A county seat is an administrative center, or seat of government, for a county or civil parish. The term is primarily used in the United States and also within the United Kingdom.
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Famous quotes containing the words county and/or seat:
“It would astonish if not amuse, the older citizens of your County who twelve years ago knew me a stranger, friendless, uneducated, penniless boy, working on a flat boat—at ten dollars per month to learn that I have been put down here as the candidate of pride, wealth, and aristocratic family distinction.”
—Abraham Lincoln (1809–1865)
“Oh, I never use a seat belt. I don’t believe in gravity.”
—John Guare (b. 1938)