county seat
noun
the seat of government of a county.
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Origin of county seat
An Americanism dating back to 1795–1805
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Examples from the Web for county seat
Historical Examples of county seat
Wrayton was the county-seat, a good-sized town five miles from Mayberry.
Kent Knowles: QuahaugJoseph C. Lincoln
We found the land where Fairbury is now located was not entered, so we entered it with the intention of making it the county-seat.
Collection of Nebraska Pioneer ReminiscencesNebraska Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution
It is in the greatest wheat-growing county in Ohio (Stark), but is not the county-seat, which is at Canton.
The Indian in his WigwamHenry R. Schoolcraft
A physician from the county-seat village went by, in company with Dr. Dibrell.
The End Of The WorldEdward Eggleston
After the organization of the county, the place was voted the county-seat, and a courthouse was built.
Collection of Nebraska Pioneer ReminiscencesNebraska Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution
county seat
noun
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