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RidgeRunner has already bought a storefront in downtown Celina, the county seat in neighboring Clay County, and Abbotoy just closed on 1,000 additional acres in Jackson County.
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David Peisner, Rolling Stone, 23 Oct. 2025
In the wake of the white community demanding more punishment, the Kentucky General Assembly amended the death penalty statute to allow juries to sentence a rapist to hang in the county seat where the crime was committed.
—Literary Hub, 16 Oct. 2025
Ottawa, which is the county seat of Franklin County, is about a 35-minute drive, south, from Lawrence.
—Caroline Zimmerman, Kansas City Star, 10 Oct. 2025
Franklin County, which is located in south-central Pennsylvania, is home to 155,000 residents and its county seat is Chambersburg.
—Jack Moore, ABC News, 8 Oct. 2025
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David Peisner, Rolling Stone, 23 Oct. 2025
In the wake of the white community demanding more punishment, the Kentucky General Assembly amended the death penalty statute to allow juries to sentence a rapist to hang in the county seat where the crime was committed.
—Literary Hub, 16 Oct. 2025
Ottawa, which is the county seat of Franklin County, is about a 35-minute drive, south, from Lawrence.
—Caroline Zimmerman, Kansas City Star, 10 Oct. 2025
Franklin County, which is located in south-central Pennsylvania, is home to 155,000 residents and its county seat is Chambersburg.
—Jack Moore, ABC News, 8 Oct. 2025
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“County seat.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/county%20seat. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.
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