Geographic trivia

[kmusser]

So at work we make lots of maps of the U.S. by county. The other day I was downloading some Census data and noticed there were 5 counties listed for Hawaii. Hmmmm, our maps only have 4 counties in Hawaii. I pull out the trusty Rand McNally road atlas, yep, they only show 4 counties in Hawaii as well. What is this mystery 5th county? I turn to Google and find it, the smallest county in the U.S. at only 13 square miles - Kalawao. Some links:
http://www.hawaiihighways.com/photos-Kalawao.htm
and http://www.fact-index.com/k/ka/kalawao_county__hawaii.html for more stats.

Comments

[chuck-lw.livejournal.com]

You should know better than to believe this propaganda. It's obvious that Kalawao county doesn't exist.

Wow

[ninjaslug.livejournal.com]

"According to the United States Census Bureau, New York County (the Borough of Manhattan) has a total area of 87.5 km² (33.8 mi²). 59.5 km² (23.0 mi²) of it is land and 28.0 km² (10.8 mi²) of it is water. The total area is 32.01% water."

I wonder when this county was formed. Always thought that the smallest was Manhattan. Guess not ;)