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district town Hist. 
the town in which the seat of municipal government is located.
See also: county town
- 1827 It deserves to be noticed that not less than thirteen tavern licenses were granted at Perth (the district town), for this place and its neighborhood, at the last meeting of the Quarter Sessions.
- 1841 We have received the first number of the "Ottawa Advocate," a paper published at Aylmer, the intended District Town of the New District of Sydenham.
- 1827 It deserves to be noticed that not less than thirteen tavern licenses were granted at Perth (the district town), for this place and its neighborhood, at the last meeting of the Quarter Sessions.