Iirc, Southern Baptist is the biggest Protestant denomination nationwide, but I’m surprised that on the county level there aren’t more Methodist majorities. Around here (south-central NC) the oldest congregations are usually Methodist. I love visiting their cemeteries! We toured one during our recent vacation that included a Revolutionary War veteran who was a frontier Methodist pastor.
NC was as Anglican colony, I’m guessing that helps explain it’s deep Methodism.
I’m in Texas and I would guess that Baptist/Methodist are near co-equal in a great number of counties.
They truly were an integral part of our religious history, particularly on the fronteir. The circuit-riding Methodist minister... what an incredible American history!
thanks for your reply.