Montana counties quiz

The 56 counties in the quiz

They’re the 56 counties of Montana, as counted by the US Census Bureau. The state capital, Helena, is in Lewis and Clark 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: Silver Bow (718 sq mi), Deer Lodge (737 sq mi), and Wibaux (890 sq mi). Zoom in with the buttons or two fingers to tap them.

And watch out for look-alike names: Golden Valley and Valley.

Tips to learn them

• The 11 counties bordering Canada trace that border on the map: Blaine, Daniels, Flathead, Glacier, Hill, Liberty, Lincoln, Phillips, Sheridan, Toole, and Valley.
• Flathead has the most neighbors: it borders 9 counties. Once you place it, you have a landmark for many more.
• Yellowstone is the most populous (172,692 people in 2025) and, together with Gallatin and Missoula, is home to 37% of Montana’s people.

Playing in class

If you teach in Montana, 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 56 counties

1. Beaverhead pop. 10,043
2. Big Horn pop. 12,752
3. Blaine pop. 6,860
4. Broadwater pop. 8,493
5. Carbon pop. 11,466
6. Carter pop. 1,383
7. Cascade pop. 85,029
8. Chouteau pop. 5,865
9. Custer pop. 12,034
10. Daniels pop. 1,612
11. Dawson pop. 8,692
12. Deer Lodge pop. 9,709
13. Fallon pop. 2,959
14. Fergus pop. 11,825
15. Flathead pop. 115,429
16. Gallatin pop. 128,740
17. Garfield pop. 1,148
18. Glacier pop. 13,463
19. Golden Valley pop. 844
20. Granite pop. 3,658
21. Hill pop. 16,167
22. Jefferson pop. 13,329
23. Judith Basin pop. 2,162
24. Lake pop. 33,392
25. Lewis and Clark pop. 75,331
26. Liberty pop. 1,957
27. Lincoln pop. 22,328
28. Madison pop. 10,026
29. McCone pop. 1,720
30. Meagher pop. 2,137
31. Mineral pop. 5,185
32. Missoula pop. 123,513
33. Musselshell pop. 5,582
34. Park pop. 18,214
35. Petroleum pop. 548
36. Phillips pop. 4,203
37. Pondera pop. 6,072
38. Powder River pop. 1,781
39. Powell pop. 7,157
40. Prairie pop. 1,112
41. Ravalli pop. 48,582
42. Richland pop. 11,377
43. Roosevelt pop. 10,242
44. Rosebud pop. 8,253
45. Sanders pop. 14,062
46. Sheridan pop. 3,436
47. Silver Bow pop. 36,118
48. Stillwater pop. 9,445
49. Sweet Grass pop. 3,762
50. Teton pop. 6,496
51. Toole pop. 5,211
52. Treasure pop. 728
53. Valley pop. 7,385
54. Wheatland pop. 2,100
55. Wibaux pop. 885
56. Yellowstone pop. 172,692