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: Currently 36 U.S. counties have dual county seats 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. Massachusetts Alaska has boroughs and borough-equivalents, and borough seats. It has 39 trial court locations 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). 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 and appellate courts in at least Fairbanks and Anchorage. Selected non-Federal courthouses in Alaska include: Rabinowitz Courthouse, 101 Lacey St., Fairbanks (), is an Alaska state's Alaska Court of Appeals courthouse and a trial courthouse. Chevak Courthouse, 136 Lakeside Rd., Chevak, also serves Fairbanks-North Star Nesbett Courthouse, 825 W. 4th St., Anchorage Boney Courthouse, 303 K St., Anchorage Sitka Courthouse, 304 Lake Street, Sitka Valdez Courthouse, 213 Meals Ave., Valdez 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: