Wikipedia:WikiProject U.S. counties/County3

|- ||[[{{{Name}}} County, No FIPS code given|{{{Name}}} County]] ||{{{Num}}}|| || {{{Year}}} || {{{History}}}

This creates an entry in a table of counties in the United States where there are 3 columns of information, e.g. name, date of creation and history. See Wikipedia:WikiProject U.S. counties/county lists for similar templates.

Usage: {{County3|Name=|N=|Num=|Date=|Formed=}}
Where

Name= is the name of the county without the word "County" as used in the link, e.g. Los Angeles County, California or Arlington County, Virginia you would use Name=Los Angeles or Name=Arlington etc.

N= is the two-digit FIPS state code of the named state, e.g. N=04 for Arizona, N=10 for Delaware, etc. The name of the state will be composed from this number.

Num= is the three-digit fips county code for that county, e.g. N=001 or N=037 etc.

Year= is the year the county was formed, e.g. Date=1997

History= is the explanation of why the county was formed, e.g. History=from Hazard county

Optional Parameter

Type= defaults to County; you set it if the link and name is something else such as Type=Parish

Seat= is used to insert the county/borough/parish seat after the name. It will have ( before and ) after and the state will be computed and inserted from the N= value. For example, for Clark County, Nevada, use Seat=Las Vegas and if N= has the correct value for Nevada, the link will correctly include it. Same for other states, of course. It correctly renders to null if enpty.

This macro is used as part of a table showing county information. This macro is used for typical entries unless they require special display. See the category below for more details.