Maine counties quiz

The 16 counties in the quiz

They’re the 16 counties of Maine, as counted by the US Census Bureau. The state capital, Augusta, is in Kennebec County.

How to play

In Point mode we name a county and you tap it on the map; in Type mode one lights up and you type its name (accents don’t matter); and in Time trial you get 6 seconds per question. If you miss, we show you where it was, which way it lies and a hint drawn from the data: its size rank and its neighbors.

Each game has 10, 20 or all the questions, and at the end you can practice just the ones you missed. Your best score for each mode is saved in this browser only: neither we nor anyone else can see it, and there’s no sign-up.

The hardest ones

The smallest counties are the hardest, since they barely show on the map: Sagadahoc (254 sq mi), Knox (365 sq mi), and Lincoln (456 sq mi). Zoom in with the buttons or two fingers to tap them.

Tips to learn them

• Start with the three largest: Aroostook, Piscataquis, and Somerset cover 47% of the area of Maine.
• The 5 counties bordering Canada trace that border on the map: Aroostook, Franklin, Oxford, Somerset, and Washington.
• 8 of the 16 have no coastline: Androscoggin, Aroostook, Franklin, Kennebec, Oxford, Penobscot, Piscataquis, and Somerset.
• Cumberland is the most populous (317,222 people in 2025) and, together with York and Penobscot, is home to 49% of Maine’s people.

Playing in class

If you teach in Maine, start with your school’s county and its neighbors and add a few each day. Otherwise, it’s a good way to get to know the state before studying it.

With the Challenge your class link, everyone gets the same questions in the same order, with no accounts or passwords, and each student sees their own score, time and streak. To practice on paper, there’s a printable worksheet of the same map with an answer key.

List of all 16 counties

1. Androscoggin pop. 116,487
2. Aroostook pop. 66,609
3. Cumberland pop. 317,222
4. Franklin pop. 30,824
5. Hancock pop. 57,171
6. Kennebec pop. 129,067
7. Knox pop. 41,117
8. Lincoln pop. 36,595
9. Oxford pop. 60,346
10. Penobscot pop. 157,967
11. Piscataquis pop. 17,409
12. Sagadahoc pop. 37,979
13. Somerset pop. 51,620
14. Waldo pop. 40,693
15. Washington pop. 31,334
16. York pop. 222,434