New Hampshire counties quiz

The 10 counties in the quiz

They’re the 10 counties of New Hampshire, as counted by the US Census Bureau. The state capital, Concord, is in Merrimack 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: Strafford (367 sq mi), Belknap (402 sq mi), and Sullivan (538 sq mi). Zoom in with the buttons or two fingers to tap them.

Tips to learn them

• Start with the three largest: Coos, Grafton, and Merrimack cover 50% of the area of New Hampshire.
• The 4 counties bordering Maine trace that border on the map: Carroll, Coos, Rockingham, and Strafford.
• 9 of the 10 have no coastline: Belknap, Carroll, Cheshire, Coos, Grafton, Hillsborough, Merrimack, Strafford, and Sullivan.
• Merrimack has the most neighbors: it borders 6 counties. Once you place it, you have a landmark for many more.
• Hillsborough is the most populous (433,415 people in 2025) and, together with Rockingham and Merrimack, is home to 65% of New Hampshire’s people.

Playing in class

If you teach in New Hampshire, 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 10 counties

1. Belknap pop. 65,147
2. Carroll pop. 52,784
3. Cheshire pop. 78,269
4. Coos pop. 31,343
5. Grafton pop. 93,225
6. Hillsborough pop. 433,415
7. Merrimack pop. 158,078
8. Rockingham pop. 324,077
9. Strafford pop. 135,043
10. Sullivan pop. 43,961