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Whitesburg is a city in Letcher County and the county seat, which sits in southeast Kentucky.
—Killian Baarlaer, The Courier-Journal, 20 Sep. 2024
Voters in Tennessee can cast their ballots in primaries for U.S. Senate, U.S. House and the state legislature in addition to local school board and other county seats.
—Joyce Orlando, The Tennessean, 1 Aug. 2024
At least four victims were recovered in and around Echo Lake, in Buncombe County, where Asheville, North Carolina is the county seat.
—Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA TODAY, 30 Nov. 2024
In northern Michigan, Linsey Rogers was elected both Montmorency County treasurer and a member of the school board in Atlanta, which is the county seat.
—Paul Egan, Detroit Free Press, 29 Nov. 2024
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First Known Use
1803, in the meaning defined above
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“County seat.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/county%20seat. Accessed 26 Dec. 2024.
Kids Definition
county seat
noun
: a town that is the seat of county administration
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