county seat

noun

: a town that is the seat of county administration

Examples of county seat in a Sentence

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In terms of power, the largest center is Core Scientific in Marble, the county seat of Cherokee County, with 104 megawatts. Desiree Mathurin, Charlotte Observer, 23 Apr. 2025 Seneca, the county seat of Nemaha County, has a population of about 2,100 and is located about an hour’s drive north of Topeka. Robert A. Cronkleton, Kansas City Star, 4 Apr. 2025 Uniformed agents from the Department of Homeland Security had been spotted at various locations just west of Santa Ana, the county seat. E. Tammy Kim, New Yorker, 13 June 2025 Rain whips downtown Burnsville, the county seat where the sheriff and other officials gather in the Emergency Operations Center. Jennifer Berry Hawes, ProPublica, 19 May 2025 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 1 Jul. 2025.

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county seat

noun
: a town that is the seat of county administration
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