county seat

noun

: a town that is the seat of county administration

Examples of county seat in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web 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 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. 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

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Word History

First Known Use

1803, in the meaning defined above

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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 May. 2024.

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county seat

noun
: a town that is the seat of county administration
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