County Seat

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.

Read more about County Seat:  Function, U.S. Counties With More Than One County Seat, Other Variations, Lists of U.S. County Seats By State

Famous quotes containing the words county and/or seat:

    “I believe the citizens of Marion County and the United States want to have judges who have feelings and who are human beings.”
    —Paula Lopossa, U.S. judge. As quoted in the New York Times, p. B9 (May 21, 1993)

    “A good seat on a horse steals away your opponent’s courage and your onlooker’s heart—what reason is there to attack? Sit like one who has conquered?”
    —Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900)