85 Comments - migwagin - Wednesday, Aug 21, 13 @ 12:23 pm: Lincoln County… for starters… - ChicagoR - Wednesday, Aug 21, 13 @ 12:24 pm: If we wait a couple more years, we could name all eight after formerly-incarcerated governors. - girllawyer - Wednesday, Aug 21, 13 @ 12:28 pm: It would just be mean to make anybody live in Blagojevich County! - Wensicia - Wednesday, Aug 21, 13 @ 12:31 pm: Lake Michigan — Let the fishes vote! - 47th Ward - Wednesday, Aug 21, 13 @ 12:31 pm: Blagojevich, Ryan, Walker, Kerner, Small, Powell, Stratton and Hodge counties. - Fed up - Wednesday, Aug 21, 13 @ 12:32 pm: The extra counties might be part of Obamas extra 7 states. - Keyrock - Wednesday, Aug 21, 13 @ 12:34 pm: 47th Ward’s entry is pretty convincing. But how about Clout County? - Keep Calm and Carry On - Wednesday, Aug 21, 13 @ 12:35 pm: Kass would nominate Madiganistan County. Others: Lincoln Reagan Two-Putt Shame-Blagojevich County Walker Pork Better-Days - OneMan - Wednesday, Aug 21, 13 @ 12:35 pm: Willy, Bill, Wordslinger, CapFax and Oprah - Ron Burgundy - Wednesday, Aug 21, 13 @ 12:36 pm: Corporate sponsors. Sell naming rights to highest bidders. - Anonymous - Wednesday, Aug 21, 13 @ 12:37 pm: The only logic action is to sell off the naming rights. ie Statefarm County, Allstate County, US Cellular County, Willis County. If we don’t get suitable offers right away, the others can be “Memorial County” until a suitable donor steps forward. - Colossus - Wednesday, Aug 21, 13 @ 12:37 pm: 47th - No Madigan County? My votes: Sachs County, following the template of the parking meter deal. If not that, then Hazzard. IL needs a Hazzard County. - Keyrock - Wednesday, Aug 21, 13 @ 12:37 pm: Accardo, Capone, Giancana? Daley? Jordan, Pippen, Rodman, Grant? - And I Approved This Message - Wednesday, Aug 21, 13 @ 12:38 pm: Cow, Soy, Corn, Traffic, Corruption, Cold Snap, Burris and Ditka. - Chavez-respecting Obamist - Wednesday, Aug 21, 13 @ 12:38 pm: Shangri-La, Erewhon, Arcadia, Utopia, Xanadu, Camelot, El Dorado - Rahm's Parking Meter - Wednesday, Aug 21, 13 @ 12:38 pm: Jordan, Pippen, Urlacher, Jackson, Quenneville, Kane, Towes and Ditka Counties. If there is a Madigan County, does it get a movie about all of the bridges? - Keyrock - Wednesday, Aug 21, 13 @ 12:39 pm: I hear there’s good hunting in Buhrle County. - Dan Duffys Gas Pedal - Wednesday, Aug 21, 13 @ 12:39 pm: Blagovia Daleyopolis Graftis Corruptopolis Ryanova Flatlanderstan Combinea Fahnerville - Just Me - Wednesday, Aug 21, 13 @ 12:40 pm: Madiganstan, Obamabad, Quinnlylooland, Cullertonopolis, Durkination, - Keep Calm and Carry On - Wednesday, Aug 21, 13 @ 12:41 pm: January 1, 2020: 8 new counties formally become part of Illinois, as so aptly named by 47th Ward. January 2, 2020: All 8 counties vote to secede and form the new state of “Clout”, as named by keyrock. January 3, 2020: When pressed for comment, newly selected Gov. Blagojevich (fresh out of jail) explains: “We just couldn’t trust those thieving sons-of-guns in Illinois.” - Soccermom - Wednesday, Aug 21, 13 @ 12:42 pm: Dasher, Dancer, Prancer, Vixen, Comet, Cupid, Donner and Blitzen. (Sorry — can’t stop thinking about the last episode of The Newsroom.) - Lil Enchilada - Wednesday, Aug 21, 13 @ 12:42 pm: Sneezy, Sleepy, Dopey, Doc, Happy, Bashful, Grumpy, and Blago - LakeviewJ - Wednesday, Aug 21, 13 @ 12:42 pm: Public Official A Senate Candidate C Person B Co-Conspiritor #2 Contractor A State Employee #4 Confidential Informant #1 Congressman C - OneMan - Wednesday, Aug 21, 13 @ 12:43 pm: The more I am thinking this out an Oprah county with some sort of Oprahland could be a big tourist thing…. - Lil Enchilada - Wednesday, Aug 21, 13 @ 12:44 pm: or if you prafer more mature names: Wrath, Greed, Sloth, Pride, Lust, Envy, Gluttony, and Blago - The Captain - Wednesday, Aug 21, 13 @ 12:48 pm: Can one of them be Play Hard? - Ron Burgundy - Wednesday, Aug 21, 13 @ 12:49 pm: Well Oprah’s basic philosophy is the same as most theme parks. Feel better about yourself through spending a ton of cash. - Anonymous - Wednesday, Aug 21, 13 @ 12:53 pm: We need to honor some of our long-standing legislative leaders: Madiganarrhea, Cullertonia, Leaderleeast, Tristanoid, Pateright, Mapesolute, Rockaria - JL - Wednesday, Aug 21, 13 @ 12:56 pm: ComEd, Navistar, CME, Sears, Chrysler, Motorola, Boeing, and Ford Motor Company Counties (Not to be confused with Ford County). - MrJM - Wednesday, Aug 21, 13 @ 1:03 pm: The naming rights to the eight new counties should be auctioned off to the highest bidder, e.g. “Motorola presents MotoX County featuring Belleville”. – MrJM - Anon. - Wednesday, Aug 21, 13 @ 1:04 pm: Good Government, Honest Elections, Balanced Budgets, Public Service, First-Class Public Schools, Comprehensive Health Care, and Tort Reform. If someone wants any of these things, we’ll be able to say, “Easy. Just go to that county.” Problem solved! - OneMan - Wednesday, Aug 21, 13 @ 1:07 pm: Jake, Ellwood, Kevin, Al & Peg - Amalia - Wednesday, Aug 21, 13 @ 1:10 pm: Cicotte, Gandil, Risberg, Williams,S Jackson,Weaver, Felsch, McMullin. for good measure, Missouri should change a county name to Gedeon. unlike pols, the 8 were found not guilty, but were kicked out of their profession anyway. would that we could follow that example. - Juice - Wednesday, Aug 21, 13 @ 1:12 pm: Kerner, Walker, Ryan, Blagojevich, Powell, Small, Hodge, Lorimer - Been There - Wednesday, Aug 21, 13 @ 1:12 pm: Actually, the Wisconsin counties of Walworth & Kenosha, along with the Indiana counties of Lake, Porter and LaPorte technically are Illinois counties. I assume there are a few more in SW Michigan so Carter is actually correct. - Mister Whipple - Wednesday, Aug 21, 13 @ 1:17 pm: Kassiopeia - Just the Facts - Wednesday, Aug 21, 13 @ 1:30 pm: Durocher, Franks, Elia, Banks, Santo, Williams, Jenkins, Verban - Ghost - Wednesday, Aug 21, 13 @ 1:31 pm: Oscarton Oscwego Oscarmon Oscian Oscard - Rich Miller - Wednesday, Aug 21, 13 @ 1:32 pm: Ghost wins. lol - 'Goose - Wednesday, Aug 21, 13 @ 1:43 pm: Chicago, Aurora, Rockford, Peoria, Bloomington, East St. Louis, Galesburg, Danville that’s probably how he got to 110. oops - Skeptic - Wednesday, Aug 21, 13 @ 1:51 pm: “We’re Not Chicago” and “We’re Not Chicago Either” and “We’re Not Chicago Either Either” and … - Rich Miller - Wednesday, Aug 21, 13 @ 1:53 pm: Skeptic, that probably has the best chance of passage. - Downstate Illinois - Wednesday, Aug 21, 13 @ 1:53 pm: Bleepin’ Golden County - Jake From Elwood - Wednesday, Aug 21, 13 @ 2:00 pm: County Galway County Mayo County Kerry County Limerick County Cork County Antrim County Dublin and… Fulsom County - Adam Smith - Wednesday, Aug 21, 13 @ 2:09 pm: George Foreman I through George Foreman VIII - Dirty Red - Wednesday, Aug 21, 13 @ 2:12 pm: Quaxelrod County: Your next county. Get used to it. Daley County: It can’t be Illinois without…Tradition says we…The family name. Oscar County: Subscribers Only. Do Not Share the Password. A County to Be Named Later: The Official Source of Kenny Williams’ Trade Strategy Bryan County: Home of the 200 Foot Gold Cross! Cohen County: Every Lot Must Go! Sandburg County: Where Carl and Ryne Unleash the Awesome - Bill White - Wednesday, Aug 21, 13 @ 2:14 pm: Addison Bloomingdale Downers Grove Lisle Milton Naperville Wait, that is nine. But! If DuPage County were dissolved for (-1) and the above nine (+9) added as counties, we’d end up with eight. It would seem that the newly formed Downers Grove County would be the 15th most populous county in the State of Illinois. Wayne Milton York - Bill White - Wednesday, Aug 21, 13 @ 2:15 pm: Heh! Rich you need a preview feature. Wayne Milton York belong before the explanatory snark. - Anonymous - Wednesday, Aug 21, 13 @ 2:17 pm: Someone will be clever enough to use the opportunity to establish “trade relations” with some other country as a marketing ploy (and without thinking it through). Before you know it, we’ll be showing “our papers” at the border to get in and out. - A guy... - Wednesday, Aug 21, 13 @ 2:21 pm: How about Kenosha, Racine, Dane, Jefferson, Lake II, Porter, Berrien, Stark. All we’d have to do is move a few signs. - OurMagician - Wednesday, Aug 21, 13 @ 2:23 pm: Madigan My Dad, Paul Simon Edgar County II DilLARD (right next to Edgar County II) Soy Blues Upper Madigan Lower Madigan - Roamin' Numeral - Wednesday, Aug 21, 13 @ 2:30 pm: Frank Lloyd Wright County: A house divided against itself cannot stand, unless it has really cool architecture. Willis County: Formerly known as Sears County. Meigs County: Where do ya think you’re gonna land that thing? - Keyrock - Wednesday, Aug 21, 13 @ 2:33 pm: For a change of pace: Stevenson, Simon, Mikva, Netsch, Scariano, Percy, Kustra, Ogilvie - Midstate Indy - Wednesday, Aug 21, 13 @ 2:45 pm: 1) Plummer (Couldn’t resist) 2 & 3) Chevrolet & Dodge - to go along with Ford and show Detroit some love, they make Illinois still look good.. 4) Beecher City - Play to your strengths, and medicinal marijuana… 5) Mitty - as in Walter Mitty, celebrating our collective current focum on play instead of work. 6 & 7) Original & Extra Crispy - placed adjacent to on another, preferable down around the I64 region…I’m just interested in watching the migration trends. 8) Orange Juice - has to be in the collar region: The only county that downstate legislators wake up NOT grumbling about every morning… - Anyone Remember? - Wednesday, Aug 21, 13 @ 2:54 pm: Hope the formatting holds … Given Name Real Meaning Wasco Where Tuscarora The Fessenden bleep Aroostock Are Ingalls Illinois’ Essex Eight New Sussex New Collins Counties - Anyone Remember? - Wednesday, Aug 21, 13 @ 2:54 pm: Didn’t - Casual Observer - Wednesday, Aug 21, 13 @ 3:00 pm: Can we have just one big Wind Farm county? - Rollo Tomasi - Wednesday, Aug 21, 13 @ 3:11 pm: - LakeviewJ - Wednesday, Aug 21, 13 @ 12:42 pm: TOO FUNNY! - Anonymous - Wednesday, Aug 21, 13 @ 3:12 pm: lol Those are pretty good, Indy! - Let me get this straight - Wednesday, Aug 21, 13 @ 3:13 pm: Sneezy, sleepy, dopey, doc, happy, bashful, grumpy and Chicago - Arthur Andersen - Wednesday, Aug 21, 13 @ 3:24 pm: No one suggested Unfunded County yet? - anon - Wednesday, Aug 21, 13 @ 3:33 pm: wait, you mean there isn’t a Lincoln county? - Enemy of the State - Wednesday, Aug 21, 13 @ 3:35 pm: Miller Royko Grange Butkus Ditka Zuppke Banks Carry - Rich Miller - Wednesday, Aug 21, 13 @ 3:36 pm: Moody’s, Fitch, S&P (Naming rights is something Ty could never offer, so maybe they’ll get off our backs). Cross (A tax haven for attorneys… No, wait… Banks. Yeah. Banks). Michael Scott Carter (Hey, it was his idea). Miller (My question, so I get one). Oscar (Because I share everything with my puppy). Madigan (For the man who already has everything). - Going nuclear - Wednesday, Aug 21, 13 @ 4:10 pm: North Colorado - Oswego Willy - Wednesday, Aug 21, 13 @ 4:15 pm: Biteme (pronouced Bit-a-Me) Slinger Horseshoe Qoteday (pronounced Q-O-TEE-Day) Polling Slyhterin Vetoproof (pronounced VEE-Toe-Proof) Litmus - Oswego Willy - Wednesday, Aug 21, 13 @ 4:17 pm: I will throw in … Cannoli County … Leave you home, go to Cannoli… - yinn - Wednesday, Aug 21, 13 @ 4:25 pm: This may be the best QOTD ever. Thanks, everyone! - Cincinnatus - Wednesday, Aug 21, 13 @ 4:29 pm: Wordslinger 47th Ward RNUG Bite Me Ghost Arthur Andersen and of course Oswego Willy - the unknown poster - Wednesday, Aug 21, 13 @ 4:30 pm: Once we figure out what to call the new counties they could secede to form the state of Forgottonia. - Oswego Willy - Wednesday, Aug 21, 13 @ 4:38 pm: I appreciate the “nods” for a County …saddled … with the name of Willy … If that poor County has to be named “Willy” … can “Cannoliville” be the County Seat of that County? - A guy... - Wednesday, Aug 21, 13 @ 4:53 pm: Willyswego County sounds better. Could tuck it in near Winnebago County and cause lots of confusion. But, you would show up frequently on the Doppler with tornadoes coming through…and per usual someone loses a trailer. - Mama - Wednesday, Aug 21, 13 @ 4:58 pm: Dog County Cat County Horse County Fish County Llama County Cow County Hog County Bisson County - Oswego Willy - Wednesday, Aug 21, 13 @ 5:06 pm: - A guy …-, We must have met! If I had a dlooar each time I had a story that ended, “… and then we lost the Trailer …” I hope the county would be the “Golf Cousre Capital of Illinois”… then I would make sure Tom Cross would visit. I would miss him as a neighbor. - Sunshine - Wednesday, Aug 21, 13 @ 5:36 pm: Kin County Borrow County Nepo County Tisim County Prison County Fed County Weed County Cash County - Excessively Rabid - Wednesday, Aug 21, 13 @ 6:25 pm: Earl of the County Somebody Else’s County Biddy Mulligan’s County James Cotton County Chess County 2120 S. Michigan Avenue County Checkerboard County Morganfield County Burnett County Guy County Goodman County Prine County Burns County (or Jethro County) Belushi County take your pick or keep going. - Anonymous - Wednesday, Aug 21, 13 @ 6:35 pm: Hinky Dink Bathhouse Big Bill Small Blago Ryan Walker Bauler - AFSCME Steward - Wednesday, Aug 21, 13 @ 6:37 pm: That last post was from me. - Arthur Andersen - Wednesday, Aug 21, 13 @ 6:46 pm: Willyswego County does have a nice ring to it! Thanks for the props, Cinci. While we’re claiming territories, ideally AA County would be Champaign County, less the City of Urbana, plus the U of I properties and the courthouse and jail. Imagine the prestige of a “University of Illinois at Arthur Andersen” degree. - Oswego Willy - Wednesday, Aug 21, 13 @ 7:12 pm: - AA -, If you can Clout me in to UIAA, I would like to get a Post-Grad… As we have Metro East, Metro Chicago, Quad Cities… “Miller Valley” Region has the Best Ring to it…. Gotta have “Oscar High Country” for the 8 new county Highlands, for ALL four legged friends… Cincinnatus Junior College will function as the learning Mecca, and One Man State Park and Nature Preserves… for Scouting… I hope it’s in Willyswego County. Got to keep my neighbor still my neighbor, even when camping… Great region. Now… Who serves in the General Assembly for us all? I hope the person who has the Golden Horseshoe Award for Best Commenter bearing his name, will serve in one of the Chambers for the “Miller Valley” Region. I know I had dreamed of… “Senator wordslinger,… Governor wordslinger. I didn’t want this for you…” - Keyrock - Wednesday, Aug 21, 13 @ 7:18 pm: Shoebox County. - A Casual Observer - Wednesday, Aug 21, 13 @ 7:19 pm: Cook County #2, Cook County #3, Cook County #4, Cook County #5, Cook County #6, Cook County #7, Cook County #8, and Cook County #9. - Tommydanger - Thursday, Aug 22, 13 @ 7:13 am: The Crazy Eights. After all, they would have to be. - door gunner - Thursday, Aug 22, 13 @ 8:00 am: EXIT - TCB - Thursday, Aug 22, 13 @ 8:16 am: I don’t know about the other 7, but I think one should be named Madiganistan. Sorry, comments for this post are now closed.