County seat: Difference between revisions

{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2022}}A '''county seat''' is an administrative center, [[seat of government]], or capital city of a [[county]] or [[parish (administrative division)|civil parish]]. The term is in use in five countries: [[United States|The United States,Canada]], [[CanadaChina]], [[ChinaHungary]], [[HungaryRomania]], and the [[RomaniaUnited States]]. An equivalent term, '''shire town''', is used in the [[U.S. state]] of [[Vermont]] and in several other English-speaking jurisdictions.<ref>[https://vtliving.com/vermontshires/ VT Shire Towns: Visiting The Shires of Vermont]</ref> [[County town]]s usually serve a similar function in [[Ireland]], [[Jamaica]], and the [[United Kingdom]].{{cn|date=August 2023}}