List of courthouses in the United States explained

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.

This list includes state, county, city, town and other municipalities' courthouses, as well as subsuming U.S. Federal courthouses (which are also listed at List of United States federal courthouses). There are no known courthouses of international scope located in the U.S.

County courthouses

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.

Variations on county seats include:

Alabama

Federal courthouses in Alabama are listed here.

County courthouses in Alabama are listed here.

Alaska

Federal courthouses in Alaska are listed here.

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:

Arizona

Federal courthouses in Arizona are listed here.

Notable current and former county courthouses include:

Arkansas

Federal courthouses in Arkansas are listed here.

County courthouses in Arkansas are listed here.

California

Federal courthouses in California are listed here.

County courthouses include:

Colorado

Federal courthouses in Colorado are listed here.

County courthouses include:

Connecticut

Federal courthouses in Connecticut are listed here.

County courthouses include:

Delaware

Federal courthouses in Delaware are listed here.

County courthouses include:

District of Columbia

See main article: List of United States federal courthouses in Washington, D.C..

Florida

Federal courthouses in Florida are listed here.

County and any other courthouses include:

Georgia

Federal courthouses in Georgia are listed here

County courthouses in Georgia are listed here.

Hawaii

Federal courthouses in Hawaii are listed here.

Idaho

Federal courthouses in Idaho are listed here.

County and any other non-Federal courthouses include:

Illinois

Federal courthouses in Illinois are listed here.

For current county courthouses, including some that are historic, see List of county courthouses in Illinois#Current. For former county courthouses that are notable, see List of county courthouses in Illinois#Former.

Indiana

Federal courthouses in Indiana are listed here.

County and any other courthouses include:

Iowa

Federal courthouses in Iowa are listed here.

County courthouses in Iowa are listed here.

Kansas

Federal courthouses in Kansas are listed here.

County courthouses in Kansas are listed here.

Kentucky

Federal courthouses in Kentucky are listed here.

However, the Old U.S. Customshouse and Post Office and Fireproof Storage Company Warehouse, in Louisville, Kentucky, also served as a Federal district courthouse.

The "Old Courthouse", or "Greensburg Courthouse" in Greensburg, Kentucky, built during 1802–04, is the oldest courthouse west of the Alleghenies. Future Kentucky governor Thomas Metcalfe was one of the builders. It is included in the Downtown Greensburg Historic District.

County courthouses include:

Louisiana

Federal courthouses in Louisiana are listed here.

Parish and other courthouses include:

Maine

Federal courthouses in Maine are listed here.

Maine's Superior Court holds court in each of Maine's 16 counties, and Aroostook County has two Superior Courts.[9]

District court operates at many locations.[10]

County courthouses and any other courthouses include:

Maryland

Federal courthouses in Maryland are listed here.

County and other courthouses include:

Massachusetts

Federal courthouses in Massachusetts are listed here.

Courthouses in Boston are listed here.

County and other courthouses include:

Michigan

Federal courthouses in Michigan are listed here.

County and other courthouses include:

Minnesota

Federal courthouses in Minnesota are listed here.

County courthouses in Minnesota are listed here.

Mississippi

Federal courthouses in Mississippi are listed here.

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 and other non-Federal courthouses, historical and current, include:

Missouri

Federal courthouses in Missouri are listed here.

County courthouses in Missouri are listed here.

Montana

Federal courthouses in Montana are listed here.

County and other courthouses include:

Nebraska

Federal courthouses in Nebraska are listed here.

County and other courthouses in Nebraska are listed here.

Nevada

Federal courthouses in Nevada are listed here.

County and other courthouses include:

New Hampshire

Federal courthouses in New Hampshire are listed here.

County and other courthouses include:

New Jersey

Federal courthouses in New Jersey are listed here

County courthouses in New Jersey are listed here

For state courthouse see Richard J. Hughes Justice Complex.

New Mexico

Federal courthouses in New Mexico are listed here.

County courthouses in New Mexico are listed here.

New York

Federal courthouses in New York are listed here.

State and county courthouses include:

North Carolina

Federal courthouses in North Carolina are listed here.

County courthouses in North Carolina are listed here.

North Dakota

Federal courthouses in North Dakota are listed here.

County and other courthouses include:

Ohio

Federal courthouses in Ohio are listed here.

County and other courthouses include:

Oklahoma

Federal courthouses in Oklahoma are listed here.

County and other courthouses include:

Oregon

Federal courthouses in Oregon are listed here.

County and other courthouses include:

Pennsylvania

Federal courthouses in Pennsylvania are listed here.

State and County courthouses in Pennsylvania are listed here.

Rhode Island

Federal courthouses in Rhode Island are listed here.

County courthouses include:

Also from category, to check:

South Carolina

Federal courthouses in South Carolina are listed here.

County courthouses in South Carolina are listed here.

South Dakota

Federal courthouses in South Dakota are listed here.

County and other courthouses include:

Tennessee

Federal courthouses in Tennessee are listed here

County and other courthouses include:

Texas

Federal courthouses in Texas are listed here.

County courthouses in Texas are partially listed here.

Utah

Federal courthouses in Utah are listed here.

County and other courthouses include:

Vermont

Federal courthouses in Vermont are listed here.

County and other courthouses include:

Virginia

Federal courthouses in Virginia are listed here.

County and other courthouses include:

Washington

Federal courthouses in the state of Washington are listed here.

County courthouses in Washington are listed here.

West Virginia

Federal courthouses in West Virginia are listed here.

County and other courthouses include:

Wisconsin

Federal courthouses in Wisconsin are listed here.

County and any other courthouses include:

Wyoming

Federal courthouses in Wyoming are listed here.

County and other courthouses include:

United States territories

Federal courthouses in United States territories are listed here.

Other courthouses include:

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Geographic Area Courts of Connecticut. jud.ct.gov. 6 September 2017.
  2. Web site: Court Directory - Alaska Court System. www.courts.alaska.gov. 6 September 2017.
  3. Web site: Courts in Fairbanks North Star County, AK - Courthouse Location and Information.
  4. Web site: Courts in Anchorage Borough County, AK - Courthouse Location and Information.
  5. Web site: Anchorage Court Directory - Alaska Court System. www.courts.alaska.gov. 6 September 2017.
  6. Web site: Sitka Court Directory - Alaska Court System. www.courts.alaska.gov. 6 September 2017.
  7. Web site: Valdez Court Directory - Alaska Court System. www.courts.alaska.gov. 6 September 2017.
  8. Web site: [{{NRHP url|id=88002760}} National Register of Historic Places Registration: Downtown Hartford Historic District ]. National Park Service. Claudia R. Brown . September 1988 . February 27, 2018. With .
  9. Web site: State of Maine Judicial Branch. courts.maine.gov. 6 September 2017.
  10. Web site: State of Maine Judicial Branch. courts.maine.gov. 6 September 2017.
  11. Web site: April 30, 2010. County Administrator Digest. mi.ottawa.org.
  12. Web site: Adams County: County Court . 19 September 2013 . . September 23, 2016.
  13. Web site: Adams County: Circuit Court . 8 May 2013 . . September 23, 2016.
  14. Web site: Adams County: Chancery Court . 19 September 2013 . . September 23, 2016.
  15. Web site: Adams County: Justice Court . 22 May 2013 . . September 23, 2016.
  16. Web site: Adams County: Youth Court . 22 May 2013 . . September 23, 2016.
  17. Web site: [{{NRHP url|id=98001337}} National Register of Historic Places Registration: Downtown Booneville Historic District]. National Park Service. James Martin, Jennifer Dobson, and Shannon Criss . June 4, 1998 . April 21, 2017 . With .
  18. Web site: [{{NRHP url|id=85001406}} Montana Historical and Architectural Inventory forms of buildings in Lewistown Courthouse Historic District: (multiple) ]. National Park Service. Various . 1984 . September 5, 2019. With
  19. https://npgallery.nps.gov/pdfhost/docs/NRHP/Text/66000435.pdf
  20. [National Register Information System|NRIS]
  21. Book: Snodderly . Daniel R. . Ithaca and its Past: The History and Architecture of the Downtown . 1982 . DeWitt Historical Society . 0-942690-00-1 . 71 . 6 February 2020.
  22. Web site: Courthouse gets historic marker, renovations planned .
  23. Web site: Lincoln County Courthouse. Wisconsin Department of Tourism. 2011-12-14.
  24. Web site: Lincoln County Courthouse. Architecture and History Inventory. January 2012. Wisconsin Historical Society. 2014-06-12.
  25. Web site: Old Waukesha County Courthouse. January 2012 . Wisconsin Historical Society. 2019-09-30.
  26. none. [{{NRHP url|id=75000082}} NRHP Inventory/Nomination: Old Waukesha County Courthouse]. National Park Service. Mary Ellen Young. Donald N. Anderson. 1975-01-01. 2019-09-30. With