Commemorating Rural America

#286 // June 17, 1898 Farming in the West Scott CV MNH US$ 80	#292 // June 17, 1898 Western Cattle in Storm Scott CV MNH US$ 3,750
ex #285/293 // June 17, 1898 // Omaha, NE (Set of nine commemorative stamps) Trans-Mississippi Exposition in Omaha, NE June 1 - November 1, 1898

#UX115 // May 22, 1987 // Moline, IL Stamped Postal Card Development in Agriculture 150th Anniversary of the invention of the self-scouring steel plow in 1837 by blacksmith John Deere (* 1804, † 1886)

#1024 // October 13, 1953 // Kansas City, MO 25th Anniversary of the organization "Future Farmers of America" Agricultural Scene, "Future Farmer" Member	#1323 // April 17,1967 // Washington, DC American Farmers' Organization "National Grange" Centennial National Grange Poster
	#968 // September 9, 1948 // New Haven, CT Poultry Industry Centennial Light Brahma Rooster

#1133 // August 26, 1959 // Rapid City, SD Issued as a tribute to farmers and ranchers who use soil and water conservation measures. Modern farm in rural area	#1176 // February 2, 1961 // Salt Lake City, UT Meeting of the "American Society of Range Management" in Washington, DC The Society's emblem "The Trail Boss" from a drawing by Charles M. Russell (American painter, * 1864, † 1926), grazing cattle on modern rangelands

	#1504 // October 5, 1973 // St. Josepnh. MO Introduction of Aberdeen Angus Cattle into the US Centennial Angus and Longhorn Cattle
#1505 // August 6, 1974 // Chautauqua, NY "Chautauqua" Organization Centennial Nationwide adult education movement in the rural areas of the US. Chautauqua tent and buggies	#1506 // August 6, 1974 // Hillsboro, KS Introduction of hard winter wheat into Kansas by Mennonite immigrants Centennial Wheat fields and passenger train with contemporary steam locomotive

#2144 // May 11, 1985 // Madison, SD 50th Anniversary of "Rural Electrification Administration" REA Power Lines and Farmland

#3090 // Aug 7, 1996 // Charleston, WV "Rural Free Delivery" Centennial Photograph of rural letter carrier in front of horse-drawn mail wagon (ca. 1900) The RFD idea was born in 1880 in Fayette County, southeastern Indiana, when Milton Trusler (* 1825, † 1906), a leading farmer of the county and the then president of the "Indiana Grange", complained about the insufficient delivery of mail in rural areas.

#4302 // August 6, 2009 (self-adhesive definitive coil stamp) Flags of our Nation Series US Flag "Stars and Stripes" and "Amber Waves of Grain" (inspired by the opening lines of "America the Beautiful", written by Katharine Lee Bates, US songwriter, * 1859, † 1929)	#3448 // December 15, 2000 (First Class Postage, pane of 20) #3495 // December 17, 2001 (34¢ Postage, booklet of 18) Regular stamps of the "Flag over ... Series" US Flag over Farm

#UX198 // January 3, 1995 // Williamsburg, PA Stamped Postal Card Red Barn in Rural Area	#UX375 // Sep 20, 2001 // Wahington, DC Stamped Postal Card White Farm Buildings in Rural Area

#UX241 // February 23, 1996 // Watertown, NY Stamped Postal Card Rural Winter Scene Red barn, farm buildings, and horse-drawn sled

County, Parish, Borough, and Census Area

There are 3071 "counties" in the United States. Counties are the primary legal divisions of most states and generally are functioning governmental units. They are known as "parishes" in Louisiana. In Alaska, "Census Areas" are used for statistical purposes, while the principal governmental units are "boroughs". The States of Maryland, Missouri, Nevada, and Virginia also have "independent cities", government units outside the jurisdiction of any county.