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county seat

administrative center for a county or civil parish in the United States
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county seat

Summary

county seat ranks in the top 1% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,780 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • county seat is in the country of United States[2].
  • county seat is a type of seat[3].
  • county seat is a type of human settlement[4].
  • county seat is a type of administrative centre[5].
  • county seat's Commons category is recorded as County seats in the United States[6].
  • county seat's topic's main category is recorded as Category:County seats of the United States[7].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include seat[3], human settlement[4], and administrative centre[5].

Why It Matters

county seat ranks in the top 1% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,780 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[8] It is known by 47 alternative names across languages and contexts.[9]

Related Entities

Jefferson City Kennebec Middletown United States Windham

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [8] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [9] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 11d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of → —
    Country → United States
    Country → —
    Topic's main category → Category:County seats of the United States
    + 2 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|2 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987012402007905171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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