List of U.S. counties named after prominent Confederate historical figures

This is a list of U.S. counties named after prominent Confederate historical figures. Several counties, all but one of them in states that seceded, are named for Confederate politicians and military officers.

Map of counties named after prominent Confederate historical figures tabulated below.
This list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items with reliable sources.

The most common Confederacy-related county names are "Lee County" (for Robert E. Lee) with eight examples, and "Jeff Davis County" or "Jefferson Davis County" (for Jefferson Davis) with four examples. Patrick Cleburne, Alexander Stephens, and Henry A. Wise, have two counties each named after them.

Table
Place nameStateNamed after
Arlington CountyVirginiaNamed in honor of Arlington House, the home of General Robert E. Lee
Bacon CountyGeorgiaConfederate soldier Augustus Octavius Bacon, speaker of the Georgia House of Representatives
Baker CountyFloridaConfederate Senator James McNair Baker
Bartow CountyGeorgiaColonel Francis S. Bartow, killed at the First Battle of Manassas, the first brigade commander of the Confederate States Army to die in combat
Beauregard ParishLouisianaGeneral P.G.T. Beauregard, one of the designers of the Confederate Battle Flag
Benton CountyMississippiBrigadier General Samuel Benton, 34th Mississippi Infantry Regiment, mustered from the same counties from which Benton County was formed in 1870
Bradford CountyFloridaCaptain Richard Bradford, killed in the Battle of Santa Rosa Island, the first Confederate officer from Florida to die in the American Civil War
Bullock CountyAlabamaColonel Edward Bullock
Chilton CountyAlabamaWilliam Parish Chilton, Alabama Supreme Court Justice and Confederate congressman
Cleburne CountyAlabamaMajor General Patrick Cleburne
Cleburne CountyArkansas
Cook CountyGeorgiaGeneral Philip Cook, later U.S. Representative
Ector CountyTexasGeneral Mathew D. Ector
Faulkner CountyArkansasSanford Faulkner, Confederate soldier placed in command of the Arsenal at Little Rock, Arkansas
Foard CountyTexasMajor Robert L. Foard
Forrest CountyMississippiGeneral Nathan Bedford Forrest
Gray CountyTexasPeter W. Gray, Houston District, Confederate House of Representatives
Gregg CountyTexasBrigadier General John B. Gregg
Hale CountyAlabamaLieutenant Colonel Stephen F. Hale
Hampton CountySouth CarolinaLieutenant General Wade Hampton III, cavalry leader and later governor of South Carolina
Hemphill CountyTexasCongress of the Confederate States Representative John Hemphill
Hendry CountyFloridaFrancis A. Hendry, cattle rancher, politician, and officer in the Confederate States Army
Hoke CountyNorth CarolinaGeneral Robert Hoke
Hood CountyTexasLieutenant General John Bell Hood, commander of Hood's Texas Brigade
Jackson CountyOklahomaLieutenant General Thomas Jonathan "Stonewall" Jackson
Jeff Davis CountyGeorgiaJefferson Davis, President of the Confederacy
Jeff Davis CountyTexas
Jefferson Davis CountyMississippi
Jefferson Davis ParishLouisiana
Lee CountyAlabamaGeneral Robert E. Lee
Lee CountyArkansas
Lee CountyFlorida
Lee CountyKentucky
Lee CountyMississippi
Lee CountyNorth Carolina
Lee CountySouth Carolina
Lee CountyTexas
Lubbock CountyTexasColonel Thomas Saltus Lubbock
McCulloch CountyTexasBrigadier General Benjamin McCulloch
Ochiltree CountyTexasColonel William Beck Ochiltree, 18th Texas Infantry, a prominent figure in the Republic of Texas
Oldham CountyTexasWilliam Simpson Oldham Sr., pioneer Texas lawyer and Confederate Senator
Pasco CountyFloridaSamuel Pasco, Confederate soldier and later U.S. Senator
Pender CountyNorth CarolinaWilliam Dorsey Pender, Confederate soldier mortally wounded at the Battle of Gettysburg
Randall CountyTexasBrigadier General Horace Randall
Reeves CountyTexasColonel George R. Reeves
Reagan CountyTexasJohn Henninger Reagan, postmaster general of the Confederacy
Roger Mills CountyOklahomaNamed for Roger Q. Mills, member of the Texas House of Representatives and later Confederate colonel with the 10th Texas Infantry Regiment. Continued in politics after the war, becoming a Congressman and Senator for Texas.
Scurry CountyTexasGeneral William Read Scurry
Starr CountyTexasJames Harper Starr, director of the postal service of the Trans-Mississippi Department
Stephens CountyGeorgiaAlexander Stephens, vice president of the Confederacy
Stephens CountyTexas
Stonewall CountyTexasLieutenant General Thomas Jonathan "Stonewall" Jackson
Sutton CountyTexasColonel John S. Sutton
Terrell CountyTexasBrigadier General Alexander Watkins Terrell, Terrell's Texas Cavalry Regiment
Terry CountyTexasColonel Benjamin Franklin Terry, Terry's Texas Rangers
Tom Green CountyTexasBrigadier General Thomas Green
Toombs CountyGeorgiaGeneral Robert Toombs, Secretary of State of the Confederacy
Upton CountyTexasGenerals John C. and William E. Upton
Vance CountyNorth CarolinaColonel Zebulon Baird Vance, twice governor of North Carolina
Walthall CountyMississippiGeneral Edward C. Walthall
Wheeler CountyGeorgiaNamed for Joseph Wheeler, Confederate cavalry general. In 1898–1900 he joined the U.S. Army, serving in the Spanish–American War and Philippine–American War.
Winkler CountyTexasColonel Clinton M. Winkler
Wise CountyTexasGeneral Henry A. Wise
Wise CountyVirginia

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