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Flathead County is located in the northwest part of Montana, along the Canadian border. Its population is about 91,000 people. The county...

King George County is located in Virginia and has 24,000 residents. It lies between Washington, D.C. and Richmond, along the Potomac...

Fluvanna County is located in the Shenandoah area of Virginia, southeast of Charlottesville. It has a population of 26,000 people. A...

Lynchburg is an independent city of about 76,000 people in Virginia, located southwest of Charlottesville and east of the Blue Ridge...

Brown County, Indiana, has a population of about 15,000 people. The Brown County Humane Society (BCHS), located in Nashville, Indiana, is...

Amelia County is a rural area of about 13,000 people located west of Richmond, Virginia. The municipal Amelia County Animal Shelter...

The city of Brookfield is a suburb of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, that has about 38,000 human residents. It is the location of the Elmbrook...

McIntosh County lies along the Atlantic Ocean coastline of Georgia, about 50 miles south of Savannah. It is a rural county with a...

Arlington County, in northern Virginia, is just across the river from the District of Columbia and is a highly urbanized community of...

Prescott City (population 40,000) is the county seat of Yavapai County, located in the center of Arizona north of Phoenix. A town...

Charlottesville is an independent city within Albemarle County in Virginia, located near the Shenandoah National Park. The combined...

Austin is a city of 843,000 people located in the hill country of Texas. It is the capital of Texas and the county seat of Travis County,...

Kansas City, Missouri, is a city of 464,000 people. It is located on the western border of Missouri, with the state border bisecting it...

Gallatin County, Kentucky, is located along I-71 between Cincinnati and Louisville. It is a rural county with a population of 8600...

The  city of Taylor, Texas, is located in Williamson County about 30 miles northeast of Austin. It has a population of about 15,000...

The city of Rockwall is the county seat of Rockwall County, which is part of the Dallas metro area. The city has about 37,000 residents....

Allegany County is part of the Cumberland region in western Maryland. It is a hilly, rural area with a population of about 75,000 people....

Fairfax County, which is located in northern Virginia within commuting distance of Washington, DC, has 1,082,000 human residents. The...

As we’re waiting for the 2013 end-of-year statistics to start coming out, I thought this might be a good time to discuss a very...

2014 is shaping up to be a big year for the blog. In addition to continuing to feature 90%+ and Worth Watching communities, I’m working...