Editing County seat (section)

===U.S. counties with more than one county seat===
Most counties have only one county seat. However, some counties in [[Alabama]], [[Arkansas]], [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]], [[Iowa]], [[Kentucky]], [[Massachusetts]], [[Mississippi]], [[Missouri]], [[New Hampshire]], [[New York (state)|New York]], and [[Vermont]] have two or more county seats, usually located on opposite sides of the county. Examples include [[Harrison County, Mississippi]], which has both [[Biloxi, Mississippi|Biloxi]] and [[Gulfport, Mississippi|Gulfport]] as county seats, and [[Hinds County, Mississippi]], which has both [[Raymond, Mississippi|Raymond]] and the state capital of [[Jackson, Mississippi|Jackson]]. 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 [[boosterism|civic pride]] for the towns involved, along with providing employment opportunities.

There are 33 counties with multiple county seats in 11 states:
* [[Coffee County, Alabama]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.coffeecounty.us/History.html|title=History of Coffee County|website=Coffee County, Alabama|access-date=19 August 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111027140704/http://www.coffeecounty.us/History.html|archive-date=27 October 2011}}</ref><!-- NACo lists only one, but county website says there are two. -->
* [[St. Clair County, Alabama]]
* [[Arkansas County, Arkansas]]
* [[Carroll County, Arkansas]]
* [[Clay County, Arkansas]]
* [[Craighead County, Arkansas]]
* [[Franklin County, Arkansas]]
* [[Logan County, Arkansas]]
* [[Mississippi County, Arkansas]]
* [[Prairie County, Arkansas]]
* [[Sebastian County, Arkansas]]
* [[Yell County, Arkansas]]
* [[Columbia County, Georgia]]
* [[Lee County, Iowa]]
* [[Campbell County, Kentucky]]
* [[Kenton County, Kentucky]]
* [[Essex County, Massachusetts]]
* [[Middlesex County, Massachusetts]]
* [[Plymouth County, Massachusetts]]
* [[Bolivar County, Mississippi]]
* [[Carroll County, Mississippi]]
* [[Chickasaw County, Mississippi]]
* [[Harrison County, Mississippi]]
* [[Hinds County, Mississippi]]
* [[Jasper County, Mississippi]]
* [[Jones County, Mississippi]]
* [[Panola County, Mississippi]]
* [[Tallahatchie County, Mississippi]]
* [[Yalobusha County, Mississippi]]
* [[Jackson County, Missouri]]
* [[Hillsborough County, New Hampshire]]
* [[Seneca County, New York]]
* [[Bennington County, Vermont]]