county seat

noun

: a town that is the seat of county administration

Examples of county seat in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Downieville, the county seat with fewer than 150 residents, lies deep in the Tahoe National Forest’s northern tier and is about 75 miles northeast of Sacramento. Ishani Desai, Sacramento Bee, 16 May 2024 In the county seat of Hualien, a city of about 100,000 people, most places were back to normal — a reflection of Taiwan’s effort to strengthen earthquake preparedness and response since a 7.6-magnitude tremor in 1999 that killed about 2,400 people. Janis MacKey Frayer, NBC News, 5 Apr. 2024 See all Example Sentences for county seat 

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Word History

First Known Use

1803, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of county seat was in 1803

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“County seat.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/county%20seat. Accessed 29 May. 2024.

Kids Definition

county seat

noun
: a town that is the seat of county administration
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