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 Middlesex 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...

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 population...

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)...

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...

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...

people" to leave town by sundown. Entire sundown counties and sundown suburbs were created as well. While the number of sundown towns decreased following...

constitutes the Town and County of Nantucket, a combined county/town government in the state of Massachusetts. Nantucket is the southeasternmost town in both...

government area. County Meath's former county town was Trim. County Offaly's former county town was Philipstown. County Tipperary's former county towns were Clonmel...

Longfort) is the county town of County Longford in Ireland. It had a population of 10,952 at the 2022 census. It is the biggest town in the county and about...

Towns County is a county located in the northeastern part of the U.S. state of Georgia. As of the 2020 census, the population was 12,493. Its county seat...

county by area and 26th most populous. Its county town and largest town is Roscommon. Roscommon County Council is the local authority for the county....

Wear and County Durham to the south, and Cumbria to the west. The town of Blyth is the largest settlement while Alnwick is the historic county town. The county...

of the town's brewing, baking and seed growing businesses, and the town grew rapidly as a manufacturing centre. Reading is also the county town of Berkshire...

north-west. The county town is Maidstone. It is the fifth most populous county in England, the most populous non-metropolitan county and the most populous...

hollow") is the county town of County Cavan in Ireland. The town lies in Ulster, near the border with County Fermanagh in Northern Ireland. The town is bypassed...

Warrington is the largest settlement, and the city of Chester is the county town. The county has an area of 905 square miles (2,344 km2) and had a population...

market town on the north bank of the River Tees, in County Durham, England. The town is named after and built around a medieval castle ruin. The town's Bowes...

town of Tipperary, and was established in the early 13th century, shortly after the Norman invasion of Ireland. It is Ireland's largest inland county...

port-LEESH), or Port Laoise (Irish: [ˌpˠɔɾˠt̪ˠˈl̪ˠiːʃə]), is the county town of County Laois, Ireland. It is located in the South Midlands in the province...

capital and largest town in the county. Sligo County Council is the local authority for the county. The population of the county was 70,198 at the 2022...

Italics indicate that the city is a principal city of DFW or a county seat. The term "town" is used only in reference to relative population. Under Texas...

(Irish: Aontroim [ˈeːnˠt̪ˠɾˠɪmʲ], meaning 'lone ridge') is a town and civil parish in County Antrim in the northeast of Northern Ireland, on the banks of...

Wexford (Irish: Loch Garman) is the county town of County Wexford, Ireland. Wexford lies on the south side of Wexford Harbour, the estuary of the River...

Dover is a town in Norfolk County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 5,923 at the time of the 2020 United States Census. With a median income...

the town of Cavan and is based on the historic Gaelic territory of East Breffny (Bréifne). Cavan County Council is the local authority for the county, which...

of oak") is a town in County Kildare, Ireland. As of 2022[update], its population was 10,302, making it the 7th largest town in County Kildare. It is...