county seat

noun

: a town that is the seat of county administration

Examples of county seat in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Fatalities from the storm Helene in the South were more than five dozen, and the Buncombe County numbers – where Asheville is county seat – were not included due to trouble reaching next of kin, said the Emergency Services director. Alan Wooten | The Center Square, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 29 Sep. 2024 Whitesburg is the county seat of government with about 1,700 residents located about 145 miles southeast of Lexington. CBS News, 20 Sep. 2024 Morris is a town of a little more than 5,000 people — the county seat, with generations of farmers. Alice Short, Los Angeles Times, 15 Sep. 2024 Baseless claims about the Haitian community Approximately 12,000 to 15,000 immigrants live in Clark County, where Springfield is the county seat, the city notes on its website. Lauren Mascarenhas, CNN, 17 Sep. 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 6 Oct. 2024.

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county seat

noun
: a town that is the seat of county administration
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