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The Counties and How They Were Named
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The English needed a system to organize their Carolina colony. Charles the II found inspiration from several sources including his predecessor Queen Elizabeth I and philosopher John Locke. To govern, proprietors were to be placed in charge a system of many separate governments called counties.
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