In a message dated 4/17/00 7:56:25 AM Eastern Daylight Time, 
[email protected] writes:

<< was it usual to refer to a name of a county presumably before it was
 officially formed?  i hope this does not sound like a dumb question.  i
 would like to make sure that, on all of my research notes, i have the
 districts/counties listed correctly.
  >>
Julie,
Sometimes an area might have been called that anyway, then ultimately named 
it.
Joy-Euzelia