How a county seat gets chosen: centrality vs a river crossing vs a railroad stop vs a donor who wanted the business

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Planned capitals are the only cities whose founding date is fully documented County seat wars: towns that fought for decades to keep the courthouse How do you date a city that grew out of a market rather than a charter? Overlapping jurisdictions: school district vs city vs county tax bills Some cities claim a founding a thousand years older than any surviving evidence Mission and fort foundations left a street grid that nobody has replaced Municipal water and sewer vs a county health department A company town still carries its founder's name on every street sign Railway companies founded towns on a grid and then sold the lots Why so many founding legends involve a wolf a twin or a sacred spring?