In England, Durham formed a "County Palatine".
In Germany, the Rhineland Palatinate, now the state of Rheinland-Pfalz has played an important historical role.
... to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 23.8 km² (9.2 mi²). 23.5 km² (9.1 mi²) of it is land and 0.3 km² ...