county seat

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Bradley Cobb, 47, a UPS driver and a preacher in Charleston, another county seat, said he, his wife and their voting-age children all support anti-prison candidates.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 24, 2026

The county seat of Santa Clara is touting its partnership with Pacific Gas & Electric, claiming the city is “the West Coast’s premier destination for data center development.”

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 13, 2025

Kerrville, the county seat, was listed among the areas identified as having the “greatest known flood risks and mitigation needs.”

From Salon • Jul. 22, 2025

As the county seat of Elmore County, Wetumpka, Alabama, would serve as an anchor for one of two “supersize” prisons being built with up to 4,000 beds.

From Slate • Jul. 30, 2024

The county seat newspaper didn’t want to run an obituary on anybody called Shotgun, but nobody knew any other name for him.

From "A Long Way from Chicago" by Richard Peck