Counties in which the largest city is NOT the county seat (houses, horses)

[David Aguilar]

Originally Posted by Gnutella

I wonder what the largest city in the United States is that's not a county seat. Arlington, TX maybe?

From my quick look, Long Beach, CA (my birthplace , and bigger than Arlington).....but Washington, DC if you want to get technical.

[Thomas R.]

Yup. The largest one, that's also largest in its county, might be Plano as it looks to be noticeably larger than the seat of McKinney. Although Plano apparently extends beyond Collin County and into Denton. Some sources say Anaheim is or was bigger than the seat of Santa Ana.

http://www.city-data.com/city/Texas.html

[Kemba]

Florida:
Pinellas County: County Seat - Clearwater, Largest City -S. Petersburg

Pasco County: County seat- Dade City, Largest City - New Port Richey

Polk County: County Seat - Bartow, Largest City - Lakeland

Lake County: County Seat - Taveras, Largest City - Leesburg

Okaloosa County: County Seat - Crestview, Largest City - Fort Walton Beach

Volusia County: County seat - DeLand, Largest City - Deltona

St. Lucie County: County Seat - Fort Pierce, Largest City - Port st. Lucie

Hendry County: County Seat - LaBelle, Largest City - Clewiston

Lee County: County seat - Fort Myers, Largest City - Cape Coral

Charlotte County: County seat - Punta Gorda, Largest City - Port Charlotte

Actually, Cape Coral and Port Charlotte are not officially cities, but they are still the most populated municipalities in their counties.

[David Aguilar]

Originally Posted by Thomas R.

Some sources say Anaheim is or was bigger than the seat of Santa Ana.

http://www.city-data.com/city/Texas.html

Anaslime has 12,000 more people than Santana.

[ki0eh]

I know a fellow who was a county commissioner of a county that includes a state capital that wasn't the county seat. Let's see how long it takes you city-data folks to figure out where that is.

[Kemba]

Originally Posted by ki0eh

I know a fellow who was a county commissioner of a county that includes a state capital that wasn't the county seat. Let's see how long it takes you city-data folks to figure out where that is.

Lansing, Michigan

[slowlane3]

Originally Posted by Kemba

Actually, Cape Coral and Port Charlotte are not officially cities, but they are still the most populated municipalities in their counties.

Prince Georges County Maryland = just going by the population with the official municipal limits, the largest city is Bowie; county seat is very tiny Upper Marlboro

Worcester County Maryland = largest city, Ocean City; county seat, either Snow Hill or Berlin ?

Pittsylvania County Virginia = lagest city, Danville, county seat, Chatham

If you're going to include un-incorporated cities, then Maryland also has

Howard County = largest populated area, Columbia; county seat, Ellicott City

Charles County - largest populated area, Waldorf; county seat, LaPlata

St. Marys County - largest populated area, Lexington Park; county seat, Leonardtown

Queen Anne's County - largest populated area, Kent Island; county seat, Centerville

[Kemba]

Isn't Danville, VA an independent city?

[Thomas R.]

Arizona http://www.city-data.com/city/Arizona.html

Cochise County - The seat is Bisbee, but Sierra Vista is over seven times larger.

Gila County - Payson is larger than the seat of Globe.

La Paz County - Quartzsite is slightly larger than the seat of Parker.

Mohave County - Lake Havasu is bigger than the seat of Kingman.

Navajo County - Show Low is around twice as large as the seat of Holbrook.

Pinal County - Casa Grande is around twice the size of the seat of Florence.

And I was going to do Arkansas next, as Arizona doesn't have that many counties, but I'll wait for later.

[duanealexander]

Randall county, Texas. Half of Amarillo lies in the county but the county seat is Canyon.