Tennessee counties quiz

The 95 counties in the quiz

They’re the 95 counties of Tennessee, as counted by the US Census Bureau. The state capital, Nashville, is in Davidson 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: Trousdale (114 sq mi), Moore (129 sq mi), and Hamblen (161 sq mi). Zoom in with the buttons or two fingers to tap them.

And watch out for look-alike names: Anderson and Henderson.

Tips to learn them

• Shelby is the most populous (910,226 people in 2025) and, together with Davidson and Knox, is home to 30% of Tennessee’s people.

Playing in class

If you teach in Tennessee, 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 95 counties

1. Anderson pop. 82,066
2. Bedford pop. 55,273
3. Benton pop. 16,183
4. Bledsoe pop. 15,920
5. Blount pop. 143,820
6. Bradley pop. 115,465
7. Campbell pop. 40,290
8. Cannon pop. 15,296
9. Carroll pop. 29,200
10. Carter pop. 57,361
11. Cheatham pop. 42,778
12. Chester pop. 17,994
13. Claiborne pop. 33,229
14. Clay pop. 7,821
15. Cocke pop. 37,889
16. Coffee pop. 62,419
17. Crockett pop. 14,006
18. Cumberland pop. 66,300
19. Davidson pop. 745,904
20. Decatur pop. 11,820
21. DeKalb pop. 21,873
22. Dickson pop. 58,662
23. Dyer pop. 36,320
24. Fayette pop. 45,071
25. Fentress pop. 20,322
26. Franklin pop. 45,579
27. Gibson pop. 51,779
28. Giles pop. 31,433
29. Grainger pop. 25,739
30. Greene pop. 73,831
31. Grundy pop. 14,116
32. Hamblen pop. 68,843
33. Hamilton pop. 390,833
34. Hancock pop. 7,075
35. Hardeman pop. 25,274
36. Hardin pop. 27,983
37. Hawkins pop. 59,559
38. Haywood pop. 17,042
39. Henderson pop. 28,518
40. Henry pop. 32,896
41. Hickman pop. 26,219
42. Houston pop. 8,479
43. Humphreys pop. 19,646
44. Jackson pop. 12,466
45. Jefferson pop. 60,024
46. Johnson pop. 18,718
47. Knox pop. 511,453
48. Lake pop. 6,249
49. Lauderdale pop. 24,617
50. Lawrence pop. 46,914
51. Lewis pop. 13,487
52. Lincoln pop. 36,853
53. Loudon pop. 63,764
54. Macon pop. 27,663
55. Madison pop. 100,790
56. Marion pop. 29,804
57. Marshall pop. 38,071
58. Maury pop. 118,131
59. McMinn pop. 57,404
60. McNairy pop. 26,236
61. Meigs pop. 14,186
62. Monroe pop. 49,730
63. Montgomery pop. 249,935
64. Moore pop. 6,920
65. Morgan pop. 22,160
66. Obion pop. 30,067
67. Overton pop. 23,787
68. Perry pop. 9,126
69. Pickett pop. 5,219
70. Polk pop. 18,592
71. Putnam pop. 86,612
72. Rhea pop. 34,844
73. Roane pop. 57,395
74. Robertson pop. 80,175
75. Rutherford pop. 386,352
76. Scott pop. 22,671
77. Sequatchie pop. 17,861
78. Sevier pop. 101,342
79. Shelby pop. 910,226
80. Smith pop. 20,981
81. Stewart pop. 14,439
82. Sullivan pop. 163,759
83. Sumner pop. 215,538
84. Tipton pop. 62,287
85. Trousdale pop. 12,623
86. Unicoi pop. 17,856
87. Union pop. 21,450
88. Van Buren pop. 6,874
89. Warren pop. 43,717
90. Washington pop. 141,199
91. Wayne pop. 16,416
92. Weakley pop. 33,261
93. White pop. 29,612
94. Williamson pop. 272,061
95. Wilson pop. 175,033