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The Redwood City Fire Department also serves San Carlos, which contracts with Redwood City for fire services.
Redwood City, the county seat of San Mateo County, has a population of about 80,000, while San Carlos is home to nearly 30,000 residents.
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Ryan MacAsero, The Mercury News, 28 Jan. 2025
Half of Wisconsin high schoolers reported feeling anxious, a third depressed and a fifth self-harming, according to the Youth Risk Behavior Survey in 2021,
Antigo, a town of about 8,000 and the county seat of Langlade County, is no different.
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Rebecca Loroff, Journal Sentinel, 23 Dec. 2024
Marshall is the county seat of Calhoun County, where the 44th House District is located.
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Paul Egan, Detroit Free Press, 27 Nov. 2024
The authorities have not revealed any motive for the shooting, which has baffled the county seat of Whitesburg, a small town in the mountains of eastern Kentucky.
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Kendra Sanchez, New York Times, 25 Nov. 2024
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First Known Use
1803, in the meaning defined above
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“County seat.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/county%20seat. Accessed 22 Feb. 2025.
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county seat
noun
: a town that is the seat of county administration
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