Consolidated city-county
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In United States local government, a consolidated city-county is a city and county that have a merged government, and is considered both a city and a county under the laws of the State. This is not to be confused with a independent city, which is a city that doesn't belong to any county in the state. A similar arrangement used to exist in the United Kingdom where it was known as a county borough.
List of consolidated city-counties:
- Denver and Denver County, Colorado
- Miami and Miami-Dade County, Florida: 30 cities within Miami-Dade county have separate governments, and there is extensive unincorporated area, especially in the Everglades.
- Jacksonville, Florida and Duval County, Florida: four cities within Duval County retain separate governments, all other rural land is incorporated by Jacksonville, preventing any annexation by them or new cities.
- Philadelphia and Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania
- San Francisco and San Francisco County, California
- New Orleans and Orleans Parish, Louisiana
- Indianapolis and Marion County, Indiana--Not completely consolidated; four communities within Marion County retain separate governments.
- City of New York [1] and:
- New York County, New York (Manhattan) (Note that New York County was for many years coextensive with New York City. When the five-borough "Greater New York" was created in 1898, New York County became coextensive with the two boroughs of Manhattan and The Bronx, while the other three boroughs became separate counties within the city. In 1916, Bronx County was separated from New York County, which from that point on coincided with the borough of Manhattan, reverting to its territorial extent before the annexation of portions of what had been Westchester County in the 1890's.)
- Queens County, New York (Queens)
- Kings County, New York (Brooklyn)
- Bronx County, New York (Bronx)
- Richmond County, New York (Staten Island)
- Honolulu and Honolulu County, Hawaii [1]
- Nashville and Davidson County, Tennessee
- Athens, Georgia and Clarke County, Georgia
- Augusta, Georgia and Richmond County, Georgia
- Columbus, Georgia and Muscogee County, Georgia
- Lafayette, Louisiana and Lafayette Parish, Louisiana
- Lexington, Kentucky and Fayette County, Kentucky [1]
- Louisville, Kentucky and Jefferson County, Kentucky [1]
- Broomfield, Colorado and Broomfield County, Colorado [1]
- Juneau City and Borough, Alaska
- Sitka City and Borough, Alaska
- Yakutat City and Borough, Alaska
- Butte, Montana and Silver Bow County, Montana
- Anaconda-Deer Lodge County, Montana
- Lynchburg, Tennessee and Moore County, Tennessee
- Hartsville, Tennessee and Trousdale County, Tennessee
- Kansas City, Kansas and Wyandotte County, Kansas--Not completely consolidated; several communities within Wyandotte County retain separate governments.
Potentially consolidated governments
- Fort Wayne, Indiana and Allen County, Indiana
- El Paso, Texas and El Paso County, Texas [1]
- Houma, Louisiana and Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana
- Landshut, Germany and Landshut County, Bavaria, Germany
- Montgomery, Alabama and Montgomery County, Alabama
- Schenectady, New York and Schenectady County, New York
- Toledo, Ohio and Lucas County, Ohio