The stores in wet counties don't want to lose customers.

Additionally, many cities are dry in otherwise wet counties.

In contrast, one of the wetter counties was Litchfield.

"We have to remember Devon is the third or fourth wettest county in England.

Children who live in the Pacific Northwest's wettest counties are more likely to have autism, but it is unclear why, researchers reported.

Angelina County is a wet county as of November 2006 wet/dry election.

Receiving over 90 inches of rain annually, Transylvania County is the wettest county in the state.

"Devon is one of the wettest counties in England, and the Met Office cannot stop it raining.

Madison is a wet county as of August 28, 2012, meaning that the sale, possession, or distribution of alcoholic beverages is legal.

Photo: Tom Hardy in "Wettest County."

A Prohibition-era bootlegging drama based on the novel "The Wettest County in the World."

Winn and Giacopassi observed that residents of wet counties most likely have "shorter distances (to travel) between home and drinking establishments."

The blood-soaked drama is based on a book, The Wettest County in the World, by Matt Bondurant.

"It's time for truth," read the headline on the ad, which noted that drunken driving rates were higher in Grant County than in three neighboring wet counties.

A town within a dry county can elect to be wet, and a town within a wet county can vote to be dry.

In his article, he said Franklin was the "wettest county in the world," a phrase used as a title for a 21st-century novel by Matt Bondurant.

Breckinridge County is a wet county following a local option election on January 29, 2013 but was a prohibition or dry county for the prior 105 years.

After "Wettest County," which the Weinstein Co. plans to release, LaBeouf says he isn't sure what he'll do next.

But the move by the Tennessee-based discount chain could be bad news for Wal-Mart, as well as convenience stores, in wet counties where beer is already sold.

Originally titled The Wettest County in The World like the book, the film's title was changed to The Promised Land.

Among his works are the books The Third Translation, The Wettest County in the World and The Night Swimmer.

It is one of the coolest and wettest counties in southern Ohio, although differences between it and other southern Ohio counties are usually very slight.

Lawless is an ultra-violent adaptation of author Matt Bondurant's fictionalized account of his family called "The Wettest County in the World".

The cover of "The Wettest County in the World" by Matt Bondurant features his grandfather Jack, a featured character in the book.