county seat
noun
: a town that is the seat of county administration
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web Fort Lauderdale, the county seat, pays its mayor $78,840 and its commissioners $65,700. 
Susannah Bryan, Sun Sentinel, 14 Sep. 2022 The funds from the grant mainly went to replace older equipment and remodel the site that is now Pat’s Foods, an IGA/Festival Foods market in Florence, the county seat. Lauryn Azu And Joe States, Journal Sentinel, 13 Sep. 2022 The downtown of Hindman, the county seat, has only one intersection with a stoplight. Rick Childress, Washington Post, 3 Aug. 2022 Madisonville is the county seat of Monroe County in southeast Tennessee. From Usa Today Network And Wire Reports, USA TODAY, 18 July 2022 Hamilton is the county seat of Marion County, where only 24.7% of residents are fully vaccinated, according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. John Sharp | Jsharp@al.com, al, 31 July 2021 The fire didn’t grow on Tuesday, and fire officials said crews were able to use bulldozers to carve firebreaks along a ridge to protect homes and buildings in the county seat of Yreka. Haven Daley And Christopher Weber, Anchorage Daily News, 3 Aug. 2022 Deputies and law enforcement were knocking on doors in the county seat of Yreka and the town of Fort Jones to urge residents to get out and safely evacuate their livestock onto trailers. Fox News, 31 July 2022 Deputies and law enforcement were knocking on doors in the county seat of Yreka and the town of Fort Jones to urge residents to get out and safely evacuate their livestock onto trailers. CBS News, 30 July 2022 See More
Susannah Bryan, Sun Sentinel, 14 Sep. 2022 The funds from the grant mainly went to replace older equipment and remodel the site that is now Pat’s Foods, an IGA/Festival Foods market in Florence, the county seat. Lauryn Azu And Joe States, Journal Sentinel, 13 Sep. 2022 The downtown of Hindman, the county seat, has only one intersection with a stoplight. Rick Childress, Washington Post, 3 Aug. 2022 Madisonville is the county seat of Monroe County in southeast Tennessee. From Usa Today Network And Wire Reports, USA TODAY, 18 July 2022 Hamilton is the county seat of Marion County, where only 24.7% of residents are fully vaccinated, according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. John Sharp | Jsharp@al.com, al, 31 July 2021 The fire didn’t grow on Tuesday, and fire officials said crews were able to use bulldozers to carve firebreaks along a ridge to protect homes and buildings in the county seat of Yreka. Haven Daley And Christopher Weber, Anchorage Daily News, 3 Aug. 2022 Deputies and law enforcement were knocking on doors in the county seat of Yreka and the town of Fort Jones to urge residents to get out and safely evacuate their livestock onto trailers. Fox News, 31 July 2022 Deputies and law enforcement were knocking on doors in the county seat of Yreka and the town of Fort Jones to urge residents to get out and safely evacuate their livestock onto trailers. CBS News, 30 July 2022 See More Word History
First Known Use
1803, in the meaning defined above