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* [[Template:Historical populations|Historical populations]] - used to list the population of the county per decade.
* [[Template:Historical populations|Historical populations]] - used to list the population of the county per decade.


== Usage ==
== Usage ==
 
This blank template includes some optional parameters that must be omitted if not used (will not work properly if left blank), plus some older parameters that still work but have been replaced by newer parameter names. See the parameter documentation below for more details.
This blank template includes some optional parameters that must be omitted if not used (will not work properly if left blank), plus some older parameters that still work but have been replaced by newer parameter names. See the parameter documentation below for more details.  


The parameters are listed in the order displayed by the infobox.  
The parameters are listed in the order displayed by the infobox.  
 
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|<pre>
|-
{{Infobox U.S. County
| <pre>{{Infobox U.S. County
| seal                =  
| seal                =  
| seal size            =
| seal size            =
| county              =
| county              =  
| boundary_map        =
| county_map          =
| county_map          =
| state                =  
| state                =  
| state_map            =
| state_map            =
| latd                =
| longd                =
| founded title        =
| founded title        =
| founded year        =  
| founded year        =  
| founded date        =  
| founded date        =  
| parent county        =
| motto                =  
| motto                =  
| seat                =
| seat                =
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| building image      =
| building image      =
| building image size  =
| building image size  =
| building image cap  =
| building address    =
| web                  =  
| web                  =  
| named for            =  
| named for            =  
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| ex image size        =
| ex image size        =
| ex image cap        =  
| ex image cap        =  
| adoption_sign        = 
| footnotes            =  
| footnotes            =  
}}
}}
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; seal size        : (optional) Allows changing image size from 75px default (IMPORTANT: omit this parameter if not used; leaving it blank will cause the image to display full size)
; seal size        : (optional) Allows changing image size from 75px default (IMPORTANT: omit this parameter if not used; leaving it blank will cause the image to display full size)


=== Location maps ===
=== Location maps ===
 
These parameters are used to specify the image file to be displayed.
These parameters are used to specify the image file to be displayed.  
;county_map         : the image name (name only), i.e. Or-baker.png
 
;state_map         : the image name (name only), i.e. Oregon.png
;boundary_map 
:the image name (name only) i.e. Or-baker-boundary.png
;county_map
:the image name (name only), i.e. Or-baker.png  
;state_map
:the image name (name only), i.e. Oregon.png
 
=== Coordinates ===


;latd 
=== Seal ===
:Latitude decimal degrees
;seal              : (optional) the image name (name only)
;seal size          : (optional) allows changing image size from 75px default (IMPORTANT: omit this parameter if not used; leaving it blank will cause the image to display full size)


;longd 
=== Date founded ===
:Longitude decimal degrees
The old way of specifying this was via the '''founded''' parameter. Although that still works, the new method is via the following parameters. The year and date use the {{tl|AutoLink}} template to automatically generate a WikiLink if an article with a matching name exists.
 
Note: If you wish to display degree, minutes and seconds use whole numbers and the additional parameters ''latm'', ''lats'', ''longm'', ''longs'' and enter '''N''' or '''S''' for ''latNS'' and '''E''' or '''W''' for ''longEW''.
 
=== Facts ===
==== Date founded ====
The old way of specifying this was via the '''founded''' parameter. Although that still works, the new method is via the following parameters.  
; founded year      : if you include a reference, the auto-wikilink won't work, so add [[ ]] around the year
; founded year      : if you include a reference, the auto-wikilink won't work, so add [[ ]] around the year
; founded date      : (optional) syntax is: February 1
; founded date      : (optional) syntax is: February 1
; founded title    : (optional) text to replace the default heading "Founded"  (IMPORTANT: omit this parameter if not used; leaving it blank will cause a blank box to left of year)
; founded title    : (optional) text to replace the default heading "Founded"  (IMPORTANT: omit this parameter if not used; leaving it blank will cause a blank box to left of year)


==== Parent County ====
=== County motto ===
; parent county : (optional) use wikitext to add a link to the parent county. If more than one add <nowiki><br /></nowiki> between each one eg. <tt><nowiki>[[Washington County, State|Washington]]<br/>[[Adams County, State|Adams]]</nowiki></tt>
 
==== County motto ====
; motto            : (optional) the county motto
; motto            : (optional) the county motto


==== County seat ====
=== County seat ===
The old way of specifying this was via the '''seat''' parameter. Although that still works, a new method that automatically generates the WikiLink is shown below.
The old way of specifying this was via the '''seat''' parameter. Although that still works, a new method that automatically generates the WikiLink is shown below.
; seat wl          : name of county seat; the wikilink is created for you: "City" results in "<nowiki>[[City, State|City]]</nowiki>"
; seat wl          : name of county seat; the wikilink is created for you: "City" results in "<nowiki>[[City, State|City]]</nowiki>"


=== County building ===
=== Building image ===
An image and address of the courthouse or city hall can be displayed. Use only the file name, without the Image: or File: prefix.
A image of the courthouse or city hall can be displayed. Use only the file name, without the Image: or File: prefix.
; building image          : (optional) building image (name only), i.e. Dorchester County courthouse.jpg
; building image          : (optional) building image (name only), i.e. Dorchester County courthouse.jpg
; building image size    : (optional) allows changing image size from 200px default (IMPORTANT: omit this parameter if not used; leaving it blank will cause the image to display full size)
; building image size    : (optional) allows changing image size from 200px default (IMPORTANT: omit this parameter if not used; leaving it blank will cause the image to display full size)
; building image cap      : (optional) a caption displayed in small text below the building image
;building address        : (optional) displayed in text below the building image, use <code><nowiki><br/></nowiki></code> to separate different lines (not dependant on image being shown
=== Official county web site  ===


;web
=== Official county web site ===
:(optional) url for official county website (not courthouse), without "http://" and brackets, i.e. www.LaPorteCounty.org (template automatically generates external link)
; web               : (optional) url for website, without "http://" and brackets, i.e. www.LaPorteCounty.org (template automatically generates external link)


=== Source of county name ===
=== Source of county name ===
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; ex image size    : (optional) allows changing image size from 200px default (IMPORTANT: omit this parameter if not used; leaving it blank will cause the image to display full size)
; ex image size    : (optional) allows changing image size from 200px default (IMPORTANT: omit this parameter if not used; leaving it blank will cause the image to display full size)
; ex image cap      : (optional) a caption displayed in small text below the extra image
; ex image cap      : (optional) a caption displayed in small text below the extra image


=== Footnotes ===
=== Footnotes ===
; footnotes        : (optional) text to display next at bottom of infobox (no heading)
; footnotes        : (optional) text to display next at bottom of infobox (no heading)


== Examples ==
<div style="font-size:90%;">{{hidden begin
| toggle=left |titlestyle=font-size:120%;
| title=Example for [[Anderson County, Texas]]}}
'''Code'''
<pre style="overflow:auto">
{{Infobox U.S. County
| county = Anderson County
| county_map = Tx-anderson.png
| state = Texas
| state_map = Texas.png
| founded year = 1846
| founded date = March 24
| parent county = [[Houston County, Texas Genealogy|Houston]]
| seat wl = Palestine
| building image = TexasAndersonCourthouse.jpg
| building address = 500 N. Church Street,</br>#10, Palestine, TX 75801
| named for = {{wpd|Kenneth Lewis Anderson|Kenneth L. Anderson}}, congressman and vice president of the Republic of Texas
| adoption_sign =
}}
</pre>
'''Result'''
<hr/><br/>
{{Infobox U.S. County
| county = Anderson County
| county_map = Tx-anderson.png
| state = Texas
| state_map = Texas.png
| founded year = 1846
| founded date = March 24
| parent county = [[Houston County, Texas Genealogy|Houston]]
| seat wl = Palestine
| building image = TexasAndersonCourthouse.jpg
| building address = 500 N. Church Street,</br>#10, Palestine, TX 75801
| named for = {{wpd|Kenneth Lewis Anderson|Kenneth L. Anderson}}, congressman and vice president of the Republic of Texas
| adoption_sign = |category=
}} {{hidden end}}{{closing div}}
{{clear}}
<div style="font-size:90%;">{{hidden begin
| toggle=left |titlestyle=font-size:120%;
| title=Example for [[Yell County, Arkansas]]}}
'''Code'''
<pre style="overflow:auto">
{{Infobox U.S. County
| county = Yell County
| county_map = Ar-yell.png
| state = Arkansas
| state_map = Arkansas.png
| founded year = 1840
| founded date = December 5
| seat wl = Danville
| adoption_sign =
| custom_text = <center>[mailto:gaylelt@comcast.net Gayle Triller], County Coordinator<br>'''[http://www.argenweb.net/yell/ Yell Co. ARGenWeb]'''</center>
}}
</pre>
'''Result'''
<hr/><br/>
{{Infobox U.S. County
| county = Yell County
| county_map = Ar-yell.png
| state = Arkansas
| state_map = Arkansas.png
| founded year = 1840
| founded date = December 5
| seat wl = Danville
| adoption_sign =
| custom_text = <center>[mailto:gaylelt@comcast.net Gayle Triller], County Coordinator<br>'''[http://www.argenweb.net/yell/ Yell Co. ARGenWeb]'''</center>
}} {{hidden end}}{{closing div}}
{{clear}}
<includeonly>
<includeonly>
[[Category:Infobox templates|U.S. County]]
[[Category:United States subdivision infobox templates|County]]
[[Category:United States county infobox templates| ]]
</includeonly>
</includeonly>

Revision as of 10:25, 11 August 2009

Edit-copy green.svg.png This is a documentation subpage for Template:Infobox U.S. County (see that page for the template itself).
It contains usage information, categories and other content that is not part of the original template page.

{{Infobox U.S. County}} is the standard infobox used for all county articles in the United States.

Other templates that are helpful for U.S. County articles:

Usage[edit source]

This blank template includes some optional parameters that must be omitted if not used (will not work properly if left blank), plus some older parameters that still work but have been replaced by newer parameter names. See the parameter documentation below for more details.

The parameters are listed in the order displayed by the infobox. 

{{Infobox U.S. County
| seal                 = 
| seal size            =
| county               = 
| county_map           =
| state                = 
| state_map            =
| founded title        =
| founded year         = 
| founded date         = 
| motto                = 
| seat                 =
| seat wl              = 
| building image       =
| building image size  =
| web                  = 
| named for            = 
| named for image      =
| named for image size =
| flag                 = 
| flag size            =
| logo                 = 
| logo size            =
| ex image             = 
| ex image size        =
| ex image cap         = 
| footnotes            = 
}}

Parameters[edit source]

The parameters below are listed in the order displayed by the infobox.

Name[edit source]

These parameters specify the name of the county and state and are displayed in the infobox title as "County, State" (IMPORTANT: do not WikiLink these with [[ ]] because they are used for other purposes in the template code).

county
the county name including the word "County", i.e. Dorchester County
state
the state name, i.e. Maryland

County seal[edit source]

An image of the county seal can be displayed near the top of the infobox, immediately below the title. Use only the file name, without the Image: or File: prefix.

seal
(optional) County seal image (name only), i.e. Dorchester County md seal.png
seal size
(optional) Allows changing image size from 75px default (IMPORTANT: omit this parameter if not used; leaving it blank will cause the image to display full size)

Location maps[edit source]

These parameters are used to specify the image file to be displayed.

county_map
the image name (name only), i.e. Or-baker.png
state_map
the image name (name only), i.e. Oregon.png

Seal[edit source]

seal
(optional) the image name (name only)
seal size
(optional) allows changing image size from 75px default (IMPORTANT: omit this parameter if not used; leaving it blank will cause the image to display full size)

Date founded[edit source]

The old way of specifying this was via the founded parameter. Although that still works, the new method is via the following parameters. The year and date use the {{AutoLink}} template to automatically generate a WikiLink if an article with a matching name exists.

founded year
if you include a reference, the auto-wikilink won't work, so add [[ ]] around the year
founded date
(optional) syntax is: February 1
founded title
(optional) text to replace the default heading "Founded" (IMPORTANT: omit this parameter if not used; leaving it blank will cause a blank box to left of year)

County motto[edit source]

motto
(optional) the county motto

County seat[edit source]

The old way of specifying this was via the seat parameter. Although that still works, a new method that automatically generates the WikiLink is shown below.

seat wl
name of county seat; the wikilink is created for you: "City" results in "[[City, State|City]]"

Building image[edit source]

A image of the courthouse or city hall can be displayed. Use only the file name, without the Image: or File: prefix.

building image
(optional) building image (name only), i.e. Dorchester County courthouse.jpg
building image size
(optional) allows changing image size from 200px default (IMPORTANT: omit this parameter if not used; leaving it blank will cause the image to display full size)

Official county web site[edit source]

web
(optional) url for website, without "http://" and brackets, i.e. www.LaPorteCounty.org (template automatically generates external link)

Source of county name[edit source]

named for
(optional) text describing meaning of county's name
named for image
(optional) the named for image (name only)
named for size
(optional) allows changing image size from 200px default (IMPORTANT: omit this parameter if not used; leaving it blank will cause the image to display full size)

County flag[edit source]

An image of the county flag can be displayed near the bottom of the infobox. Use only the file name, without the Image: or File: prefix.

flag
(optional) county flag image (name only), i.e. Dorchester County flag.png
flag size
(optional) allows changing image size from 100px default (IMPORTANT: omit this parameter if not used; leaving it blank will cause the image to display full size)

[edit source]

An image of the county logo can be displayed near the bottom of the infobox. Use only the file name, without the Image: or File: prefix.

logo
(optional) county logo image (name only), i.e. Dorchester County logo.png
logo size
(optional) allows changing image size from 100px default (IMPORTANT: omit this parameter if not used; leaving it blank will cause the image to display full size)

Extra image[edit source]

An additional image can be displayed near the bottom of the infobox. Use only the file name, without the Image: or File: prefix.

ex image
(optional) extra image (name only), i.e. Dorchester County courthouse.jpg
ex image size
(optional) allows changing image size from 200px default (IMPORTANT: omit this parameter if not used; leaving it blank will cause the image to display full size)
ex image cap
(optional) a caption displayed in small text below the extra image

Footnotes[edit source]

footnotes
(optional) text to display next at bottom of infobox (no heading)


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