Php strpos not working as expected

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This is making my eyes go nuts right now. It should work but it's not. I'm storing the values (county names) the user chose from a multiselect select in a comma delimited string. Then when the form is submitted and rejected I'm using that string to "select" the ones that were previously selected.

What I have tried:

Here's my test code:

<?php 
    echo 'Previous selection: '.$saved_counties;
    echo '<br /><br />List of all counties:';
    foreach ($counties as $one_county):
        echo '<br />'.$one_county['County'];
        if (strpos($saved_counties, $one_county['County'])) {
            echo ' (**** IN PREVOUS SELECTION ***)';
        }
    endforeach;
?>

When I run the code, this is what I get:

Previous selection: Baraga,Barry,Bay

List of all counties:
Alcona
Alger
Allegan
Alpena
Antrim
Arenac
Baraga
Barry (**** IN PREVOUS SELECTION ***)
Bay (**** IN PREVOUS SELECTION ***)
Benzie
Berrien
Branch
Calhoun
Cass
Charlevoix
Cheboygan
Chippewa
Clare
Clinton
Crawford
Delta
Dickinson
Eaton
Emmet

Why is it skipping "Baraga"? It doesn't matter which group I select. It always skips the first one in the "foreach" code. I tried:

strpos($saved_counties, $one_county['County']) >= 0

That rendered the same results.

I also tried:

strpos($saved_counties, $one_county['County']) > 0

That ended up reselecting ALL of them.

$counties is an array that stores ALL 83 michigan counties. $saved_counties is just a comma delimited string that stores the user's previous selection.