas: Brazoria is named for the Brazos River. Brazos County, Texas: Brazos is named for the Brazos River. Buffalo County, Wisconsin: Buffalo is named for the Buffalo River. C Canadian County, Oklahoma: Canadian County is named for the Canadian River, which flows through the county. Cassia County, Idaho: Cassia is named after Cassia Creek. Cattaraugus County, New York:Cattargus County is named for Cattaraugus Creek Cedar County, Iowa: Cedar is named for the Cedar River. Chariton County, Missouri: Chariton is named from the Chariton River. Chattahoochee County, Georgia: Chattahoochee is named for the Chattahoochee River of Georgia, which also forms part of the Alabama-Georgia state line. Chattooga County, Georgia: Chattooga is named for the Chattooga River in northeast Georgia. Cheboygan County, Michigan is named for the Cheboygan River, which was itself a Native American name. Chippewa County, Minnesota is named after the Chippewa River, which flows through the county. Clear Creek County, Colorado: Clear Creek is named for Clear Creek, which