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Encyclopedia > Dry counties

A dry county is a county in the United States whose government forbids the sale of alcoholic beverages. There are hundreds of dry counties across the United States, although are most common in the American South. Smaller jurisdictions exist which prohibit the sale of alcoholic beverages as well, such as dry towns. Originally, in continental Europe, a county was the land under the jurisdiction of a count. ... Bottles of cachaça, a Brazilian alcoholic beverage. ... The U.S. Southern states or The South, known during the American Civil War era as Dixie, is a distinctive region of the United States with its own unique historical perspective, customs, musical styles, and cuisine. ...


Of Texas' 254 couinties, 74 are completely dry and many of the rest are partially dry or "moist." Almost one-half of Mississippi's counties are dry. It is also illegal to transport unopened containers of alcohol across any dry county in the state.


In addition, many counties and municipalities are dry on Sunday or part of Sunday, which is the sabbath for most Christians. This is a result of Colonial-era Blue Laws, which were designed to promote Christian morality.


Example: Dry Counties of Kentucky

Of the 120 counties of Kentucky, 55 are completely dry and 30 are wet [1]. The remaining 35 counties fall somewhere between. Kentucky has 120 counties, the most numerous amount of counties of any state. ...

  • Certain counties allow the sale of alcoholic beverages by the drink on golf courses located in dry counties.
  • Some wineries are allowed to operate within dry counties.
  • 16 cities within dry counties have voted to allow restaurants above a specified size to serve drinks. This is also the case for all of Oldham County and Shelby County.
  • 16 other cities are wet cities located in dry counties.

This article is about the sport of golf. ... Wine Barrels A winery is a facility where fruit, usually grapes, is processed into wine. ... Toms Diner, a restaurant in New York made familiar by Suzanne Vega and the television sitcom Seinfeld Eating Out redirects here. ... Oldham County is a county located in the state of Kentucky. ... Shelby County is a county located in the state of Kentucky. ...

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The Seattle Times: Local News: Valley left neither high nor dry in county flood plan (868 words)
That's because the cost of keeping the valley dry — both in dollars and in environmental damage — would be too high for a lightly populated area zoned mostly for agriculture, authors of the 2006 Flood Hazard Management Plan say.
County road crews this week completed emergency repairs to levees that were overtopped by high water on the South and Middle forks of the Snoqualmie River just outside North Bend.
The general outline of the county flood plan — use levees to channel rivers only where there are significant numbers of homes or businesses — is widely accepted.
Dry county - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (903 words)
A dry county is a county in the United States whose government forbids the sale of alcoholic beverages.
In Florida, five out of 67 counties are dry, all of which are located in the north, an area that has cultural ties to the Deep South.
A study of about 39,000 alcohol-related traffic accidents in Kentucky found that residents of dry counties are more likely to be involved in such crashes, possibly because they have to drive farther from their homes to consume alcohol, thus increasing impaired driving exposure.
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