Definition of County town. Meaning of County town. Synonyms of County town

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Definition of County town

County town
3. A count; an earl or lord. [Obs.] --Shak. County commissioners. See Commissioner. County corporate, a city or town having the privilege to be a county by itself, and to be governed by its own sheriffs and other magistrates, irrespective of the officers of the county in which it is situated; as London, York, Bristol, etc. [Eng.] --Mozley & W. County court, a court whose jurisdiction is limited to county. County palatine, a county distinguished by particular privileges; -- so called a palatio (from the palace), because the owner had originally royal powers, or the same powers, in the administration of justice, as the king had in his palace; but these powers are now abridged. The counties palatine, in England, are Lancaster, Chester, and Durham. County rates, rates levied upon the county, and collected by the boards of guardians, for the purpose of defraying the expenses to which counties are liable, such as repairing bridges, jails, etc. [Eng.] County seat, a county town. [U.S.] County sessions, the general quarter sessions of the peace for each county, held four times a year. [Eng.] County town, the town of a county, where the county business is transacted; a shire town.

Meaning of County town from wikipedia

- In Great Britain and Ireland, a county town is the most important town or city in a county.[dubious – discuss] It is usually the location of administrative...
- equivalent term, shire town, is used in the U.S. state of Vermont and in several other English-speaking jurisdictions. County towns usually serve a similar...
- administration on a county level prior to the creation of the Middle**** County Council in 1889. New Brentford was first promulgated as the county town in 1789, on...
- a town in County Donegal in Ulster, the northern province in Ireland. Although Donegal gave its name to the county, now Lifford is the county town. From...
- people" to leave town by sundown. Entire sundown counties and sundown suburbs were created as well. While the number of sundown towns decreased following...
- Poughkeepsie (/pəˈkɪpsi/ pə-KIP-see), officially the Town of Poughkeepsie, is a town in Dutchess County, New York, United States. As of the 2020 United States...
- west. The largest settlement is Southend-on-Sea, and the county town is Chelmsford. The county has an area of 3,670 km2 (1,420 sq mi) and a po****tion...
- Western Region. It is named after the town of Donegal in the south of the county. It has also been known as County Tyrconnell or Tirconaill (Tír Chonaill)...
- became the historic counties of England, calling them shires; many county names derive from the name of the county town (county seat) with the word shire...
- city and civil parish in the county of Durham, England. It is the county town and contains the headquarters of Durham County Council, the unitary authority...