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
Sometimes it would be just one family, as in the nearby county seat, Mason, which had a single Negro family named Lyons.
From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey
