CountySetup

HTML

<div class="county" id="county1">
  <div data-bind="html: name"></div>
  <div data-bind="html: favor"></div>
</div>

JavaScript

var County = (function(){
	
  var internal = {};
  internal.ViewModel = function(){
    this.name = ko.observable("County One");
    this.favor = 10;
  }

  
	return function(){
	  var public = {};
  	var private = {};
    
    public.init = function(){
    	ko.applyBindings(internal.ViewModel, document.getElementById("county1"))
    }
    
    public.init();
    return public;
  }
})();

var county1 = County();