This is a list of courthouses in the United States. American courthouses are very often significant, as they are public buildings usually built to convey solidity and to command respect. Many have hosted important trials, or are significant for their architecture, and thus many have been designated as historic sites.
There exist current or former county courthouses corresponding to the county seats (or shire towns) of most of the United States' 3,144 counties or county-equivalents, and also to a number of former counties.
Louisiana has parishes and parish seats rather than counties and county seats; this list includes its notable parish courthouses.
Connecticut no longer has county governments; this list includes its historic county courthouses and also the state's currently functioning courthouses serving 20 geographical areas that do not correspond to the former counties.[1]
Massachusetts
Alaska has boroughs and borough-equivalents, and borough seats. It has 39 trial court locations[2] and has appellate courts in Anchorage and Fairbanks.
Some counties have branch courthouses, including Pinellas County, Florida (county seat Clearwater, branch in St. Petersburg) and Marion County, Missouri (county seat Palmyra for District 1, Hannibal for District 2).
Alaska has boroughs and non-borough census areas. Its equivalent to a county seat is a borough seat. It has 39 trial court locations[2] and appellate courts in at least Fairbanks and Anchorage.
Selected non-Federal courthouses in Alaska include:
The new building and the Old East Carroll Parish Courthouse building, built in 1935 and 1879, are both contributing buildings in NRHP-listed Old Courthouse Square.
Part of a rambling complex, whose original portion was designed by Gridley J. F. Bryant. Addition in 1895 designed by Wilfred E. Mansur moved the cupola to the new center of the building. NRHP-listed (refnum 89002340).
Built at cost of $2970.75, this served as a courthouse only briefly: in 1891 a vote moved the county seat to Standish. Sold to local Masonic group for $500 in 1893. Also known as "Omer Masonic Hall". NRHP-listed (refnum 82002823).
Historically Mississippi may have had a county court in each of its 82 counties but in 2016, Mississippi has just 19 county courts. There are in fact at least five distinct types of non-Federal courts in Mississippi:
County courts are created by the state legislature to reduce the workload of circuit courts and chancery courts. Adams County Court, for example, has one County Court judge, and has "exclusive jurisdiction over matters involving eminent domain, unlawful entry and detainer, youth courts and partition of personal property." It also "shares jurisdiction with Justice Court in all matters, civil and criminal [and it] also shares jurisdiction with the Circuit and Chancery Courts in all matters of law and equity up to $200,000. The County Court Judge also hears non-capital felony criminal cases transferred by the Circuit Court."[12]
Circuit courts have "original jurisdiction over all civil and criminal matters not vested exclusively in another court", and most circuit court cases are handled by juries.[13]
Chancery courts cover "domestic/family matters, divorce, child custody, property division, adoptions, alimony, estates of descendants, land issues (titles, contracts), emancipation (declaring a minor to be 21 for work purposes), property title confirmation, property disputes (over $50,000), insurance settlements to minors, and commitments of mentally disabled."[14]
Justice courts covers traffic tickets, civil cases including small claims and felony cases through initial appearances and preliminary hearings.[15]
Youth court covers "matters involving delinquent children, children in need of supervision, and neglected and/or abused children."[16]
County and other non-Federal courthouses, historical and current, include:
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