alaska is the largest county in the continental united states.
what is the largest county in the continental united states?
alaska
nye county is in south central nevada. nye is the nevada's largest county and the third-largest county in the contiguous united states, after san bernardino county in california and coconino county in arizona. with a land area of , nye county is larger than the land area of maryland, hawaii, vermont, and new hampshire, and larger than the combined area of massachusetts, rhode island, new jersey, and delaware. of this vast land area, only , or just over seven percent of the total, is private land; most of the county's land are public lands managed by the federal government. before the treaty of ruby valley, all this area was controlled by the western shoshone people, who say they never ceded territory here. according to the united states census bureau the county's census tract 9805, with a land area of , comprising the nevada test site and nye county's portion of the nevada test and training range, is the largest census tract in the united states that has absolutely no resident population (as of the 2000 census).
nye county, nevada
the accidental 1929 bombing of naco by irish-american mercenary patrick murphy is notable for being the first and only instance where a town in the continental united states was bombed by aircraft working for a foreign power. the 1942 lookout air raids, when a japanese floatplane pilot made two unsuccessful attempts to start forest fires in rural oregon, and the 1944-45 unmanned fu-go fire balloon attacks, also by the japanese, are the only other cases of the continental united states enduring aerial bombing by a foreign power. such events are exceptionally rare in american history because during 20th century conflicts, most notably world war i and world war ii, the continental united states escaped the large-scale aerial bombings that devastated many asian and european cities.
naco, arizona