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Yes, it might have been a better choice to be labelled I-85. There has been talk in Georgia and Florida extending I-81 to the panhandle. It would overlay I-75 from Knoxville to Chattanooga and then run down the west part of Georgia, overlay I-185 in GA and then on to the FL panhandle beaches.
Wisconsin counties whose names occur in another state's county, but in a different language. I think Wisconsin has more of these than any other state.
Door - La Porte, Indiana
Eau Claire - Clearwater, Idaho
(Fond du) Lac - Lake, Minnesota
Forest - Bosque, Texas
Green - (Val) Verde, Texas
Kenosha - Pike, Illinois
La Crosse - Cross, Arkansas
Pierce - (Nez) Perce, Idaho
St. Croix - Santa Cruz, California
Wood - Madera, California
With a bit of a stretch,
Brown - Brunswick, Virginia (from German Braunschweig)
Taylor - Snyder, Pennsylvania (Tailor - Schneider)
Dunn - Finney, Kansas. (Done - Finis)
Polk - Sac, Iowa (Poke - Sack)
And a synonym --
Rock - Boulder, Colorado and Stone, Missouri
Since the major border to border interstates end in a '5' and coast to coast ones end in a '0', I have always found it interesting that there is no I-50 or I-60.
At least in the case of I-50, I suppose it's to avoid any confusion with US 50, which runs (almost) coast-to-coast at about the same latitude where an I-50 would "belong."
Wisconsin counties whose names occur in another state's county, but in a different language.
I could have put another one on my list:
Barron - Llano, Texas
barren (noun, usually plural) level or slightly rolling land, usually with a sandy soil and few trees, and relatively infertile.
lla·no (noun) an extensive grassy plain with few trees.
At least in the case of I-50, I suppose it's to avoid any confusion with US 50, which runs (almost) coast-to-coast at about the same latitude where an I-50 would "belong."
That makes sense, US Highways number oppopsite N/S and E/W of the interstates, so those two would overlap in the middle of the country. Trying to think of a N/S interstate that is similar, just looked it up and US Highway 55 used to be in commission but was decommissioned as a number in the 30s. Anything west or east of that doesn't match up. US 49 runs close to I-55 in MS, that's as close of a combo as a quick look at Google Maps would show.
barren (noun, usually plural) level or slightly rolling land, usually with a sandy soil and few trees, and relatively infertile.
lla·no (noun) an extensive grassy plain with few trees.
You listed Wood County and Madera County earlier, but Boise County, ID and Wood County, Texas also fit your parameters.
Was hoping to find an Apple County to go with Orange County, FL and CA but that would be like comparing... well, don't need to go there....
Would Peach County, GA come close? Citrus County, FL and Orange are close....
There is a surprisingly small number of counties named for species of trees. Orange, Cherry, Citrus, Palm, Pine and Live Oak are the only ones that come to mind, along with at lest one in Spanish, Nueces.
Actually, once I started counting, there are more than I thought. Peach, Cedar, Hickory, Coffee and Red Willow, along with Laural and Bay which are coincidentally the same as the name of, oddly, the same tree, but neither county named for a tree. And Alameda, named for a walkway lined with Alamo (Poplar) trees.
Authors almost make up more tree-named fictional counties than there are real ones, including Chinquapin, Mayberry, Raintree, Ironwood, Pear Oak, and Blackwood.
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