County in the US that forbids the sale of alcoholic beverages In the United States, a dry county is a county whose local government forbids the sale of any kind of alcoholic beverages. Some prohibit off-premises sale, some prohibit on-premises sale, and some prohibit both. The vast majority of counties now permit the sale of alcohol in at least some circumstances, but some dry counties remain, mostly in the Southern United States; the largest number are in Arkansas, where 30 counties are dry. 208,445 views on March 23, 2017 — Wikipedia's most-read article that day. Also most read: Gauss–Seidel method, 2017 Westminster attack, Power Rangers (film), World Baseball Classic. Wiki link