Pope County

Pope County is the name of three counties in the United States:

  • Pope County, Arkansas
  • Pope County, Illinois
  • Pope County, Minnesota


Famous quotes containing the words pope and/or county:

    “For fools admire, but men of sense approve:”
    —Alexander Pope (1688–1744)

    “It would astonish if not amuse, the older citizens of your County who twelve years ago knew me a stranger, friendless, uneducated, penniless boy, working on a flat boat—at ten dollars per month to learn that I have been put down here as the candidate of pride, wealth, and aristocratic family distinction.”
    —Abraham Lincoln (1809–1865)