County Seat (Noun)
Meaning
The town or city that is the seat of government for a county.
Classification
Nouns denoting spatial position.
Examples
- The county seat of Smith County is located in the city of Jonesville where the courthouse and administrative offices are situated.
- Springfield serves as the county seat of Greene County, hosting various government institutions and services.
- To attend the county commissioners' meeting, we had to travel to the county seat, which was located in a different part of the state.
- After conducting some research, I found that the county seat of Johnson County was moved from one town to another in the late 1800s.
- Visitors to the historic town of Harrison can tour the old county seat building, which now houses a local museum.