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    In the United Kingdom and Ireland, the name county town is used rather than county seat. In the U.S. state of Louisiana, counties are called parishes and have parish seats rather than county seats; while in Alaska, counties are called boroughs and have borough seats.
    A county seat is an administrative center, seat of government, or capital city of a county or civil parish. The term is in use in five countries: Canada, China, Hungary, Romania, and the United States. An equivalent term, shire town, is used in the U.S. state of Vermont and in several other English-speaking jurisdictions.
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    In most of the United States, a county is an administrative or political subdivision of a state that consists of a geographic area with specific boundaries and usually some level of governmental authority. The city, town, or populated place that houses county government is known as the seat of its county.
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    These are county seats in the United States. While many county seats are cities, others are towns or other. See county seat for an overview; two states, Connecticut (since 1960) and Rhode Island do not have county governments and thus have no county seats. This category has the following 50 subcategories, out of 50 total.
  2. County seat Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster

  3. COUNTY SEAT | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

  4. county town
    noun
    1. the town that is the administrative capital of a county.
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      chief town
      state/regional/provincial capital
      administrative centre
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