What are county seats?

Answer 1

The city or town that is the seat of the county government. It would in most cases be where the country court is placed. The county seat is the operations center of the county government, here one will find the county courthouse, sheriff's office, jail, clerks office, tax offices, health department and usually an office of the state police.

Answer 2

In a sense, a county seat can be thought of as the capital city of a county. It's the city in which are the administrative buildings of a county.