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Just west of the eponymous county seat, Montaña de Oro State Park is a particularly notable spot thanks to its high concentration of poppies, while its scenic beaches also hold added opportunity for marine wildlife lovers thanks to its many tidal pools.
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Jared Ranahan, Forbes, 24 Feb. 2024
The town was settled by Dutch farmers in the 19th century, as was Orange City, the county seat.
—Simon Montlake, The Christian Science Monitor, 28 Mar. 2024
California Amid an overdose crisis, a California grant that helped syringe programs is drying up
Feb. 19, 2023
The state is seeking a court order telling El Dorado County and the city of Placerville, its county seat, to stop enforcing their bans and allow syringe programs to resume.
—Emily Alpert Reyes, Los Angeles Times, 19 Mar. 2024
San Antonio is the county seat of Bexar County, and Riverside County is about 55 miles east of Los Angeles.
—Daniella Segura, Sacramento Bee, 31 Jan. 2024
Those night meetings — whether in small towns, county seats, Annapolis or Capitol Hill — weren’t especially well attended.
—Peter Jensen, Baltimore Sun, 30 Jan. 2024
In 1831, Jacob Housman, a wrecker who salvaged cargo from shipwrecks, settled in Indian Key and established it as the first county seat for Dade County.
—Emma Janssen, Miami Herald, 23 Feb. 2024
Others may recognize it as the county seat in the midst of Shasta’s recreation mecca, a region splashed with lakes and more than 200 miles of hiking and biking trails.
—Janet Fullwood, The Mercury News, 19 Feb. 2024
Redding is the county seat of Shasta County, which has experienced a major political upheaval in recent years, driven in part by the anti-vaccine, anti-mask fervor that ignited during the COVID-19 pandemic and the Trump presidency.
—Angela Hart | Kff Health News, Los Angeles Times, 17 Oct. 2023
Jared Ranahan, Forbes, 24 Feb. 2024
The town was settled by Dutch farmers in the 19th century, as was Orange City, the county seat.
—Simon Montlake, The Christian Science Monitor, 28 Mar. 2024
California Amid an overdose crisis, a California grant that helped syringe programs is drying up
Feb. 19, 2023
The state is seeking a court order telling El Dorado County and the city of Placerville, its county seat, to stop enforcing their bans and allow syringe programs to resume.
—Emily Alpert Reyes, Los Angeles Times, 19 Mar. 2024
San Antonio is the county seat of Bexar County, and Riverside County is about 55 miles east of Los Angeles.
—Daniella Segura, Sacramento Bee, 31 Jan. 2024
Those night meetings — whether in small towns, county seats, Annapolis or Capitol Hill — weren’t especially well attended.
—Peter Jensen, Baltimore Sun, 30 Jan. 2024
In 1831, Jacob Housman, a wrecker who salvaged cargo from shipwrecks, settled in Indian Key and established it as the first county seat for Dade County.
—Emma Janssen, Miami Herald, 23 Feb. 2024
Others may recognize it as the county seat in the midst of Shasta’s recreation mecca, a region splashed with lakes and more than 200 miles of hiking and biking trails.
—Janet Fullwood, The Mercury News, 19 Feb. 2024
Redding is the county seat of Shasta County, which has experienced a major political upheaval in recent years, driven in part by the anti-vaccine, anti-mask fervor that ignited during the COVID-19 pandemic and the Trump presidency.
—Angela Hart | Kff Health News, Los Angeles Times, 17 Oct. 2023
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First Known Use
1803, in the meaning defined above
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county seat
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: a town that is the seat of county administration
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