West Virginia counties quiz

The 55 counties in the quiz

They’re the 55 counties of West Virginia, as counted by the US Census Bureau. The state capital, Charleston, is in Kanawha 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: Hancock (83 sq mi), Brooke (89 sq mi), and Ohio (106 sq mi). Zoom in with the buttons or two fingers to tap them.

Tips to learn them

• Kanawha has the most neighbors: it borders 8 counties. Once you place it, you have a landmark for many more.
• Kanawha is the most populous (172,381 people in 2025) and, together with Berkeley and Monongalia, is home to 24% of West Virginia’s people.

Playing in class

If you teach in West Virginia, 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 55 counties

1. Barbour pop. 15,414
2. Berkeley pop. 139,522
3. Boone pop. 20,251
4. Braxton pop. 11,885
5. Brooke pop. 21,142
6. Cabell pop. 91,183
7. Calhoun pop. 5,978
8. Clay pop. 7,538
9. Doddridge pop. 7,634
10. Fayette pop. 38,165
11. Gilmer pop. 7,085
12. Grant pop. 11,041
13. Greenbrier pop. 31,578
14. Hampshire pop. 24,105
15. Hancock pop. 27,729
16. Hardy pop. 14,337
17. Harrison pop. 64,221
18. Jackson pop. 27,450
19. Jefferson pop. 63,102
20. Kanawha pop. 172,381
21. Lewis pop. 16,394
22. Lincoln pop. 19,177
23. Logan pop. 30,375
24. Marion pop. 55,584
25. Marshall pop. 29,159
26. Mason pop. 24,707
27. McDowell pop. 16,878
28. Mercer pop. 57,503
29. Mineral pop. 26,792
30. Mingo pop. 21,455
31. Monongalia pop. 107,991
32. Monroe pop. 12,491
33. Morgan pop. 18,027
34. Nicholas pop. 23,848
35. Ohio pop. 40,496
36. Pendleton pop. 5,826
37. Pleasants pop. 7,338
38. Pocahontas pop. 7,602
39. Preston pop. 34,004
40. Putnam pop. 56,885
41. Raleigh pop. 71,775
42. Randolph pop. 26,882
43. Ritchie pop. 8,034
44. Roane pop. 13,317
45. Summers pop. 11,532
46. Taylor pop. 16,287
47. Tucker pop. 6,540
48. Tyler pop. 7,881
49. Upshur pop. 23,758
50. Wayne pop. 37,309
51. Webster pop. 7,760
52. Wetzel pop. 13,734
53. Wirt pop. 4,879
54. Wood pop. 82,385
55. Wyoming pop. 19,801