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The practice of multiple county seat towns dates from the days when travel was difficult. There have been few efforts to eliminate the two-seat arrangement, since a county seat is a source of civic pride for the towns involved, along with providing employment opportunities. There are 33 counties with multiple county seats in 11 states:
These are county seats in the United States.While many county seats are cities, others are towns or other. See county seat for an overview; two states, Connecticut (since 1960) and Rhode Island do not have county governments and thus have no county seats.
The site of a county's administration, and often the county courthouse, is generally called the county seat ("parish seat" in Louisiana, "borough seat" in Alaska, or "shire town" in several New England counties). The county seat usually resides in a municipality. However, some counties may have multiple seats or no seat.
The following is a list of the sixty-seven county seats of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. The list includes forty-two boroughs , twenty-four cities , and one town . The ranking is based on the populations of each county seat during the 2010 census .
Its county seat, named in turn as an anagram of Miguel Hidalgo, the inspirational figure behind the Mexican War of Independence: 7,144: 854 sq mi (2,212 km 2) Gonzales County: 177: Gonzales: 1836: One of the original 23 counties: Its county seat, named in turn for Coahuila y Tejas governor Rafael Gonzales: 19,930: 1,068 sq mi (2,766 km 2) Gray ...
Five county seats have later become the county seats of other counties: Newnansville was the county seat of Alachua County from 1828 to 1832. In 1832, it became the county seat of Columbia County. Susannah at Fort Pierce was the county seat of St. Lucie County (renamed Brevard County in 1855) from 1844
County Seat was an American clothing retailer founded in 1973. With more than 740 stores at its peak, the chain closed in 1999 following Chapter 11 bankruptcy.
Weld County has changed its county seat five times: in 1868, 1870, 1874, 1875, and 1877. Granite has served as the county seat of three counties: Lake County, Carbonate County, and Chaffee County. San Miguel (later Costilla) was designated the original county seat of Costilla County, Colorado Territory despite lying unbeknownst across the ...