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--not consolidated (Miami-Dade County was renamed from Dade County to highlight the fact that the entire area, not just the City of Miami, is often identified as Miami. Miami-Dade County is made up of 30 municipalities and an extensive unincorporated area. The City of Miami is still a separate municipality within, and the seat of, Miami-Dade County.) class="external">[1
Jacksonville, Florida and Duval County, Florida--Not completely consolidated; four communities within Duval County retain separate governments.
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
Kansas City, Kansas and Wyandotte County, Kansas--Not completely consolidated; several communities within Wyandotte County retain separate governments.
Potentially consolidated governments
- Houma, Louisiana and Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana
- Manchester and Manchester County, England [1]
- Cardiff and Cardiff County, Wales [1]
- Swansea and Swansea County, Wales [1]
- Schenectady, New York and Schenectady County, New York
- Landshut, Germany and Landshut County, Bavaria, Germany
- El Paso, Texas and El Paso County, Texas [1]
- Montgomery, Alabama and Montgomery County, Alabama
Many cities around the United States are considering merging their governments with the county that comprises them. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and Buffalo, New York are among these cities.
