Noun: county seat
Usage: Brit, N. Amer (=county town)
Usage: Brit, N. Amer (=county town)
- The town or city that is the seat of government for a county
"As the county seat, it hosted the main administrative offices";
- county town [Brit], shire town [Brit]
Derived forms: county seats
Type of: seat
Part of: shire [Brit]
Encyclopedia: County seat