Vermont counties quiz

The 14 counties in the quiz

They’re the 14 counties of Vermont, as counted by the US Census Bureau. The state capital, Montpelier, is in Washington 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: Grand Isle (82 sq mi), Lamoille (461 sq mi), and Chittenden (537 sq mi). Zoom in with the buttons or two fingers to tap them.

Tips to learn them

• Start with the three largest: Windsor, Rutland, and Windham cover 29% of the area of Vermont.
• The 5 counties bordering New York trace that border on the map: Addison, Bennington, Chittenden, Grand Isle, and Rutland.
• Chittenden is the most populous (169,115 people in 2025) and, together with Rutland and Washington, is home to 45% of Vermont’s people.

Playing in class

If you teach in Vermont, 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 14 counties

1. Addison pop. 38,048
2. Bennington pop. 36,630
3. Caledonia pop. 30,414
4. Chittenden pop. 169,115
5. Essex pop. 6,051
6. Franklin pop. 51,177
7. Grand Isle pop. 7,511
8. Lamoille pop. 26,294
9. Orange pop. 30,002
10. Orleans pop. 27,600
11. Rutland pop. 59,653
12. Washington pop. 59,652
13. Windham pop. 45,204
14. Windsor pop. 57,312