county seat

noun

: a town that is the seat of county administration

Examples of county seat in a Sentence

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The window to file for supervisor and other county seats closed Friday. Claire Wang, Oc Register, 11 Mar. 2026 Longview, the county seat of Gregg County, is some 130 miles east of Dallas. Fernando Cervantes Jr, USA Today, 4 Mar. 2026 Driving the long, empty roads that lead to the county seat, Mentone, an outsider might wonder what all the fighting is for. Rachel Monroe, New Yorker, 21 Jan. 2026 Its county seat is Allentown, the state’s third-largest city, following Philadelphia and Pittsburgh. Barnini Chakraborty, The Washington Examiner, 20 Jan. 2026 See All Example Sentences for county seat

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 22 Mar. 2026.

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county seat

noun
: a town that is the seat of county administration
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