To be honest, this thread gives me an idea of a "county consolidation" trend for other states. Perhaps I'll do that some time soon 
Georgia is a worse offender than Texas for stupid counties.
Throw Virginia in there too. I have no idea why so many of its cities are separate from the county they share a name with.
It's a dumb constitutional quirk that should be changed.
Of the 41 independent cities in the United States, 38 are in Virginia. Three other states have one each (Maryland, Missouri, and Nevada).
16 of Virginia's said 38 independent cities have a population of less than 20,000.
