Sentences with phrase «county seceded»

Named for its founder Colonel Zackquill Morgan, Morgantown became part of the newly created state of West Virginia in 1863 when slave - free counties seceded from the state of Virginia.

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Orange County Legislature votes to allow Kiryas Joel referendum to «secede» from Monroe BY KATHY KAHN By overwhelming majority, the Orange County Legislature last week agreed to allow the Town of Monroe to put a referendum on its November 7 ballot to create an all - Satmar Hasidic town.
In Jefferson County, Alabama, nine separate communities have seceded from the county school district and created their own new districts in order to avoid racial integration orders that involved busing, Chang wCounty, Alabama, nine separate communities have seceded from the county school district and created their own new districts in order to avoid racial integration orders that involved busing, Chang wcounty school district and created their own new districts in order to avoid racial integration orders that involved busing, Chang writes.
Watchdog.org: Alabama city looks to secede from county to keep education tax revenue http://bit.ly/2bVUSw5
Among the highlights was the panel on segregation with Hechinger's Emmanuel Felton, who wrote about school districts seceding in Jefferson County in Birmingham, AL. «We wanted to zoom in on where segregation was getting worse the most rapidly,» said Felton.
Can my county and the others in Southern California secede from the state and form our own state of South California?
The county was officially formulated in 1912, when Pinellas residents complained that their former county was neglecting their area and called to secede.
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